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I just want to wish everyone that I know a happy holiday season and I hope all your loved ones stay safe and healthy in 2024. Michael

I have been looking into scanning my film and I just found this option, which would be great for doing all of my old images pre digital. It would still mean I would need to buy a macro lens for …

As you all know I have recently gotten back into film photography or as it was known when I started photography. for the past 20 years I have been doing digital photography. Once I started to use digital cameras I …

This image was made on my new Leica MA, and I am not quite happy with the scanning. So right now I am looking at alternatives as I was trying to use Epson’s wet scanning kit for the Epson v750 …

I just processed my first two rolls of Black and White film in 20 years. It was sometime in 2003, that I last used a roll of film and now with using a new film camera, I have just processed …

Before I start on this post as you know, I am now working part time for DxO the makers of PhotoLab 6, PureRAW3 and the Nik Collection of plugins for Photoshop, Lightroom and Affinity Photo. Today what I want to …

With Buying a Leica M-A, I have disappeared down a film rabbit hole that for me had disappeared in 2003/4 when I got my Nikon D70. The first Digital camera I used, meant that I no longer used film in …