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10 July, 2021

5 (x 2) Frames of the Columbia River Gorge on Kodak Elite Chrome 100 with an Olympus Pen EES-2 – by Shawn Granton

By shawn granton

Over the past year I've been figuring out ways to combine my new passion of film photography with my old passion of bicycle travel. I've bike toured to many places since my firs...

9 July, 2021

Plustek OpticFilm 135i Review Part II – Panoramic Film Holder and Investigating ‘Panorama Mode’ – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Earlier in 2021 I put up a review of the Plustek OpticFilm 135i film scanner. Just recently I've been investigating the Panoramic film holder and 'Panorama mode' (which you can ...

8 July, 2021

Seeking Control through Simplifying the Digital Experience – By Vic Mortelmans

By Vic Mortelmans

I never bought a new camera in my whole life. In my teens I started taking pictures with my father's old Agfa Silette. Three speeds, manual focusing, no light meter, but setting...

7 July, 2021

5 Frames in a Utah Park with an Olympus Stylus and Kodak T-Max 100 – By Dan Smouse

By Dan Smouse

Sometimes the urge to do something out of the norm comes over me from out of the blue; like stopping at the Salvation Army that I drive by literally every day, yet rarely giving...

6 July, 2021

Zenza Bronica S2A – Early Experiences Review & Buyer’s Notes – By Mark Herse

By Mark

The Bronica S2A is a hefty 6x6 focal plane medium format SLR that was produced in Tokyo from 1969-1977. It was the last fully mechanical 6x6 SLR among Bronica's Z/D, C, and S se...

5 July, 2021

Meyer Optik Görlitz 58mm Primoplan f/1.9 II (The New Version) Review

By Hamish Gill

The Meyer 58mm Primoplan 1.9 is the 4th of the new lenses from the new Meyer brand owners I’ve reviewed. It also came to me following the 75mm Primoplan which has been my favour...

4 July, 2021

5 Frames with a Yashica T2 and Kodak Portra 400 – By Nathan Bobinchak

By Nathan Bobinchak

This Yashica T2 is a new pickup that I initially bought to repair and flip. While I was able to repair it (the battery door was bad, as is common on older point-and-shoots), I m...

3 July, 2021

5 Frames of Oysterville, Washington on Portra 400 with an Olympus 35 RD – by Shawn Granton

By shawn granton

The Long Beach Peninsula juts out from the SW corner of Washington State. This low-lying arm of land separating Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean features lots of sandy beach--...

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Jeffery Luhn on VE Day – Victory in Europe Day with a Balda CA 35 and Polaroid High Definition 200
What a cute little camera. Not in the least bit intimidating. "Mummy, why is that man pointing a toy camera…
Jeffery Luhn on Konica Autorex – Shooting full and half frames on the same roll of film
That's a very unique camera feature. I'm trying to imagine the conversations between engineers and marketing people about the cost…
Dustin Neikirk on Capturing the War of 1812 on Film – Reenactment of the Battle of Longwoods
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