12 April, 2025
5 Frames with a Nikon FE
In an earlier article I described getting a Nikon FE and how the lens supplied with it fell apart. I recently took the FE to Seaside, Oregon to see how it would do with the new/...
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2 March, 2025
Validation – A One-shot Story
This story begins around New Year’s Eve 2024 when I happened to be browsing YouTube and I watched a video entitled: The Film Camera You Should Actually Buy. Some may recal...
The city of Portland, Oregon straddles the Willamette River and has 12 bridges from south to north crossing the Willamette before it joins the Columbia River. I thought I’...
1 October, 2024
Just like riding a bike
This article will sort of be all over the place however the main gist of it will be the fact that after 52 years I haven’t forgotten how to develop film. I realize that th...
4 July, 2024
5 Frames with a Leica M3, TTArtisan 50/1.4 and Tri-X
Following my discovery that you can actually acquire Leica cameras without taking out a second mortgage on your home, I returned to my local film camera super-store (Blue Moon C...
I started my photographic journey with a high school course and a borrowed Voigtländer. I purchased my first SLR in 1972 (a Canon FTb) and followed that with a Durst enlarger an...
2 April, 2024
McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras – Catalogues, Histories and Price Guides
While I’m sure that from the perspective of somebody who is satisfied with using their single cell phone to take photos, I’m likely bordering on the lunatic fringe, ...
8 March, 2024
An eBay Bargain and Impulse Bought Tale of Woe
First of all, while I shot film exclusively from 1970 through 1975 and did my own developing and printing that was a long time ago. These days I mostly shoot digital. I’m by no ...