After quite some time after the announced shutdown date, DPReview.com has finally found a new owner that will continue with DPReview’s practice. The new owner is Gear Patrol, a review site with more than 15 years of history.
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DPReview.com, a staple of digital photography for almost a full quarter of a century, is shutting down. According to the news, DPReview will continue to operate until the 10th of April 2023, after that date, it will operate in read-only mode for a shorter period of time.
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The first photographer to be featured in the Random Excellence series, Mériol Lehmann is a Swiss-born, Quebec-living artist, photographer, sound designer and consultant.
Continue reading “Random Excellence: Mériol Lehmann”Shitty Camera Challenge has started!
It is December, meaning the Shitty Camera Challenge has officially started! This edition of the Challenge revolves around the 1990s. By the rules, “your camera doesn’t need to be shitty this round, it just needs to be introduced between 1990-1999.”
Continue reading “Shitty Camera Challenge has started!”The Most Influential forgotten Nikon camera
If you’d try to name a few most influential Nikon film cameras, I can bet you’d completely forget about this one – Nikon F-801 from 1988.
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Let’s go with the photos!
Day one, Tuesday. Double rainbow from my office terrace, a walk through the neighbouring park and a bridge.
Continue reading “#FP4Party post week – part one!”#FP4Party development week recap
There’s not much to say about development – I have only the traces of my favourite developer, Agfa Rodinal, but I have a few litres of fresh Kodak Xtol developer, so it was pretty obvious why I chose Xtol – I had it.
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We had a week to shoot a roll (or sheet) of Ilford FP4 film, and I chose 135 format roll, with full 36 images to go through.
Continue reading “#FP4Party shoot week recap”#FP4Party has started!
It’s that part of the year, it’s time to celebrate Ilford’s FP films, regardless of format. FP4 Party lasts all month, the first week of the month is for shooting, second for development, third for posting the photos, and the last for lamentations.
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