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3 April, 2025

Liege with a Leica iiig, Elmar 50mm f3.5, FP4, Fomapan 100 in PMK Pyro and an accident

By Geoff Chaplin

3 April, 2025

/ Foma Film, Fomapan 100, Leica IIIg, travel photography, /

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22 February, 2017

Adjusting the rangefinder of the Fed4 – Guest post by Howard hurd

By HowardH

A fairly common issue on online forums with the Fed rangefinders seems to be rangefinder accuracy. When I first bought my Fed4, the rangefinder patch did not align accurately ei...

20 February, 2017

Fed4 & Industar И-61 lens review – Back in the USSR – by Howard Hurd

By HowardH

Early experiences with Soviet cameras left a lasting impression. I have always wondered what I would think if I used these cameras again today, after more years of experience in...

19 February, 2017

Zeiss 50mm 1.5 Sonnar (Separated Optics) – Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT2

By Hamish Gill

Out of the selection of lenses I mentioned in the first part of this journey, my wild card (completely screwed) Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 definitely makes for the most logical place...

18 February, 2017

My First Experience of Film – by Ross Gibson

By Ross Gibson

My name is Ross and I'm 14 years old. I first met Hamish at my mum and step-dad's wedding, he was the photographer along with his friend James. A while after the day I got in to...

11 February, 2017

Hasselblad XPan – by Jef Price

By JefPrice

I suppose that the Hasselblad X-Pan (or Fuji TX1 as it was for the Japanese market) is pressing it when it comes to the qualification of compact, but its bold design and co...

10 February, 2017

An insight into my Post Process of colour images shot with the Leica M9 in low light

By Hamish Gill

Almost every time I post some photos taken with my Leica M9 I have people asking me "is this straight out of camera", or "what post process have you done to these" etc. This see...

8 February, 2017

Epson V800 – Home Scanning Colour Negatives – by Aukje

By Aukje

A while ago I decided to take the next step with my film photography, or moreover in gaining knowledge and understanding of how the final image comes about. Today I want to shar...

5 February, 2017

Finding my perfect classic Sonnar – PT1

By Hamish Gill

I've decided to attempt to find my perfect classic 50mm lens to mount on my Leica rangefinders. I have my ideal modern lens in the form of the Zeiss ZM Sonnar, but sometimes, ju...

Michael Keppler on The Southwestern Ontario Winter on Film – Don’t be a Fair-Weather Photographer
Great pictures, thank you for these great impressions of the Canadian winter and the beautiful portraits. When I see this,…
Michael Keppler on 5 frames with Ilford SFX
Thank you very much Geoff. I've got a some Rollei in the fridge, so as soon as spring and the…
Michael Keppler on 5 frames with Ilford SFX
Thank you so much Simon! Now in spring is the perfect time for the SFX, time to wake it up…

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