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3 November, 2025

5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too

By Chris Giles

3 November, 2025

/ Kentmere 100, Kentmere Film, Neo Fot A, /

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18 February, 2025

A personal view of the CCD versus CMOS debate.

By Tony Warren

There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about the relative merits of CCD and CMOS sensors. I did some further reading and came across this article. The most interestin...

Envelope from Scotland with returned roll of 35mm film

18 February, 2025

Never leave a roll behind…

By Mike Riess

In June of 2023, I set off on a two-week trip to Scotland. For weeks before I left, I agonized over what to bring, as we were trying to travel light. In the end, I decided on my...

a black bakelite box camera and its box.

17 February, 2025

Baby Brownie – A review of a quaint box camera

By Charlotte

Years ago, I was enamoured by the Vest Pocket Kodak. The stories of soldiers carrying it during WW1 – what those cameras might have seen – it made my imagination run...

16 February, 2025

Shooting Leica Ms and a Hasselblad 500 CM in the Canadian Rockies

By Scott Ferguson

It’s still a little unbelievable, but my son was recently gifted an extensive collection of vintage high end still equipment that had been sitting in a friend’s basement for dec...

15 February, 2025

Ilford Delta 3200 – 2016 Expired

By Geoff Chaplin

Brace yourselves, this won’t be pleasant. Stored at the top of the fridge in my London flat I found several rolls of Delta 3200 now eight years past the expiry date. I’m used to...

14 February, 2025

Zeiss Ikon ZM – Why using a Rangefinder doesn’t mean you crave a red dot

By Nigel Gardner

In an earlier article I suggested why I love an unloved camera, the Zeiss Ikon ZM and why after it being stolen in 2018 I very much miss it. From that article a few people on di...

13 February, 2025

5 Frames with a Nikon FM3a, Expired Kodak C200 Developed with AGO Film Processor

By LASousa

This roll of film has been chilling in my freezer for at least five years. It was given to me by my brother-in-law’s ex wife around that time. She handed me a bag of unuse...

13 February, 2025

TLR Challenge: 5 – Hamburg

By Geoff Chaplin

I hate buying presents for birthdays. Generally if I buy something it’s not quite what the recipient wanted. I know my wife likes going to new places particularly in Europe so I...

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Art Meripol on My (Brief) Life as a Documentary Photographer
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