Just before Christmas I spotted a rather injured looking Canon Sure Shot M (otherwise known as the Canon Prima Mini) in a second hand shop in…
A Digitisation Rig with a Nod To Mr H Robinson and a Surprise Along The Way – by Ralph Turner
February 5, 2021I’m not quite sure what triggered it, maybe a number of small mental prods: my son’s interest in film (he uses his Mum’s old Pentax K1000),…
Running 35mm Film Through My 110 Year Old No. 0 Folding Pocket Kodak – By Dan Cuny
January 23, 2021I write a weekly camera collecting blog through my website, but due to the holidays I didn't have the usual time I spend researching the camera…
Epaper Photo Printing – My Steampunk Photo Paper – By Marco Dughera
January 14, 2021My analog gear has been sitting in a closet since I started experimenting with digital cameras. However, when looking for images and inspiration, I keep on…
Loading 35mm into 120 Camera (Without Adapters) – By Andrea Bevacqua
January 11, 2021I have been intrigued by the look of the sprocket holes with the actual photo, so I wanted to try to replicate it. It is a…
Ligero69 – Chasing My Perfect Camera – By Mario M.
December 29, 2020The perfect camera, much like a camera bag, is elusive. We develop our tastes and re-shape our expectations while on this wallet-burning quest to find the…
Olyversal 2:1 Frame Camera Project – By Alexander Seidler
December 7, 2020After a few years of shooting, and 2 or 3 hundred rolls of film I felt my experience was growing, and my GAS with it. I'd…
Artefacts of a Laboratory – Adapting an enlarging lens to a Sony DSLR – By Jordi Fradera
August 12, 2020This story began when a few days ago I looked for the entry “Photography” in the well-known DUDEN thematic dictionary (Bildwörterbush of Duden - Leipzig 1940…
The Impact of Air Bubbles in the Optics of Old Lenses – By Jordi Fradera
July 2, 2020Tell me something that is heavy, hard, old and almost unbreakable. Is it a stone? No, it's a prewar Contax. I say "almost unbreakable", as these…
FauXPAN, Just Another DIY 35mm Panorama Camera – By Freeman Lin
June 22, 2020It was Day 6 of COVID-19 isolation, I was feeling more and more restless. Being one of the lucky ones, I could still work from home,…