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701 Reviews, Guides, and Essays

10 Summer Road Trips to Do From Banff National Park
February 11, 2020
Banff is a famed North American tourist hub, laden with young Aussie visitors. Here, to live their working-holiday dream of partying and snowboarding. But it’s not all about powder: Canadian summers bring a unique experience to this postcard-famous destination.
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Film Photography News — January 2020 Recap
Exclusive Offer From Lomography, and the Presidential Impeachment on Film
January 28, 2020
David Burnett’s presidential impeachment proceedings on a large format camera, and an exclusive offer from Lomography.
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Hexie Hao
January 21, 2020
Hexie Hao, literally harmony, is the graphic story of a journey across China to the soundtrack of the constant, crazy rhythm of eponymous trains. By the window, daydreaming for hours, I saw the miles of countryside rolling by, speckled by thousands of inhabited blocks.
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Porto
January 14, 2020
“Vila Nova de Gaia is my umbilical cord. Porto is my mistress, my love. ”***To write from the depths of a heart — is a challenge. This text may have been hindered from the beginning. Still, I’ll assume the risk and leave you with my words and photographs.
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Olympus Infinity Zoom 80
A Review of a Pocketable, Zoomable, and Affordable Point-and-Shoot Camera
January 12, 2020
Olympus Infinity Zoom 80 is a light, pocketable point-and-shoot camera with motorized film transport, auto exposure, and autofocus.
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An Insular Journey
January 7, 2020
An Insular Journey encompasses the transit through some islands of the world, and the study on what there is in common and different between them. I had always been interested in the topic of insularity, and in the way this label pursues us, islanders.
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Film Photography News — December 2019 Recap
News From Kodak, Film Ferrania, and a Year in Review on Analog.Cafe
December 23, 2019
New film format, new prices, and factory tour dates from Kodak, a re-opened Film Ferrania P30 shop, and good news from Lomography.
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SkyTrain
Vancouver’s Conspicuous Commuter Train System
December 17, 2019
Some years ago, I got a big, wrapped box under my family’s lavishly-decorated pine tree. It was a German model train set, gauge TT. The 1/120 scale model set is an incredibly detailed representation of the real thing, rolling on DC-powered tracks, fed through a transformer directly from a 220-volt wall outlet.
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Inchindown
An Underground Facility; Two Friends, Their Photograph, and Their Film
December 9, 2019
The photograph, above, is taken at a defunct military storage facility in Invergorden, Scotland. This underground structure used to host a strategic supply of heavy, viscous fuel to power the floating war machines during WWII. Since the ‘80s, this type of fuel is no longer in use; the facility stands decommissioned.
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Holiday Lights With CineStill 800T
Photographing Beverly Hills, California With a Yashica T5
December 3, 2019
When November arrives, the weather gets cooler, the leaves change color, the football season reaches the half-way mark, and holiday decorations start going up. I have looked forward to this time of year for as long as I can remember. It instills memories of family, friends, and holiday gatherings.
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Film Photography News — November 2019 Recap
The Growing Popularity of Analogue Photography, New Film, and More
November 26, 2019
Observations on the growing popularity of film photography and two new films from Fiji and Ilford.
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How to Travel With Film Through Airport Security
Protect Your Film From X-Ray Damage and Loss
November 22, 2019
Travelling with film requires a few precautions. Protect your film from X-Ray damage and loss with these tips.
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Silvergrain Classics International Quarterly Magazine
Magazine Review
November 12, 2019
SilvergrainClassics is a one-of-a-kind magazine on film photography. It’s released quarterly on 100 pages of thick photo paper. Every run, currently at 10,000 copies per issue, is professionally colour graded and bound at a reputable German press facility.
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Shooting Film With Holga 120GFN
My Grandfather, I, and Our Simple Medium-Format Cameras
November 5, 2019
An iconic film camera that inspired the Instagram aesthetic, made of cheap plastic. And my experience with it.
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Film Photography News — October 2019 Recap
Liquid Lenses, New Film, New Print Magazine, New Website
October 29, 2019
Liquid lenses, an updated film formula, new Ilford film products, the sad demise of Spectra film, and Jeff Bridges with WideLux.
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Black Dynamite Returns
The Emergence of Konica Pop-10 From an Ancient Travel Chest
October 22, 2019
Konica Pop-10, dubbed ‘Black Dynamite’ by photography enthusiasts, and my experience with its f/4 fixed lens.
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Leporello Series
Printed Film Magic From Nadorst Publishing
October 16, 2019
A review of a clever “unbound” art book from Nadorst Publishing and the analogue photo art that goes into it.
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Olympus XA Rangefinder Camera Review
A Troublesome and Fragile Masterpiece of a Rangefinder Design
October 15, 2019
A tiny camera weighing a mere 225g and just over 100cm/4” on its longest side, Olympus XA fits an impressive 35mm F. Zuiko 𝑓2. 8-22 lens that can focus between 0.9m and infinity. To this day, the original XA remains the smallest full-frame rangefinder camera.
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COSTA
A Trip Along The Coast
October 8, 2019
The colour, the aroma, the silence. If I were to pick three elements of the sea, I would choose these. For me, the sea is life itself. One born by the sea takes it with them wherever they go. The taste. That incredible combination of freshness and saltiness, it never ceases to take me back.
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Saint Stephen feast in Ousilhão
October 1, 2019
The region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro is located in the northern interior of Portugal, bordering with Spanish Galicia. In this Marvelous Kingdom, as the writer Miguel Torga called it, we find a landscape of wild beauty and a people proud of an ancestral culture, of which it is a faithful depositary.
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