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3 December, 2025

Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2

By Scott Ferguson

3 December, 2025

/ Contax T2, Leica M3, Street & Urban Photography, /

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Halloween, 2025 has been on my calendar as a shooting opportunity for a couple of months. In NYC the scale of the revelry is epic, including a giant parade in the West Village and all day fun for all ages. My favorite subject for 2025 has been p...

A square image of A Covered shopping arcade in the evening

3 December, 2025

A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025

By Keith A Yeo

3 December, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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2025 involved me traveling a bit for work and pleasure. On one particular trip, my partner accompanied me to Prague and Vienna for a few days before she flew back and I remained in Prague for a conference. Having left my partner, I found myself un...

3 December, 2025

5 Frames with the Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus Lens

By mark stein

3 December, 2025

/ Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus, Soft focus, /

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What started as an experiment out of curiosity has apparently become serious, or at least a lot more expensive: I’ve bought a “proper” Soft Focus lens, and I have a slight unease about the prospect that it might not be my last. I...

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Lumix DMC-FS41

5 October, 2025

A Phone camera vs 15 year old point-and-shoot

By Daimon Tilley

I am really enjoying getting back into film photography, and contributing, in a small way, to this site. But I also enjoy digital, for me the two are complimentary. This summer ...

JOBO SilverBase in operation

4 October, 2025

JOBO SilverBase – A brief look at the compact rotary processor – Shake it or stir it?

By Jens Kotlenga

As far as film processing is concerned, recently switching to JOBO’s SilverBase rotary processor means I have come full circle on my pilgrimage on the path of film developing. I...

Skateboarder

4 October, 2025

The Kiwanis Jam Skateboarding Competition on Film

By David Smith

“The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.” — Tony Hawk In 1988, when I was in grade 3, my father bought me a copy of Thrasher Magazine. It became my chil...

3 October, 2025

Zeiss ZK Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 – Test Shots and an Unpleasant Incident

By Andrea Monti

I am a huge fan of Zeiss lenses, and I have made sure to own at least one of them for each camera system I have used over the years. To be honest, my only regret when switching ...

3 October, 2025

“Half Framing” Practically Any Film Camera (Part 1 of 2)

By Dave Powell

I love creativity of all kinds. But it has taken me down some strange rabbit holes (like here, here, here and here). This article is another. I hope you find it interesting and ...

2 October, 2025

VIDEO: A Conversation with Eric Woods – The madness in the world, community, hobbies and interests as distractions

By Hamish Gill

I have for a while now been meaning to find a way to restart having chats with photographers I have become friends with through the website. I loved making the occasional videos...

2 October, 2025

A Few More Shots From An Urban Exploration Trip

By Andrea Monti

Hip-hoppers and skateboarders are often seen together in many urban landscapes. Actually, these performing arts come from different US social and geographical milieus. However, ...

2 October, 2025

5 Frames with a Kodak Pocket A-1, Kodak’s most pointless camera

By Michael Zwicky-Ross

The Kodak Pocket A-1 was a 110-format camera introduced by Kodak in 1978. In 1980 (and I cannot believe they made it for more than two years) it was renamed Kodak Brownie. It is...

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Andrew on 5 Frames with a FED-3 Rangefinder with Industar 61 L/D 2.8/55mm
I have a copy of the Industar 55mm 61 L/D Tessar-type lens on its way to me thanks to this…
Steve Harper on A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025
Those last comments about health and love. It really moves me. Thanks…..I guess.
Art Meripol on Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2
Love both the M3 and the T2 shots. Each has its own look and value. In total a great combo…

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