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7 November, 2025

A Pair of Unusual Lenses Adapted to a Fuji GFX 50S

By Daniel Martínez Barber

7 November, 2025

/ Lens Adapting & Modification, /

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Fuji GFX cameras produce extremely high-quality images, but native lenses are very expensive, hence my need to look for alternative options. I recommend the website deltalenses.com, where you can find information on projection and enlarging lenses...

7 November, 2025

Your photo of the year 2025 (and my photo of the year 2025)

By Hamish Gill

7 November, 2025

/ Landscape Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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David Pauley shared his photo of the year for 2025 the other day. Scott Ferguson commented on that post that maybe more people could submit their photos of the year as part of a one shot story series. I think this is a great idea, so this post is ...

7 November, 2025

Vivitar EZ Motor Big View – A modern box?

By Tony Warren

7 November, 2025

/ Point & Shoot camera, Vivitar EZ Motor Big View, Vivitar Point & Shoot, /

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Vivitar P&S review, contrast with early box camera.

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24 September, 2024

Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine Film Review

By Simon King

Long story short, this is a high quality film at a fantastic price. Many aspects of analogue photography can feel like a compromise, from actual decisions while photographing to...

A Transformer in both forms with a Sony F828

23 September, 2024

Sony F828 Review – More than Meets the Eye

By sklba

$995 in 2003 would probably buy a fair amount of Transformers toys, or one brand new Sony F828. It might be easy to mistake the two. Both bend and twist around in unexpected way...

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22 September, 2024

A Glossary of Photographic Terms

By Richard Becker

Photography is associated with a seemingly endless and ever-changing list of jargon and technical terms. A glossary is an essential reference for someone new to photography, and...

22 September, 2024

How I achieve Good scans with a DIY rig

By Jeffery Luhn

There have been frequent mentions on this website about scans of negatives, ranging from professional labs to table-top models. I’m going to describe my experiences using a loca...

21 September, 2024

5 Frames with a Kodak Retina Ib (Model 19) and a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200

By Neil Ó Muirgheasa

Long story short: I got my first digital camera this year after many decades of shooting film. I don’t get into the respective merits of each form; I see and I, hopefully,...

20 September, 2024

Free Fuji Neopan 400 for a good cause – and some for sale too!

By Hamish Gill

Once in a while, I receive a message from someone wishing to donate either money or a camera to the website. It’s not a common occurrence, and often comes from a regular reader ...

20 September, 2024

5 frames with a Canon EOS IX7 APS camera

By Flashknappen

I am happy to be able to share these rather timeless colour photos. The subject matter is close to my heart because of family history and early memories from sailing with my fam...

Blu-tack lens cover/'shutter'

20 September, 2024

35mm Film Pot Pinhole Camera

By Robert Willox

I recently started following a friend of a friend on Instagram, who posts his black & white images fairly regularly and decided I should really be doing something similar as...

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