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23 November, 2024

Two cameras with a common shortcoming

By John Furlong

23 November, 2024

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Expired Film – My Hows and Whys

By David Hume

I’m writing this because expired film generates a fair bit of internet interest and chatter. It’s also something with which I have reasonable experience and I ...

27 May, 2024

My Early Experiences 3d Printing – New Life for Old Cameras

By Marco Andrés

3d printing has opened up a whole realm of possibilities for analog cameras. Replacement parts can be printed in a variety of materials. And, more importantly, cameras can be ad...

My Nikon S3 Olympic, with a 50mm Nikkor-S f/1.4.

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Nikon S3 Olympic – A Piece of Treasure Found in the Junk Section

By Andrew Bibee

Hello everyone, my name is Andrew Bibee, I am a Japanese American photographer currently based in Tokyo. I originally came here for college and have remained here ever since wor...

26 May, 2024

The Surface of Water, Grain, and the Search for the Perfect Scan.

By Nik Stanbridge

I seem to have been taking photographs of the muddy puddles and flooded fields where I walk the dog for ever. She’s over 12 so I’ve seen a lot of seasons, a lot of...

25 May, 2024

5 Frames with a Fujica ST605N and a Vivitar 35mm f2.8

By Peter Roberts

Stuart Jenkins recently posted an article on Fixing the Fujica SLR lens compatibility problem. The problem being that a design issue prevents some M42 lenses being used wide ope...

24 May, 2024

5 Frames testing two Rollei A110 cameras

By Marco Andrés

This is a tale of a test roll, well a test cassette, loaded in two Rollei A110 (110 format) cameras. Bottom line: one camera produced over 15 frames before failing while th...

24 May, 2024

Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 M-Mount Lens Review

By Hamish Gill

The first I heard of Thypoch was when they got in touch with me about the loan of the subject of this article, the brand new (announced today) Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2. I like to...

23 May, 2024

5 frames with a Canon EOS-1V, the glorious Fifty and a Roll of Tri-X 400

By Andrea Monti

Shooting an handball match between Italy and France, unfortunately with an unhappy ending for my Country, was an opportunity to bring back to life the rugged Canon Eos 1V, the m...

Geoff Chaplin on A Castle You Say?
Yes, great shots and well done taking the D with little prior experience. I too found no problem getting film…
Philip on The Whole Roll: Harman Phoenix 120 in Minolta Autocord MX
It really does seem like Phoenix 200 was meant for the 120 format. Likely due to the smaller negative size,…
Simon Foale on Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses
Thanks for this Tony. I've been reading with admiration your posts, many of which showcase your impressive capacity to construct…

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