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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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14 February, 2025

Zeiss Ikon ZM – Why using a Rangefinder doesn’t mean you crave a red dot

By Nigel Gardner

In an earlier article I suggested why I love an unloved camera, the Zeiss Ikon ZM and why after it being stolen in 2018 I very much miss it. From that article a few people on di...

13 February, 2025

5 Frames with a Nikon FM3a, Expired Kodak C200 Developed with AGO Film Processor

By LASousa

This roll of film has been chilling in my freezer for at least five years. It was given to me by my brother-in-law’s ex wife around that time. She handed me a bag of unuse...

13 February, 2025

TLR Challenge: 5 – Hamburg

By Geoff Chaplin

I hate buying presents for birthdays. Generally if I buy something it’s not quite what the recipient wanted. I know my wife likes going to new places particularly in Europe so I...

Mobile device with an app open next to film developers

12 February, 2025

How to save money and get better results in your home lab with Chem Log

By Dmitri Tcherbadji

Film chemicals exhaust and expire. Reusable developers lose potency with each roll; bleach and fixers have a limited life. Though freshly mixed stuff will produce the best image...

Paper Negatives before they are scanned and inverted

11 February, 2025

What I Love About Paper Negatives

By Ian Gamester

For the past few years, I’ve been exploring large-format paper negatives which has been a transformative journey that has reshaped both my creativity and my sense of wellbeing. ...

11 February, 2025

5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.

By Alan Gauld

I acquired this Braun Paxina 29 camera as part of my late father-in-law’s estate and was curious to see how it performed. A little bit of research revealed it to be German...

10 February, 2025

Rolleicord 1 Review – An Art Deco Wonder

By Dan Cuny

Some cameras look so amazing that you consider them more of a work of art than a mechanical piece of metal and glass that takes photos. That was my thought the first time I saw ...

9 February, 2025

Road Kill – MIMA

By Geoff Chaplin

The Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art, MIMA, is (and by the time you read this ‘was’) Brussels’ modern art museum. Staging an exhibition by an artist recognised world wide is ...

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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…
John Hillyer on Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax
Great set of photos Ibraar, lovely colours.

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