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5 November, 2024

Stray or street dogs of Istanbul – One-Shot Story

By Cem Eren

About 10 years ago, while I was questioning about the nature of the streets, I asked myself, who owns these public places. The question has the answer, I hear you. The definitio...

5 November, 2024

My Square Story – Making my own 24×24 35mm Cameras

By Alexander Seidler

It is a long story. Longer than I expected. Yes – I didn’t expect anything but learning to frame and playing with a different aspect ratio. It is also story of Gea...

4 November, 2024

TLR Challenge: 3 – Night Shots

By Geoff Chaplin

With an appointment nearby at 7pm and having arrived in the area at 6:15 I had about 40 minutes to shoot the third film of the day that I had promised myself I would take. With ...

4 November, 2024

Rolleiflex SL35 – Why use an unloved camera?

By Nigel Gardner

Why would you use a rather geriatric camera that even when new was a bit of a dead beat and a little unloved? It’s a question I have been asked a few times in the last 4 ...

3 November, 2024

Becoming an Honorary Newfoundlander

By Dave Powell

If you visit Newfoundland, you will most assuredly get a chance to become an Honorary Newfoundlander. The ceremony can pop up almost anywhere- from the deck of a whale-watch boa...

3 November, 2024

5 Frames with a Canon Canonet QI17 GIII and Fujifilm 400

By Eric

I recently picked up a copy of a Canon Canonet QL17 GIII that showed up at my local camera shop. This is not a new camera to me. I have had and also wrote a KEH review for it in...

Newfoundland Puffins digging a nest hole

2 November, 2024

“The Puffin Inspectors” – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Previously, I described rather special experiences with birds– here, here and here. But this next one was just a bit different. Our 2018 tour of Newfoundland visited a Puf...

2 November, 2024

5 Frames with a Voigtländer Vito B

By Cem Eren

I got my first camera at the age of 6. It was a properly functioning toy camera, (hearsay your honor), love at first sight, and though I did not master photography, I did proper...

Paul H on 5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.
I’ve got a Braun Gloria, the results from it are plenty sharp enough. The only issue I had was that…
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…

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