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18 November, 2025

By Tibra Ali

18 November, 2025

/ Portrait Photography, Reflecting on the past, /

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“Through my lens, I intuitively aim to capture the joy of fleeting moments – it’s not about creating the perfect shot, but instead capturing and preserving a feeling or emotion. The way it feels, rather than the way it looks.” –Anna Landstedt I me...

Digital IR shot of a Paris house hiding behind cascading tree leaves

18 November, 2025

What Lurks Behind These Leaves? – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

18 November, 2025

/ Flora Photograpy, /

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As mentioned here, interesting abstract photos are often mysterious. Like roads, walking paths or stairs to destinations unseen. Or images that hide other information. Like what’s behind the cascading leaves in this Paris 2010 digital IR. Taken wi...

Vintage Nikon Lens 50mm f1.8 ai requiring repair due to focussing problems

18 November, 2025

Nikon 50mm f1.8 AI Lens – No. 1761389

By Ed

18 November, 2025

/ 50mm Lens, Nikon 50mm 1.8 AI, normal lens, /

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The Nikon f1.8 50mm lens has always been well regarded. In pre-digital days, a ‘nifty fifty’ would have been the first lens owned by many photographers, mounted on a new 35mm SLR. This example – 1761389 – came into my hands...

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The deadly Reynisfjara Beach in Iceland

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Analogue (and analogue inspired) News and Tittle-Tattle – Newsletter June 2025

By Ibraar Hussain

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4 June, 2025

Zeiss Nettar – Cleaning and Bringing Life Back to a Flea Fair Find

By Roger

The story begins with a visit to a flea fair, where I succumbed to a Zeiss Nettar for what I hoped was a reasonable price. The paintwork was very chipped but the aperture was wo...

Meadow in Waverly

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An Old Camera that Survives in a Small Town that Did Not

By Tim Piscitelli

The day was beautiful and the meadow I was standing in was quiet except for the birds in nearby trees. Without the signs placed around the meadow, you would never guess that I ...

3 June, 2025

Ad provider swap day…

By Hamish Gill

… please be aware, this might cause some weird things (including everyone seeing ads for a bit) Fingers crossed we shall be through the worst soon enough! Cheers,

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Wales – Through the Twin Eyes of a Rolleiflex 3.5F Rollei Pan 25 and Rollei Retro 400s

By Ibraar Hussain

I’ve been digging in the vaults lately, having too much time on my hand and a new scanner I had been putting together an article on a Contax TVS I, TVS II, TVS II and T2 &...

2 June, 2025

Sony A99 – a review of the the first mirrorless full-frame EVF camera

By Bob Janes

In late 2012 Sony produced a full-frame mirrorless camera. The Sony A99. For some time, Sony had been hedging its bets with regards to digital cameras. It had long produced vide...

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