Having used a couple of 1950s 6x6 folders (see my earlier posts) and been impressed with the results, I thought I would give a 6x9 folder a try. A bit of research on eBay landed...
4 December, 2019
5 frames with a Kiev 4A and Lomography 400 – By Steve Phillips
It’s funny how these things happen. A chance encounter with my old Olympus XA3, hidden in a drawer for about twenty years, prompted me to put fresh batteries in it, find a film,...
3 December, 2019
5 Frames with a 35mm Curtagon Shift Lens – by Christian Schroeder
If you know me, you know that I love shift lenses. This summer, I expanded my repertoire with an old 35mm Curtagon for my Leicaflex SLR camera. I am going to talk a little bit a...
1 December, 2019
5 Frames with the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 533/16 – By Eric Norris
Prompted by a very good experience with a new-to-me Mamiya C Professional TLR, my internet searches recently turned toward medium format cameras. I hunted around for relatively ...
30 November, 2019
5 Frames with the Yashica 635 and Kodak Portra 400 – By Lee Butterley
I’ve had my Yashica-635 twin lens reflex camera for 20 years, my parents found it for me at a car boot sale. I’ve not used it that much, and until last month I’d never even put ...
28 November, 2019
5 Frames with Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II, Minolta CLE & Leica Summicron-C 40mm f/2 – Steven Bleistein
Neopan Acros 100 had always been one of my favourite film stocks, right up until it was discontinued about two years ago. Acros 100 was contrasty, rendering rich blacks and acce...
28 November, 2019
5 Frames Skiing with a Zeiss Ikon Nettar – Andy Larner
I found my perfect Ski camera. It's light, small and great for Landscapes oh by the way it's a medium format 6x6 folding bellows camera from the 1950's. Obviously! The camera ta...
24 November, 2019
5 Frames With the runt of the litter: The Olympus XA1 – Brian Nicholls
The Olympus XA1 was ntroduced in 1982. This little gem of a clamshell 35mm compact was the simplest and cheapest of the XA series. It has a fixed-focus f/4 to f/22 x 4 element Z...
