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12 December, 2025

Ricoh FF-9SD Limited – Travails of a Transparent Camera in Central Asia

By Keith A Yeo

12 December, 2025

/ point and shoot camera, Ricoh FF-9S, Ricoh FF-9SD Limited, Ricoh Point & Shoot, /

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25 November, 2024

Konica Pearl III Medium Format Folder – Review and Street Shots from NYC

By Chad Gayle

As much as I love film, I’ve always had a love / hate relationship with medium format. Spoiled by the speed of 35mm’s fast lenses and the liberal largesse of 4×5 and 5×...

24 November, 2024

Lesson Learned Again – A One Shot Story

By Floyd K. Takeuchi

Those of us who travel with film kits live on the knife edge of disaster every time we head out for a day of shooting. Most of our gear is likely 20 to 40 years old, very possib...

23 November, 2024

The great Agfa Scala 200x disaster

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This is a tale of discovery, disappointment, joy and finally utter, utter confusion. I have always admired Agfa Scala. The idea of a black and white slide film was absolutely bo...

23 November, 2024

Two cameras with a common shortcoming

By John Furlong

LOMO LC-A I’ve owned a LOMO LC-A for some years and enjoyed its inherent ‘quirkiness’ – both in the image quality and operation: – the easy to miss focus indicator in the ...

22 November, 2024

A Castle You Say?

By Ron Duda

Karen, our excellent travel agent, asked if we wanted to stay a while in a castle. My wife was quicker than I when she responded; sure! We were planning a trip to the UK. We ...

22 November, 2024

PIC Camera – Having fun with the rare round British made oddity

By Dan Cuny

The PIC camera was on my list of cameras to review just before I returned to work after the two years lost years of COVID-19. Recently, when I looked up from my desk and saw the...

Horizon S3 Pro. Swing-lens panoramic film camera

21 November, 2024

The Wider View – learning to create panoramic images

By Dave Whenham

Over the last few years my photography has definitely moved away from landscape to urban subjects. Of course, restrictions due to the pandemic were the catalyst for this shift ...

21 November, 2024

Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses

By Simon Foale

Well, memorable for me anyway – your mileage may vary. Some of the images I’m sharing here made good money for me a few years ago when I had a side hustle in stock photography, ...

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Danai on A Stroll Through Singapore’s Tiong Bahru Neighborhood with a roll of Kodak Double-X
Thanks! Glad you like the shots. I’ve shot several dozen rolls of Kodak Double-X since rediscovering film late last year.…
Bob Janes on Ricoh FF-9SD Limited – Travails of a Transparent Camera in Central Asia
Some lovely shots there... But one thing springs to mind - the camera calls itself panoramic, but the shots appear…
Charles Young on Ricoh FF-9SD Limited – Travails of a Transparent Camera in Central Asia
Great travel photos ... for any good camera!

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