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22 December, 2025

The Immediate, the Medium, the Media & the Median.

By Peter Ots

22 December, 2025

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In 2013, Impossible Project first teased — and then actually delivered — a miracle device: the Instant Lab, which printed onto Polaroid film. Reviews and press coverage savored the new possibility of turning digital shots into “real” prints, and i...

22 December, 2025

A Morning in Snow – My photo of the year 2025

By Curtis Heikkinen

22 December, 2025

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I can’t really pick one particular image as a favorite since I take thousands in a typical year. But I can say this is a representative example of the kind of image I am most proud of. It was a bitterly cold February morning when I hiked to the ...

Viltrox 85mm f/2 evo Nikon Zf

22 December, 2025

Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo Review – A perfect balance of compromise for me!

By Hamish Gill

22 December, 2025

/ 85mm Lens, Mirrorless Lens, Telephoto Lens, Viltrox 85mm 2.0 evo, Viltrox Lens, /

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The Viltrox 85mm f/2 Evo is the lens I wished I was reviewing when I was writing about their 85mm 1.8. I really liked that lens, but there was something about its bokeh, its larger size and the lack of aperture control that combined to just put me...

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28 July, 2023

NEWS: Indie Publisher F2.8 Press Latest Zine Features Lisa Pavlova’s BLM Protest Project “They, Too, are America”

By Molly Kate

Indie publisher F2.8 Press has released the latest issue of Archive zine which features a collection of images from photographer Lisa Pavlova’s project “They, Too, are America” ...

28 July, 2023

AGIMatic – an Innovative British 35mm Film Camera

By Bob Janes

I’ve written before about the British camera industry. I've done a review of a medium format SLR from a company called 'Aeronautical General Instruments' (AGI). AGI were based i...

27 July, 2023

NEWS: Lomography Brings Back Diana F+ Black Jack and CMYK Editions

By Molly Kate

Lomography has brought back two Diana F+ editions, the stark Black Jack and colorful CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key printer colors). Being known for its characterful vignetted...

27 July, 2023

Nothing New Except to Me – Another Leica Story

By Art Meripol

Working as a pro for the last 50 years I never had the extra cash for a Leica. Any time I had ‘extra’ cash it went towards my work gear, lighting or Nikon film camer...

27 July, 2023

5 frames with Voigtlander Bessa L and Ilford XP2

By Mark Ellerby

I have had this camera for 7 years, which is longer than I’ve had any other film camera, partly because it’s great, and partly because it still works. bought it wit...

26 July, 2023

NEWS: MiNT’s New 35mm Film Camera Uses LiDAR Technology for Autofocus

By Molly Kate

MiNT’s new 35mm film camera project is shaping up as seen in their latest update that was sent out to email subscribers. The update is titled “Autofocus and Skin” and you can gu...

26 July, 2023

Kodak Colorplus 200 Colour Negative Film Mini-Review

By Tony Warren

Recently I thought I would give colour negative film a try again having used a great deal of this film type in the past, which I used to process myself in Neofin Colour chemistr...

26 July, 2023

Free Photo Editing Apps – A Comparison and some Personal Experiences

By Paul Sauve

Before the new cell phones, I had several 35mm film cameras, digital point & shoot cameras and eventually splurged for a DSLR. The two P&S models were a Panasonic DMC-LS...

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