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10 November, 2026

Meet Miss Velzoe Brown

By Jeffery Luhn

10 November, 2026

/ Musician Photography, Portrait Photography, /

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When I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to the little village of Felton, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, I was motivated to get into the jazz music scene. Bob Smith, a trumpeter that had played with many West Coast big bands in the 1940s-1960s, ...

10 November, 2026

Meet me by the Steps – My 2026 Photo of the Year

By Peter Roberts

10 November, 2026

/ photo of the year 2026, /

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There may be a feeling of déjà vu about this image as it was taken at the same place as my 2025 photo of the year, the steps by the Painted Hall in the Greenwich Naval College. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion. We’ve all got our favouri...

Forma modular optical viewfinder with interchangeable laser-cut frameline cards, coloured contrast gels, and storage case.

10 November, 2026

Why I Built Forma – Reimagining a 75-Year-Old Viewfinder

By Peter Modzelewksi

10 November, 2026

/ Accessory viewfinder, Forma Viewfinder, /

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After more than a year of development, I’m excited to share Forma, a modular, multi-format optical viewfinder that can be tailored to your exact lenses and shooting formats—helping you find your frame before you set up, scout more efficientl...

Leica ii Summar

10 November, 2026

Leica ii D (1932) & Leica Summar 50mm f2 (1934 ) – NYC Street Shooting

By Scott Ferguson

10 November, 2026

/ Leica 50mm Summar, Leica iid, /

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In the waning days of Summer, 2026, I decided to take a flyer on an early Barnack Leica. I was intrigued by the history of the pioneering 35mm rangefinders, and perhaps attracted by the distinctive look, especially the black enamel models. After a...

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12 June, 2026

Yashica Electro 35 family

By Terence Lau

I thought it would be nice to introduce you guys to the Yashica Electro 35 family. I’ll be sharing some of my views and user experience of these cameras, and hopefully, this inf...

THE urbex highlight

11 June, 2026

Film & Urbex – A Promising Duo

By Alex Efthimiou

So, lately I have been doing a lot of urban exploration (urbex), which is a hobby that dates back to my childhood. I grew up in a beautiful suburb of Athens (Greece), which used...

11 June, 2026

5 Frames with the Fujifilm Klasse S (and Natura 1600)

By Matt Murray

I’ve had the good fortune to visit Japan 5 times in the last 3 years. Each time I go, I get a kick out of choosing which film cameras to take with me – all of them J...

10 June, 2026

A group chat for contributors / paid subs

By Hamish Gill

I am thinking about setting up maybe a whatsapp group chat or similar for contributors. Open to ideas around a platform, as long as it’s nothing too complicated to use. Wh...

10 June, 2026

The Next Emperor of Foro Italico – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

Late afternoon in Rome in mid-May. The Foro Italico hosts the Italian Open, where the gotha of the international tennis entertains the audience, while Piazza del Popolo a court ...

10 June, 2026

Fotopro Origin Travel Tripod – Long-term Review

By Sroyon

Tripods, I feel, are among the less glamorous photography accessories. They don’t have the technical wizardry of gimbals and drones, nor the whizbang street-cred of flashe...

Rolleicord from above

9 June, 2026

5 Frames with a Rolleicord IV

By Rolf Meyer

My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic 50, which I had won in a photography competition as a teenager. The competition was organized by Kodak to promote their new 126 film cartr...

A man fishing by the sea.

9 June, 2026

8 rolls of Kodak Gold in 8 days on Tenerife

By Domen Nan

I could not wait to write this blog after coming home from Tenerife in September, but I was very hesitant to write it as I came back and looked at the pictures. Not that I was d...

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John Bennett on Room 904 – My Photo of the Year 202610/11/2026
Agree! Thanks, David.
John Bennett on Room 904 – My Photo of the Year 202610/11/2026
Thank you, Martin. Yes, it was a memorable trip!
John Bennett on Room 904 – My Photo of the Year 202610/11/2026
Much appreciated, David!
John Bennett on Room 904 – My Photo of the Year 202610/11/2026
Thank you!
Peter Modzelewksi on Why I Built Forma – Reimagining a 75-Year-Old Viewfinder10/11/2026
Hi Hamish! I'd love for you to review one. I'll shoot you an email and you can let me know…

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