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11 February, 2025

5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.

By Alan Gauld

I acquired this Braun Paxina 29 camera as part of my late father-in-law’s estate and was curious to see how it performed. A little bit of research revealed it to be German...

10 February, 2025

Rolleicord 1 Review – An Art Deco Wonder

By Dan Cuny

Some cameras look so amazing that you consider them more of a work of art than a mechanical piece of metal and glass that takes photos. That was my thought the first time I saw ...

9 February, 2025

Road Kill – MIMA

By Geoff Chaplin

The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art, MIMA, is (and by the time you read this ‘was’) Brussels’ modern art museum. Staging an exhibition by an artist reco...

A view from the bridge of an intersection with scooters passing by

9 February, 2025

Shooting Expired Vista 200 at Taipei Pride

By Kohtli

I can clear up for you why someone might like expired film if you are confused. Plain and simple, it’s cheap. Recently expired color film will still produce great results ...

8 February, 2025

Don’t Take It So Seriously – Putting the Funny Back Into Photography

By David Smith

“Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” — E. B. White If you read the comments on YouTube, Facebook or...

7 February, 2025

Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution

By Marco Andrés

Today there are many options for converting colour and b&w negatives to positives that combine hardware and software. In contrast to now, when I embarked on this journey, th...

7 February, 2025

Shanghai GP3 100 35mm Film Review

By Simon King

Shanghai GP3 is an interesting film, possibly even underrated depending on what you look for in a stock. I hold the view that there are no bad films – everything on the ma...

6 February, 2025

5+1 frames with a Nikon F100 & Nikkor 50mm f/1.8g

By Zoltan Andras Kovacs

For this particular shoot, I decided to go with my Nikon F100, equipped with a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8g lens, and loaded with Orwo Wolfen NC 500 film, rated at ISO 800. I adore this s...

RichardH on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
This is interesting, Geoff. Is the PMK Pyro development a factor in the low contrast? Or, was the low contrast…
Daniel Castelli on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
David, Thank you for taking one for the team, weatherwise. I. Hate.Snow. One of my photo heros, David Douglas Duncan,…
Wim HH van Heugten on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Very nice photo's! One remark: DB stand for Deutsche Bahn, not Deutsche Bank.

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