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5 November, 2026

The Famous Five – One Shot Story

By Walter Reumkens

5 November, 2026

/ Landscape Photography, /

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Things are a bit hectic in my life at the moment. Hot days – when, at 78, I don’t necessarily need to go out into the sun – alternate with rainy days, when I no longer want to come home completely soaked. On those days, I sit at home thinking abou...

5 November, 2026

A Question of Scale – My Favourite Photo of 2026

By David Hume

5 November, 2026

/ photo of the year 2026, /

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This is my favourite photograph of the year. It’s not my best photo – it’s my favourite. The reason this is my favourite is because it shows what I’m playing with at the moment and It’s making me look forward to what comes next. That is a re...

5 November, 2026

Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.

By Ibraar Hussain

5 November, 2026

/ contax RTS ii, Rollei Film, Rollei Retro 80 S, /

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I haven’t enjoyed any photography lately, and haven’t picked up a camera since early Summer when I last posted an article here, that was with my Voigtlander Ultramatic. But after a while being pretty much down in the dumps I can feel a...

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By Andrea Monti

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Continuously Resizable DIY Photo Frames? Really?

By Dave Powell

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7 April, 2026

Breaking Through – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

This is one of the photos I took while courtside at a women’s handball match between the Italian and Bosnian national teams. I was there as part of the sports photography semina...

7 April, 2026

Kodak Gold 200 – Photographing Museums

By Martin H

After finishing a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200, I decided to try another Kodak classic: Kodak Gold 200. The film was developed by bildskanning.com, and digitized using a Valoi ea...

6 April, 2026

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 – Review Overview & Introduction

By Hamish Gill

This is an introduction post to what I intend to be an ongoing series detailing the MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 – an adapter that allows screw drive Nikon AF lenses to be used o...

6 April, 2026

MonsterAdapter LA-FZ1 (v1.2 firmware) & Nikon 180mm 2.8 AF

By Hamish Gill

This is my first follow up article to my MonsterAdapterLA-FZ1 overview/review article here, as well as my wider Monster LA-FZ1 experiences. As I said in that article, I currentl...

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Russell John Rosener on Once upon a Spring – Black and White with a Contax RTS II, M42 lenses and Rollei Retro 80s.05/11/2026
I don't know how you did it. But for me you managed to infuse this sequence of photographs with a…
David Hume on A Question of Scale – My Favourite Photo of 202605/11/2026
Thanks Erik. Actually I just went to the supermarket, bought a spoon and when they scanned it at the checkout…
David Hume on A Question of Scale – My Favourite Photo of 202605/11/2026
Thanks Michael! And yes, Magritte is certainly casting his shadow over this one. I'm very glad that the image has…
Erik Brammer on A Question of Scale – My Favourite Photo of 202605/11/2026
What a great idea, David! Do you have one of those thermal printers? Or did you take your USB stick…
Neal Wellons on Ocean Baptism in the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea – My Photograph of the year 202605/11/2026
Great photograph and story. I almost skipped the video but fortunately had sent the 35mmc link to my wife so…

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