When Part 2 of this three-part series went online, reader Stephen Meese made a comment that said it all:
"Wait, you experimented with a different film format, AND shot without...
14 April, 2023
Fuji 100mm F3.5 AE Lens (6X9) adapted to Pentax (35mm)
It is a lens designed for medium format cameras (6x7 and 6x9) of the Fuji brand, which began to be marketed in 1974. It has a classic Tessar optical design, that is, 4 elements ...
27 March, 2023
Polaroid Pathfinder – Shooting 120 Film In My Father-In-Law’s Essentially Obsolete Camera
My father-in-law is a bit of a packrat. He loves people and he’s always got relevant questions, stories, and of course stuff in his hoard. Tell him what you’re interested in, an...
The title suggests I can't do DIY which is not entirely true. I have been known to wield a hammer from time to time but while the results are functional they're not particularly...
21 February, 2023
That Time I “Half-Framed” a cute Kodak Flash Bantam camera (Part 2 of 3)
Part 1 of this three-part mini-series detailed how I converted a lovely little Kodak Flash Bantam camera to shoot half-frame images. It was fun and (more-or-less) easier than ex...
14 February, 2023
That time I “Half-Framed” a cute Kodak Flash Bantam camera (Part 1 of 3)
I’ve long wanted a half-frame 35mm camera. Doubling one’s images per roll is especially great now that film costs more. I’m an inveterate tinkerer, though, and preferred to conv...
25 January, 2023
Lens Conversion – Nikon AF600 to LTM/L39 with a ‘Rod’s Gear’ Housing – By Andreas Mass
When I was looking for a potential lens or rather a nice broken camera to retrieve a good lens from I stumbled on some articles here covering the Nikon AF600 (also known as Lite...
18 January, 2023
That Time I Built an “Air-Gap Meniscus” Lens – By Dave Powell
Long ago, I tried to shoot landscapes using a macro-close-up filter as a lens. I taped the filter to the front of two nested cardboard “focusing tubes” and attached them to my F...
