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13 March, 2025

One Negroni, One Shot, One Story

By Benjamin Amberg

13 March, 2025

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18 January, 2014

35mm Compact Photographer #9 – Alex Redman – He walks, he rolls, he shoots

By Alex Redman

First, a bit of background? As much or as little as you are comfortable sharing… Name, Where you are from, what you do, What else in life do you enjoy? that sort of thing...

14 January, 2014

The Traveling Yashica: Ben Jennings, Reading, England

By Ben Jennings

So when the Yashica T5 finally arrived on my desk at work I was a little bit nervous to say the least, firstly because I had seen the previous entries for the traveling Yashica,...

14 January, 2014

Fuji Zoom Date 2.8 “Silvi” Review- I think it might be a party animal!

By Hamish Gill

The fuji zoom date 2.8 or Silvi or whatever you want to call it, has always seemed a bit of an enigma to me. They tend to go for close to £100, sometimes more, but really a...

12 January, 2014

How to Adapt a 675za Hearing aid Battery for use as a px625 replacement

By Hamish Gill

The old 1.35v mercury px625 batteries are no longer available. There is a modern equivalent px625 replacement batery, made as far as I can tell exclusively by wein but they aren...

11 January, 2014

Olympus 35rc Review – yet another classic Oly

By Hamish Gill

The most obvious feature of the Olympus 35rc is it’s size! When I first read about it after seeing it on Dan K’s twitter avatar, I was dead set on getting one! I was...

23 December, 2013

The Traveling Yashica: Susan Clement, Memphis, Tennessee.

By Susan Clement

I was excited to give the Traveling Yashica its debut in the United States. Like any good host, I showed my guest around town, hitting some of the iconic sights. I also enlisted...

15 December, 2013

My failing right eye, an old watch, the Leica M7 and learning how to frame a photo again…

By Hamish Gill

The following is an anecdotal tale of how and why I have come to own a Leica M7, and more importantly what this beautiful bit of kit has brought to the table for me as a photogr...

5 December, 2013

The Traveling Yashica: Hamish Gill, A trip to Huddersfield

By Hamish Gill

Since Ben Jennings is a mate of mine and since he happened to be visiting me whilst in possession of the the traveling yashica I thought it would be rude not to sneak a film thr...

Geoff Chaplin on One Negroni, One Shot, One Story
Brilliant! Analogue Photoshop, but you not the first. As old as photography itself. And, btw, I can give you my…
Geoff Chaplin on Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro
Thanks Gary. In many ways the iiig and Elmar are my favourite camera although the M3 allows modern lenses to…
Geoff Chaplin on Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro
Thanks Richard. I have more film so I intend to shoot in better light when the weather allows, and we'll…

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