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6 May, 2026

NEWS: Reveni Labs Spot Meter MK3 Available Now

By Hamish Gill

6 May, 2026

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2 May, 2026

5 Frames in a Welsh Quarry

By Richard Becker

Last summer I tagged along with the local geology group on a visit to a nearby quarry, taking my Super Ikonta 530/16 and a roll of Delta 100 with me. Health and Safety being wha...

1 May, 2026

Ilford HP5+ in Rodinal – A One Shot Story

By CHRISTOF RAMPITSCH

This imaged silenced the voice in my head that tells me that there must be something better on eBay. For now. I was rushed at the time, and thought I would probably get a slight...

1 May, 2026

Kowa SW – Risk and Reward on Cát Bà Island

By MARTIN MISIAK

I thought I was about done buying cameras until I laid eyes upon the handsome Kowa SW. I’d even made a post about it in my nerdy camera group on FB: “I quit.” Sleek and minimali...

30 April, 2026

C41 Development Isn’t the Problem – Guessing Is!

By James Maher

I didn’t set out to build an app. I’m a photographer. I built it because I got fed up with guessing (and sometimes getting it wrong). Home C41 development is full of it. Not the...

30 April, 2026

Print, Hold, Spend: Making a £175 Consumer Photobook and What It Taught Me

By Danilo Leonardi

This article is partly a process note and partly a reflection on working with a consumer photobook service. It comes out of a small group project to make books for an in-store d...

29 April, 2026

RUMBLING – A visual abstraction about our quest for more (Sony Alpha Nex-3)

By Ricardo Yamamoto

I had a strange dream. I was walking through a city of gold, sheltered from most deprivations of the world, with glittering towers beneath a clear blue sky, and through houses o...

29 April, 2026

Nikon Zf – How a Camera Made Me Love Photography Again

By Scott Peterson

Sometimes the right camera doesn’t just take better pictures – it changes the way you feel about photography. The Nikon Zf did exactly that for me. If you’re looking for a...

28 April, 2026

NEWS: Presale Opens for WideluxX™

By Hamish Gill

Presale has opened for WideluxX™, a limited, German-made revival of the classic Widelux swing lens panoramic camera. Jeff Bridges, who in our circles has possibly become ...

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Peter Schu on Nikon Zf – How a Camera Made Me Love Photography Again
I do have the button set for focus peaking. So that's fine. However, I am using analog cameras since over…
David Brancaleone on NEWS: Reveni Labs Spot Meter MK3 Available Now
Sounds great, Hamish. Speaking for myself, since buying a Sekonic L-398 light metre, my Don't Tak To Strangers analogue portraits…
David Pauley on “All Being Well” – One Shot Story
Thank you for this moving story, David. Your reflections about the power of photography to mark time and change and…

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