My first year of shooting film Part 6 (Read Part 5 here) I have a confession to make. I am starting to feel a bit like I am cheating, and slowly it is making me feel more uncomfortable. A couple of months ago I replied to a request from Hamish for guest posts, but I …
Minolta Riva Panorama – A Fun Intermezzo – by Aukje Read More
In my last post I shared the results of the first roll shot with my Leica M2. I had mixed feelings, mostly missing colour, and was not sure if exposure was right. I got some useful feedback, but as you all know, the turnaround time of film is quite long. So my second and third roll were already sent to a lab when I read your suggestions. However, I was able to put some advise into practise: reading the negatives. A couple of people recommended studying the negatives to learn about exposure.
My first year of shooting film Part 4 My fourth post on this website (read Part 3 here), my third film camera… I guess I can be a bit impatient. I started my adventure in film photography with a Minolta Hi-Matic II (post here), just to see if I would like film. After three rolls with …
My First Roll With a Leica Film Camera – Guest Post by Aukje Read More
My first year of shooting film Part 3 My journey exploring film photography continues (read Part 2 here)… After shooting three rolls of film with my first film camera (a Minolta Hi-Matic 7S) I decided to trade it for an Olympus-35 SP because of it’s brighter viewfinder. The light meter is broken, so good practise …
My first year of shooting film Part 2 A month ago I wrote a guest post about my first steps in film photography. I got some very useful feedback, and encouragement to proceed. To give you a small recap: I wasn’t sure I liked film, as I miss the post processing part, and I wasn’t …
