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14 July, 2025

Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax

By Ibraar Hussain

14 July, 2025

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Tomasz Kowalski on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
That's a re-assuring response regarding the wider AI debate - I'm very glad you wrote up the extra note on…
davesurrey on Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI
Andrei, Thanks for this super interesting article. I assume you were using ChatGPT. If so did you try any others…
John Hillyer on Travel Photography Tips – With a Contax G2 Kodak Ektachrome E100VS Fujichrome Astia 100 Kodak TRI-X 400 and Adox Silvermax
Great set of photos Ibraar, lovely colours.

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