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30 October, 2024

Don’t be afraid to experiment and test before tossing stuff out

By Daniel Keating

I am a denizen of thrift stores here in the USA. I believe the British refer to them as 2nd hand or charity shops across the pond. I was a bit surprised to see old photo chemica...

23 August, 2024

Maximizing Garage Sale And Thrift Store Finds

By Azriel Knight

9 February, 2024

Chinese Photo Product Silent Upgrades – A Public Service Announcement

By Hamish Gill

I’ve been reviewing and writing about Chinese-manufactured photography kit for a good few years now, and though this doesn’t apply to all brands, I have found that some perform ...

7 February, 2023

Buyers’ Guide – Tips for Buying Camera Gear Online – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

When I was starting out I borrowed a camera from my Grandad, his plastic auto-focus Minolta Dynax 7000i SLR, with a zoom lens. It wasn’t the coolest looking camera, but it defin...

6 April, 2021

Hunting for Compact Film Cameras – What to Look For / $5 Diamonds – by David Hume

By David Hume

The op-shop $5 compact is very much an endangered species where I live in Australia but it is not yet extinct. In the twilight of its days it may be instructive to look back at ...

27 December, 2019

Worried about the price of film? Some thoughts on bulk loading (and my process) – By Daniel Sigg

By Daniel Sigg

I go through quite a bit of film these days, primarily black and white 35mm and 120. I became interested in loading bulk film onto reloadable 35mm film cassettes. There was an e...

9 August, 2019

Don’t Believe the hype – A tight-fisted photographer’s approach to compact cameras – By Tony Smith

By Tony Smith

When Hamish mentioned writing this article after a tweet I posted, I decided early on that it wasn’t going to be a review. More a fan letter to the cheap & cheerful, often overl...

22 January, 2019

Thinking about spending a stack of cash on a film camera? Read this first!

By Hamish Gill

In the last 5 years the value of used film cameras has gone through the roof. Demand has increased, supply hasn’t, and the price you need to pay for a lot of popular film camera...

Graham Line on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
My dealer let me try the 3.5 and 'fast' versions of the Super-Takumar 28 side by side and, for me,…
Michael Keppler on A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power
In an age increasingly marked by division and hatred, it would be nice if photography, and especially a site devoted…
JA on A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power
Styles come and go. None of those buildings look particularly special. They are just the style of a time there…

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