22 May, 2026
Nikon F2 – A few from the first roll
I recently added a Nikon F2 to the stable and loaded it up with Kodak Portra 400. The following shots were taken over several days in several locations with two lenses: the pre-...
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20 May, 2026
Rolleiflex 3.5B – Thoughts After 3 Rolls
This past week I received the lab scans from my third roll through the Rollei. For fun I thought that I’d try a roll of Lomo Turquoise. In early April I posted a single sh...
10 April, 2026
One from the first roll
About a month ago (mid-February) I decided that I had an un-used mFT lens sitting in a drawer that I hadn’t used for years. After checking eBay for camera prices I figured...
5 September, 2025
Slowly stumbling into large format
I’m beginning this article in early August 2025. I first started thinking about large format somewhere in 2024 and began watching various YouTube videos that covered the c...
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/...
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...