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14 July, 2025

Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax

By Ibraar Hussain

14 July, 2025

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The LD Meter mounted of the cold shoe of a Leica M4-P, viewed from the behind, and above with the screen illuminated.

14 March, 2025

L.D. Meter from CHI Review – A shoe mount light meter with a useful little laser.

By James Greenoff-Cairns

First, I shall set the scene: My name is James and I can’t zone focus. It feels good to get that off my chest. I been a photographer for a while now, I take it pretty seriously ...

13 March, 2025

One Negroni, One Shot, One Story

By Benjamin Amberg

Oregon, fall 2020. A fiery sunset in the distance caused by west coast wildfires. A global pandemic still running rampant. Lockdowns and a curfew in full effect. The sun making ...

13 March, 2025

Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Let me begin with my miserable excuses: (1) the weather was sh.., (2) the film was another ‘back of the fridge’ discovery, expired nearly 4 years ago, (3) probably b...

12 March, 2025

5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

By Andrea Monti

The late hours of a day are dangerous times, because this is when the mind, lacking tasks, begins to look for a way to keep itself busy. To make a long story short, this is why,...

Musician 'The Japanese House' performing on her 2024 tour in Birmingham, UK.

12 March, 2025

Standing still while the music moves – Shooting musicians with point & shoot film cameras

By Sanna Ehsan

Understanding point and shoot film photography has and always will be a labour of love. You can watch hundreds of videos on the right settings, the ‘best’ camera, the ‘perfect’ ...

Winter Golf. Taken with Canon AE-1 using Kodak UltraMax 400 Film.

11 March, 2025

Winter Golf – A One Shot Story

By James P

Golf is often described as a microcosm of life. You have good holes where you’re doing ok and everything is going alright. Sometimes you’re even having fun. But look out, next h...

11 March, 2025

5 Frames in Stuttgart with a Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 and Kodak 5222 Double-X

By RichardH

The Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 lens in M39 mount is a heavy brass assembly weighing 270 grams. It is small, so the weight feels exaggerated in my hand. It has 10 diaphragm blades ...

10 March, 2025

5 frames with a borrowed Konica IIIa

By Hamish Gill

Sometime last year I borrowed a Konica IIIa off Rob Hawthorn. The plan was to shoot a few rolls and review it. He assured me it was an awesome camera with a great lens and viewf...

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davesurrey on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
Sorry I mistyped your name, Should have said Andrea. :-(
Tomasz Kowalski on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
That's a re-assuring response regarding the wider AI debate - I'm very glad you wrote up the extra note on…
davesurrey on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
Andrei, Thanks for this super interesting article. I assume you were using ChatGPT. If so did you try any others…

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