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17 January, 2026

Summicron 50/2 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

17 January, 2026

/ Leica 50mm Summicron, nikon z5, /

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24 October, 2025

Polaroid Go – First Shots, Surprisingly Okay!

By Eagle Omomuro

I made a terrible mistake at the very start of my month-long U.S. trip this August. I left my X100F at home. Sure, I had a film SLR in my bag, but that meant weeks of waiting be...

World war 2 soldier with two ladies in costume Taken with Yashica Mat EM and 47-year old Kodacolor 400 expired in 1997 rated at ISO12

23 October, 2025

Purple Rain on 47-year old expired film – The Whole Roll

By Richard Watson

My dad (Derek, shot #7) is a war baby born in 1941. So, when I found out that there is an annual nearby 1940s weekend in Welshpool that falls on his birthday it was a no-brainer...

23 October, 2025

Nikon F3 at the British Iron Works

By John Andrews

Like a lot of film photographers, I suffer with Gas Acquisition Syndrome and as soon as I see a charity shop I am in. Sadly, or maybe gladly to some of us, things ain’t what the...

23 October, 2025

Booked for Boomtown at Fifty Years Old – Will They Care About Pinhole Photography?

By Ian Gamester

It’s 2 o’clock and here I am dragging 50 homemade pinholes cameras into Copperwood, Boomtown’s 1920s Hollywood-inspired district. Boomtown is one of the UK’s biggest...

22 October, 2025

5 frames from freezing Margate with a Leica M5

By KoniOmegaSam

As is the case with many photographers, working a “9-5” office job often leads to the feeling of wanting to get out and explore if the opportunity arises. Sometimes, you have to...

22 October, 2025

5 Frames with Expired Soviet Svema ISO 25 at Cinevilla, Tukums, Latvia

By Felix Flores Rodriguez

Father Time waits for no one — and that includes film. I was talking with a friend of mine, one of the last camera repairmen in Riga. More about him later — I plan to write an a...

22 October, 2025

New Film Cameras: The Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX

By Hamish Gill

Two new film cameras on the horizon, the Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX – it’s not often we get one new film camera coming down the road, so with there b...

22 October, 2025

Minolta a-9 – Raspberry Picking in September with a 24mm f2.8, Red 25 Filter and Rollei Retro 80s

By Ibraar Hussain

It was a lovely day in early September, a month where I’m often filled with anxiety; dreading the coming Winter and the end of the brief days of fine weather of Spring and...

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Tony Warren on Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.
Dunedin is an interesting place with plenty of historic interest and other features. Very much my main photographic playground these…
Tony Warren on Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.
I agree Bill. I have tried out several recently and have been impressed by their lenses in particular but also…
Gary Smith on Amsterdam, with RULES and a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm lens
One of these days I should probably do a similar restricted digital outing. Thanks for the inspiration, Geoff.

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