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11 November, 2025

A Portrait on Velvia 50

By David Hume

11 November, 2025

/ Fuji Velvia 50, Fujifilm film, Portrait Photography, /

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27 October, 2024

Washi E – A Very Peculiar Film

By Neal Wellons

Film Washi is a French company that sources and respools unusual and often unique photographic media on consumer friendly rolls, cassettes, and even in large format. I have hea...

27 October, 2024

5 Frames of Kodak 5219T film with Contax Aria for Cantonese Opera

By David Wu

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26 October, 2024

A walk round Portland, Oregon with a Leica M3 and Voigtländer 21/4 Color-Skopar

By Gary Smith

The city of Portland, Oregon straddles the Willamette River and has 12 bridges from south to north crossing the Willamette before it joins the Columbia River. I thought I’...

25 October, 2024

5 frames Rediscovering my Pentax 67… and then another 5…

By John Duder

I bought a 6×7, the slightly earlier model, around 1989: it was stolen in 1992, and the replacement is the less stylishly-named 67. It’s been sitting on the shelf for some ...

25 October, 2024

My TLRs Over the Years

By Tony Warren

Examples of images made on a selection of twin lens reflex cameras.

24 October, 2024

A Few Shots with the 7Artisans 35mm f/0.95 in X-Mount

By Andrea Monti

Let’s get straight to the point: here are a few shots taken with a Fuji X-T4 and a 7 Artisans 35mm f/.0.95 (obviously) in X-mount. All photos were taken at the widest (nom...

24 October, 2024

Vivitar 19mm f3.8 – Exactly What it Should Be

By Sebastian Shields

Late one night, I was on a deep dive into finding a lens that matched a narrow, and somewhat arbitrary set of requirements I set. A mess of browser tabs covered my monitor. Most...

Two people, one holding a guitar. One kissing her cat which she is holding tightly on a bench.

23 October, 2024

5 Frames with a 1D MkII and a 35mm F1.4L

By Sebastian Shields

Slogging around the Canon 1D MkII is my favorite way to pretend I’m a photojournalist. It’s big, bulky, and gets uncomfortable on the neck after about ten minutes. Also, while i...

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