10 June, 2024

5 frames with a Nikon FM2 & Kentmere 400 pushed to 3200

By Máté Krausz

I am definitively a newcomer when it comes to film photography. Apart from a few rolls taken with point-and-shoot cameras as a child, I was shooting only digital until I picked ...

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10 June, 2024

Pearl River 4 – A Chinese TLR camera

By Bill Watts

This is a review of the Pearl River 4. But first a little Chinese camera history. The first TLR to be manufactured in China was the Shanghai TLR by the Shanghai Camera company. ...

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9 June, 2024

Pentax K-3 Mark 3 Monochrome Vs… – In Search of a Monochrome Option

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

For those of us who learned photography shooting Kodak’s Tri-X or Plus-X – bless that emulsion’s sainted memory – hope springs eternal that there’s a skirmish still ...

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8 June, 2024

5 frames with the Olympus XA that were ruined by the addition of my finger

By Joseph Irvin

There seems to be a lot of love for the Olympus XA (and its sequels) on this site.  I’m not here to add to that. Sure, it’s a fine camera with a lens that is very sh...

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7 June, 2024

5 Unintended frames with Agfa APX100 (and an OM4-Ti)

By Roger

The sun was shining and my wife and I went out for a walk we had long intended to do, round the perimeter of a local Common. Nothing dramatic, but it was a walk we had not done ...

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7 June, 2024

Leica M8 – A “Better” Alternative to Shooting Film Rangefinders?

By Taffy Ledesma

Today there are some who want to get into film and there are those who want to get back into film. I fall in the category of the latter, having started out with film beginning w...

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6 June, 2024

Rolleicord Vb, a roll of Portra 400 and the Reggia di Venaria

By Massimiliano Grivetti

After the first test of my Rolleicord Vb with Ilford HP5, I wanted to try a color film, and my choice fell on Kodak Portra 400, a film considered a milestone by many. The cloudy...

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6 June, 2024

Astrhori XH-2 Shoe Mount Light Meter Mini-Review

By Hamish Gill

Astrhori have today announced the new Astrhori XH-2 Shoe Mount Light Meter. I have had one on test for a few weeks now, and though it is in many ways very similar to the Astrhor...

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