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9 November, 2024

5 frames with a Rolleicord Va on Lomography Purple

By Francois Marlier

Every once in a while since trying it for the first time, I get the itch to shoot some Lomography Purple; I enjoy the colour shifts, the surprise and excitement when I get the s...

The Leica M5 with a box of CineStill 50D

8 November, 2024

5 Frames in Berlin on a Leica M5 with CineStill 50D

By James Kezman

Berlin is a tale of two cities. In the winter months, it is dark, cold and cloistered; one hurries between destinations so as to not feel the bite of the ever present wind. The ...

8 November, 2024

Nikon F2 Photomic – The game changer

By Julian Tanase

I sometimes think that Nikon could’ve stopped producing cameras after the apparition of the Nikon F2. The way this camera changed everything is engraved deeply in the wor...

7 November, 2024

Polachrome Polapan CT – A short-lived introduction from Polaroid

By Tony Warren

Some thoughts on a short lived Polaroid film from the 1980s.

7 November, 2024

Approaching Reportage Photography

By Rollin Banderob

I’ll soon be self-publishing these images in my first photobook and with the closing of this project I was thinking back on what I have learned over the years on approach...

A monument depicting a soldier holding a rifle and bayonet.

7 November, 2024

People’s Park Chengdu with an Olympus XA3 and expired Rollei RPX 400

By Howard Mitchell

I’m lucky enough to be able to spend a couple of months in Chengdu, China each year as part of my job and usually stay in the central part of town. I take a different fil...

6 November, 2024

Shooting a Roller Derby Bout

By Andrea Monti

Of all the disciplines at the 2024 World Skate Games, which took place in Italy last September, roller derby is probably one of the lesser known, but also one of the most diffic...

6 November, 2024

Rollei XF 35 – First Impressions

By Sebastian Shields

I ran into this camera almost by accident. I was meandering through a vinyl record and camera store* and saw the small Rollei XF 35 hiding in a glass counter next to the registe...

Alan Gauld on 5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.
It may well be camera movement because I was trying to use my tripod(that I had for my digital camera)…
Alan Gauld on 5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.
Yes, I was surprised that the last frame was so soft, given it was at the highest speed. I hadn't…
Keith Drysdale on 5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.
It's a shame that you didn't get the results you hoped for. I wonder if on the last shot the…

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