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15 November, 2025

5 Frames with Canon AE1 in California Wine Country

By Bradley Newman

15 November, 2025

/ Canon AE-1, Kodak Film, Kodak Portra 400, /

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27 October, 2025

My Favorite Photo of 2025?

By David Pauley

As I write these words it is mid-September, with almost a third of 2025 yet to go, yet I’m nonetheless fairly certain that the image above will turn out to be my favorite ...

27 October, 2025

Leica vs Leica – M vs R cameras & lenses and thoughts on Rangefinders & SLRs

By Scott Ferguson

If someone handed you two high end cameras — a rangefinder and an SLR — which would you pick up first? Which would you end up sticking with as your ‘when in...

27 October, 2025

Viltrox 85mm 1.8 STM II (Nikon Z Mount) Review

By Hamish Gill

I don’t review modern autofocus lenses all that often, but recently – for reasons I will come to in a moment – I have begun to find them increasingly interesting. Ac...

26 October, 2025

Mamiya-6 Automat – GAS ATTACK!!!

By Geoff Chaplin

The following stand accused of leading me into temptation (but I’ve already forgiven them all, it’s really my own fault!): primary accused DANAI for writing such a compelling ar...

26 October, 2025

Coney Island with A Tele-Rolleiflex

By David Pauley

A flattened, sandy oval pressed like a wad of gum into Brooklyn’s ample instep, Coney Island has been a draw for photographers for as long as the medium has existed. Altho...

25 October, 2025

What do the film “Das Boot,” a Porsche 911, a Leica M3, the Bavarian lakes and mountains, and my wife Dani have in common?

By Jens

This fantastic Sunday afternoon, captured on Kodak Gold 200, was one of those rare gifts where everything aligned perfectly: the weather, the scenery, the car – and, naturally, ...

25 October, 2025

5 Frames taken with a Mamiya 135 in south-eastern Scania

By Jonas Ranstam

I was born in southern Scania, specifically in the town of Simrishamn on the Baltic Sea, grew up in the neighbouring municipality of Tomelilla and attended upper secondary schoo...

24 October, 2025

Yodica Andromeda 35mm Film in a Nikon F5

By Jens

This isn’t a technical review. There are no charts, no pixel peeping, and no scientific comparisons here. What follows are simply my thoughts and impressions after shooting a ro...

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