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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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Adapting lenses, K&F Concept, Simon Forster & Another Podcast Appearance

By Hamish Gill

I have for a long time been interested in using older lenses on both older and newer cameras. My relationship with this photography sub-hobby has not always been ideal (a subjec...

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Konica C35 Review – by Olli Thomson

By Olli Thomson

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17 May, 2018

5 frames with my Leica M6 & Zeiss 50mm f1.5 C Sonnar – By Rick Davy

By rd

10 months on from buying my M6, I’m now at the stage that I’m beginning to get used to it. The lens choice for me was simple, either 35mm or 50mm. Both suit my style...

16 May, 2018

5 Frames With A Holga 120FN – by Dev Samaddar

By Dev Samaddar

Some people curse at Holgas for being temperamental. Holga, of course, doesn't give a rat's behind who curses and who doesn't. And that's because Holga, as the name suggests, pr...

15 May, 2018

5 Frames With a Leica M6 and Kodak Portra 800 – By Martin Smith

By photowalkme

A couple of weeks ago I attended a Beers and Cameras meetup and photo walk in Birmingham organised by this site's very own Hamish Gill. I took my Leica M6TTL as usual, this is m...

14 May, 2018

Ricoh GR Digital Review – Shooting a Vintage Digital Camera

By Hamish Gill

The Ricoh GR Digital is by all accounts an elderly digital camera. Released in 2005, it’s been superseded 5 times. This possibly begs the question as to why I’ve just spent £100...

13 May, 2018

Tetenal Colortec C-41 Developing Kit – By Parallax Photographic

By Parallax Photographic

Pretty much every person we meet has been told somewhere that developing black-and-white film at home is reasonable, but that developing colour film is just too tricky. But this...

12 May, 2018

Fuji Natura S Review – Wide and Fast – By Andrew

By Andrew

Like many of you, I have a bad habit of cruising auction sites looking at cameras I shouldn’t be buying. I also have a habit of dropping low-ball bids on cameras under th...

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