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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...

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...

RichardH on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
This is interesting, Geoff. Is the PMK Pyro development a factor in the low contrast? Or, was the low contrast…
Daniel Castelli on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
David, Thank you for taking one for the team, weatherwise. I. Hate.Snow. One of my photo heros, David Douglas Duncan,…
Wim HH van Heugten on Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident
Very nice photo's! One remark: DB stand for Deutsche Bahn, not Deutsche Bank.

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