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27 October, 2019

5 Frames with the Nikon F100 and Kodak ColorPlus 200 – By Dhanesh R.

By dhaneshr

I have vivid memory using my dad's Mamiya ZE Quartz which I very much wanted to learn how to use, but never did. Years later, as I started my first job, I decided to put conscio...

26 October, 2019

5 frames from Mo’orea with a Nikonos III – by Marc Gabor

By marcgabor

To most people “Tahiti” immediately conjures up images of paradise; aquamarine lagoons, palm trees and volcanic peaks jutting out of the middle of the pacific. Tahiti is in fact...

23 October, 2019

5 Frames with an Olympus XA4 – with Wen Zeng

By Wen Zeng

When I started shooting film in high school and started doing research on old film cameras, I was immediately captivated by the Olympus XA series for its diminutive size and len...

22 October, 2019

Yashica Electro 35 – A mini review at The Mission Inn – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

The Yashica Electro 35 is one of those cameras that the "in-the-know" rangefinder experts insist we must own. It's a classically styled full-frame 35mm camera with a nice lens t...

20 October, 2019

5 Frames with a Nikon F4 (and lots of tears and too much booze) – By Luis Barros

By Luis Barros

My oldest kid got married on September 6. He had a wedding photographer to take the official photos, the digital ones. You know the kind. It was the perfect occasion for me to g...

19 October, 2019

5 Frames with a Nikon F80 from Eastern Europe – by Daniele “Cappe” Cappelletto

By Daniele__cappe

I started photographing while I was still a penniless student. I dug into the second-hand market, buying and selling a large number of different digital cameras, always chasing ...

18 October, 2019

5 Frames with a Praktica FX3

By Natalie B.

I bought the Praktica FX3 for one reason - to try an SLR with a waist-level viewfinder without spending a lot of money. I didn't need one with a lens since I already had some M4...

15 October, 2019

5 Frames with the Bronica SQ-A, my first (working) medium format camera – By Lukas Walter

By Lukaswalter

When I first got interested in medium format cameras, I spent countless hours, many weeks in fact, thinking about what kind of medium format camera I wanted to get. I initially ...

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Chris Giles on 5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too
Thanks Tony I understand that contact prints were commonly used back then, so the little 4.5 x 6cm print would…
Chris Giles on 5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too
Thanks Gary I found a little more information on the Danish Photohistorical Society site https://share.google/OUqgJZ3qy9pwPkJge It looks like a box…
Geoff Chaplin on Olympus XA2 and Cosina CX-2 – In the Zone
Ditto Gary's comment on the B17. I didn't spot what emulsion/development you used. Nice images and especially compositions all the…

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