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17 October, 2025

Zorki 6 & Caffenol – Finding, fixing and developing – a new old experience

By Mark Statham

17 October, 2025

/ Caffenol, Camera Repair, Zorki 6, /

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9 April, 2019

5 Frames with Kodak Pro Image 100 – By James Greenoff

By James Greenoff-Cairns

I’ve been in a committed ménage à trois with Ilford HP5 and Kodak Portra 400 for the last few years. There have been dalliances with others but these were one or two roll stands...

8 April, 2019

My Colour Film Photography Workflow, or: A Rant about how Software isn’t the Enemy!

By Hamish Gill

There’s been a large amount of chatter on some of the analogue photography Facebook groups recently about whether or not it’s cheating to use software to tweak your film photos ...

7 April, 2019

5 Frames with a Zorki, Industar-61 & Expired Kodak Gold – By Lori Brooks

By lori_brooks

About eighteen months ago, my (re)introduction to film was with an Olympus OMG - well it just had to be didn't it! Since then I've acquired an OM-1 and OM-2n, a large collection...

6 April, 2019

5 frames with Minolta AF-S and well expired Kodak Ultra 400 – By Matt Krajewski

By Pure.amateur

Last year I bought a wee Kodak Brownie 127 and my adventure with analogue cameras has quickly developed into collecting; aka hoarding. Now, I have around 50 cameras in my collec...

5 April, 2019

Voigtländer Vito BL Review – Compact Excellence – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Reading 35mmc can be dangerous to the pocketbook and can lead to GAS (no, not flatulence, but gear acquisition syndrome). I read several glowing articles here about Voigtländer ...

4 April, 2019

Leica M6 (yet another) Review – Is it worth the hype? – By Joe Monat

By Joe Monat

Yet another Leica M6 review, so I will try to keep it brief in the overstated aspects of the camera and more so discuss my experiences with it so far and how it has helped me gr...

3 April, 2019

5 frames with a Fuji Discovery 90 – by Gandhi Cabañas

By Gandhi Cabanas

I bought this Fuji Discovery 90 in a photography store in Mexico City. It was brand new and really cheap, even for a plastic point and shoot camera from the mid 90s. It came in ...

2 April, 2019

5 Frames With a Canon Sure Shot Sleek – By Charlie Thom

By charliethom_

The Canon Sure Shot Sleek is a 35mm point & shoot from 1996. It has a 32mm f/3.5 lens, which is surprisingly pretty sharp in the centre, and does the job for general shooting. I...

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