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Xpro film photography competition

The second Matt Loves Cameras podcast film photography competition for 2022 has been launched. This competition is all about xpro, or cross processing film. What is cross processing? Cross processing is the deliberate processing of…Read more

Competition

Pantastic 2021-22 competition entries

Check out the final list of entries for the 2021-22 Pantastic competition! The competition is a celebration of plastic focus-free panorama cameras. You can find out more about which cameras were eligible on the Pantastic…Read more

Order Pantastic 2022 zine

Pantastic zines arrived at Matt Loves Cameras HQ in July 2022 and are ALL in the post as at Monday 18 July. Expect yours in late July (Australia) or August (rest of the world). SOLD…Read more

Film emulsion

Adox Color Mission Review With Sample Images

Adox Color Mission is an exciting new 35mm colour negative film released in early 2022. Here are my thoughts on Color Mission with sample images from my first two rolls. Adox Color Mission origins The…Read more

Southern Queensland Road Trip

Here is the Super 8 movie and the images that I describe in episode 53 of Matt Loves Cameras film photography podcast! My first Super 8 film https://youtu.be/iDFRcAY3quQ Contax G1 Pentax Espio Mini Mint RF70…Read more

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Pushing colour negative film with point and shoot film cameras

In episode 49 of Matt Loves Cameras film photography podcast I talk about pushing colour negative film with the Fujifilm Natura f1.9 and the Fujifilm Klasse S. Listen by pressing play above or by searching…Read more

Competition

Pantastic 2021-22 plastic panorama camera competition

Due to popular demand, Pantastic is back! Grab a cheap plastic focus free panorama camera and join the fun! The camera rules and competition details are below. Don't forget to keep listening to Matt Loves…Read more

Zine

[SOLD OUT] Purple Grain film photography zine

Purple Grain is the collaborative community film photography zine from the LomoChrome Purple competition. Listen to the second and final part of the judging by pressing the play button above. To view all the competition entries…Read more

LomoChrome Purple competition entries

54 photographers from 9 countries took part in the LomoChrome Purple competition. Listen to the first part of the judging with Kate Grout and Matt Murray by pressing the play button above and follow along…Read more

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Film Photography Quiz

Get your thinking caps on film photographers, it's quiz time! I've assembled 50 questions over ten rounds covering the following topics: Round 1: Locations of famous photosRound 2: Masters of photographyRound 3: Camera brandsRound 4:…Read more

LomoChrome Purple film review: Lomography’s colour shift classic

LomoChrome Purple is a film that I have fallen in love with over the last year. If you've never tried it, I hope that this article and the sample images will inspire you to pick…Read more

Competition

LomoChrome Purple film photography competition and zine

Grab a roll of LomoChrome Purple and join the fun! Below are rules for the competition and details on how to enter. Deadline is 15 May 2021. Check out the LomoChrome Purple competition entries so…Read more

Guides

You are the magic: what an advertising legend can teach photographers

A few years ago on holidays I read a little gem of a book by advertising legend Paul Arden “It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be.”Arden was a creative…Read more

Sprocktastic + Pantastic film photography zines

Finally, the wait is over! The new film photography community collab zines from the Matt Loves Cameras podcast are here! Below are details on the two zines, with links at the bottom to buy. Please…Read more

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Sprocktastic 2020 judging

Listen along as Roxanna Angles and Matt Murray judge the Sprocktastic 2020 competition entries!Read more

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Lomography Sprocket Rocket review with pictures

2010 was not a great year for film photography, but among all the doom and gloom, one shining light stood proud like a lighthouse on the horizon: Lomography Society International. When so many other camera…Read more

Kodak Ektachrome 64T sample images

A couple of years ago I bought a brick of expired Kodak Ektachrome 64T film with the expiry date 12/2003. It came from Victoria, one of Australia's cooler states, so I was hoping it hadn't…Read more

