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  • Film Experiments – Expired Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Type B

    Recently a mate and I saw some old bulk film popping up for sale cheap and grabbed it to have a play. When looking closer and receiving it, we found it was unperforated film – Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Film Type B. Unperforated immediately created an issue – most our cameras cannot wind it (without tearing…

  • Cattle Stuff

    A small handful of shots from the vintage Canon EOS300D ‘ ‘Cattle Stuff’. Rural NZ look, but within 10min of Auckland’s CBD

  • Square Cars

    Like a number of countries, NZ is currently balancing on a seesaw of trepidation to see ‘what next’ with the America Iran war/conflict/situation (whichever is the correct legal term for your jurisdiction). Depending on the metric used, we sit at about 30% increase in fuel price and no restrictions yet. End result locally – fuel…

  • Through Someones Vintage Eyes – Moscow Russia & Villages

    This is the second to last of the series taken by our mystery photographer. Only one box remains for our exploration through their eyes. Today’s lot is mostly Moscow! As with the rest of the series, I can’t be sure exactly when they were taken, but am working off clues. The biggest clue is a…

  • The ‘Lucky 400’ Pentax SV

    What do you get when you cross a ‘iffy’ Pentax SV and a box of Lucky 400 Film?… mostly photos, albeit semi dirty ones. I recently purchased a Pentax SV in ‘kind of’ working condition. The film counter is faulty, the self timer is faulty, the curtains were faulty, the lens front ring was half…