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17 September, 2025

Battle of the Budgets Continued… Fomapan 200 & Kentmere 200 (35mm)

By Simon King

In a market where 200-speed black-and-white films are rare (SFX 200 and Rollei options aside), Fomapan 200, and now Kentmere 200 stand out as both affordable and versatile. Over...

20 August, 2025

Earth, Air, Fire and Water – in Sapporo

By Geoff Chaplin

A two-day relaxing trip to Sapporo, Japan – at least as relaxing as 70,000 steps of photo-walks can be in 31°C. The title emerged from the images I happened to take rather than ...

9 May, 2025

5 Frames with a Large Format Camera – The Death of a Giant

By CHRISTOF RAMPITSCH

I didn’t know that this silo’s days were numbered, I just liked the baked, dusty “Wall-E” vibe – if you ignore the plants (there weren’t any on Wall-E’s earth). Although the Int...

3 April, 2025

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

By Geoff Chaplin

It was the weather we all know and love so much as photographers – dull, miserable, cold, a hint of fog but not enough to be interesting, and a soupçon of fine rain (featured im...

13 March, 2025

Leica iiig, Elmar, Summar and Retropan Soft 320 in PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Let me begin with my miserable excuses: (1) the weather was sh.., (2) the film was another ‘back of the fridge’ discovery, expired nearly 4 years ago, (3) probably b...

22 February, 2025

KMSKA, Antwerp – Leica M3, Fomapan 100 developed in Bergger PMK Pyro

By Geoff Chaplin

Having lived in a cultural wilderness during the COVID period and for a year or so afterwards the temptation to overdose on culture became irresistible. A six week stay in Bruss...

11 February, 2025

5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.

By Alan Gauld

I acquired this Braun Paxina 29 camera as part of my late father-in-law’s estate and was curious to see how it performed. A little bit of research revealed it to be German...

10 November, 2024

5 Frames with Contax T and Fomapan 200

By Matt Benton

It’s been years since I shot 35mm film. With costs rising, and mediocre flatbed scans as my output, I was easily convinced that the format was not worth the effort. I had ...

Tony Warren on A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power
Andrea, I am or was an architect, retired now for over 20 years. I quite agree that the earliest building…
David Hume on A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power
Yes, I think Andrea’s proclamation of this architecture as an exhibition of stupidity is unfortunate and ironic. Unfortunate, because it…
Andrea Monti on A Travel Through Time, Stupidity and Power
I am not talking about - and I am not interested in - the economics and politics of urban renovation.…

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