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15 August, 2025
‘One Third Keepers’ with Kentmere Pan 200 and a Minolta SRT 101
The idea of ‘One third keepers’ came out of online chats I took part in about 15-20 years ago. We discussed hit rates of chosen to unchosen shots and whether digita...
15 August, 2025
Kodak Retinette IB Type 037 – Cheap is Not Always Nasty
Apart from the Pentax 17, new film cameras are not exactly hitting the shelves every month. While film continues to be popular its a fact that we have to shoot older and ageing ...
14 August, 2025
5 Frames with a Fuji X-Half
After writing about the adventures of Henri Cartier-Bresson (Hyères) and Robert Capa (Omaha Beach) before, this Fujifim X-Half exploit is encompassed by both of them. Fujifilm k...
14 August, 2025
Zeiss Ikon Contessa S310 with Agfa Photo APX 100 – Developed in Bellinifoto DF2 Duo Step Diafine
I recently reviewed my Zeiss Ikon Contessa S310 Here. It’s a gorgeous camera, so simple to operate and a pleasure to handle and to use. The cherry on the cake is the fact ...
13 August, 2025
5 Frames with Minolta Alpha 7D – Dating My First Love Again
Shortly after I started photography with a Sony Alpha 100, issued by the news agency I worked for in 2006, I began dreaming about the Minolta Alpha 7D. Back then, its price was ...
13 August, 2025
In Search of Darkness and Light, B&W Film Stocks, Part 4
If you are still reading this deep in my informal and unscientific survey of black and white film stocks, I salute your endurance in following what has evolved from a mild curio...
12 August, 2025
BW x CT x (0,1,2,3)
Film photographers are smart and thoughtful so you have probably already worked out what the title means, but for those who’ve just joined from planet digital this is a test of ...
(Depending on what you think makes a good picture) The elusive Mr. Miyazaki Sadayasu Miyazaki started a small business in Japan in 2007 that produces new lenses based on re-imag...