Instant

Polaroid Road Trip through Southern Queensland

Join me as I drive through Southern Queensland with two Polaroid cameras, a Pentax 645nii, a Fujifilm Klasse S, a Blackbird Fly, and a MJU II! Read more

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Sprocktastic 2020

Sprocktastic 2020 is here! Dust off your best sprocket-making camera and join the fun! Below are rules for the competition and details on how to enter. Check out the Sprocktastic 2020 entries so far -…Read more

Robot3 Action Camera: ‘The Disderi Robot’

A review of a cute toy camera, the Robot3 Action Camera - also known as 'the Disderi Robot'.Read more

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Matt Loves Panos 2020: plastic pano camera challenge competition entries

Listen to the judging of the Matt Loves Panos 2020 plastic pano camera challenge! Matthew Joseph and I discuss images listed on this page in order as they appear below - play along at home…Read more

How to make a film photography zine

In episode 32 of Matt Loves Cameras I talk about the creative process of putting together a film photography zine with Adobe InDesign and Mixam printers. You can listen above or read the summary below.…Read more

Every Summer: film photography on the Isle of Wight

Hear about the adventures and images that inspired my first film photography zine Every Summer. Read more

Buy “Every Summer” film photography zine

Buy my film photography zine Every Summer before the end of May 2020 and receive three limited edition art print postcards!Read more

Canon Prima AS-1 underwater camera review

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Canon Prima AS-1 review – Canon’s underwater marvel

The 1994 Canon Prima AS-1 is an excellent point and shoot camera featuring a sharp 32mm f3.5 Canon lens. It's fun to use, produces great images, and best of all, you can use it in the rain, in the ocean, in the pool, anywhere!Read more

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15 film photography projects you can work on at home

If you've found yourself at home, unable to venture out to take photos, fear not, there are still a ton of photography projects you can crack on with.Read more

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I almost dropped an Xpan: meeting Matthew Joseph

Details of my meet up with Matthew Joseph, lots of Xpan talk!Read more

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Matt Loves Panos: Plastic Pano Camera Challenge

Enter the Matt Loves Panos Plastic Pano Camera Challenge before 30 June 2020!Read more

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Konica Big Mini: fun but fragile

The Big Mini is a compact 35mm point and shoot camera launched in 1990 by Japan’s oldest camera company, Konica. It's super fun, but unfortunately, it has a reputation for dying. Is the Big Mini still worth buying in 2020 and beyond? Read more

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My 10 film photography goals for the next 90 days

I'm not really one to make new year's resolutions, why wait until one day of the year to make a change in your life? I do like setting goals for myself though, after all, if you don't have a target, it's pretty hard to score.Read more

When Matt met Graeme: shooting Sunny 16 style in Oxfordshire

In late August 2019, I met a giant of film photography podcasting. I say giant, because not only is he an integral part of one of the world's favourite analogue photography podcasts, but also becuase…Read more

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Shropshire, how wonderful! Shooting film in England

Shropshire, how wonderful! This instalment of my travel with film podcast series details highlights from two weeks spent in the beautiful West Midlands of England.Read more

Mountains, lakes, cheese and chocolate: photographic adventures in Switzerland

Mountains, lakes, cheese and chocolate. Fondue, trains, croissants and Swiss Army pocket knives. In August we spent an amazing five days and four nights in Switzerland. But what's the link between Switzerland and cheap Instax…Read more

Hong Kong with the RF70 and a fistful of point and shoots

In episode 19 of Matt Loves Cameras, I recount my photographic adventures in Hong Kong with the Mint InstantKon RF70 and a fistful of point and shoots!Read more

Instant

Mint InstantKon RF70 review: the first Instax Wide camera with manual controls

Three months in... here's my review of the Mint InstantKon RF70! The first fully manual Instax Wide camera, straight outta Hong Kong! I have used this camera mainly for travel and landscape photography. It's good... but is it $1000 USD good?Read more

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12 top tips for buying film cameras on eBay

If you don't have much experience buying film cameras online, check out my top 12 tips to buying film cameras on eBay.Read more