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7 January, 2025

5 Frames with a camera from Before He Was Famous – The Triumph of Dr. Nagel.

By Richard Becker

7 January, 2025

/ Ilford Film, Ilford Pan F, Nagel Triumph, /

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28 March, 2024

5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

By Andrea Monti

An afternoon of urban exploration looking for derelicted places gave me the chance to test a Praktica MTL 5b with its standard (pun intended) lens: the Pentacon 50/1,8, which I ...

28 March, 2024

5 Frames from a Seaside Town with a Nikon F4

By Peter McGowan

This is a tale of linking eras and styles, the vintage with the modern, the hefty with the lightweight. The heavy, old (1993) Nikon F4 with the svelte new (2021) Voigtlände...

27 March, 2024

5 frames with Ilford Delta 3200 and Canon EOS 7

By Orrin Heath

The Nanakuri Shrine Autumn Naked Festival (七久里神社秋季祭典宵祭り) is held annually in Iida city, Nagan...

27 March, 2024

Give Broken Ones a Chance – Shooting a Damaged Leica CL

By Dave Powell

If you had spotted the above Leica CL film camera on eBay, it might have been described like this: USED LEICA CL (For Parts or Repair) The camera’s viewfinder is missing ...

26 March, 2024

Found Out – A one shot story

By Paul Quellin

The year before, the health service had offered free Covid and Flu jabs for folk of a certain age and becoming more aware of the advancing years I had availed myself. Come the s...

26 March, 2024

Kodak Retina IIc – My Journey and Discovery

By Bob Israel

I recently started shooting film. I should say, I recently started shooting film again. Back in the 80s, I shot mostly slide film as I began to explore photography. I was very m...

Grainsplaining International Women's Month Print Sale

25 March, 2024

NEWS: Grainsplaining Returns with Print Sale March 29th – April 1st For Women’s Charities

By Molly Kate

Film photography podcast, Grainsplaining, is back from a short hiatus this month with an International Women’s Day charity print sale running through Instagram. Centred a...

25 March, 2024

KEKS KM-Q – A Sugar Cube-Sized Light Meter Review

By AndreArma

As I began shooting film, my first lesson was in mastering the Sunny 16 rule — a technique for getting proper exposure without relying on a light meter. Over the years, I...

Jeffery Luhn on 5 Frames with a camera from Before He Was Famous – The Triumph of Dr. Nagel.
Richard, Snow is difficult to capture!!! It can look blank white with no texture or muddy gray, but rarely as…
Matthew Bigwood on An Exhibition With A Film Photography Collective
Many fabulous images amongst that collection.
Steve Kotajarvi on 5 Frames with a camera from Before He Was Famous – The Triumph of Dr. Nagel.
Lovely photos and I'm glad you mentioned the shutter setup you used. I have a Bessa 6x9 I've been meaning…

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