29 February, 2024
That Time I Built an X-Pro1/Monitor-Six-20 “FrankenFuji”
In my days before 35mmc, Jim Gray published this article on his great “Down the Road” site. It described how and why I adapted a 1940’s Kodak Monitor Six-20 le...
23 February, 2024
Modifying an Olympus Trip 35 for Shooting ISO 3200 Film
The venerable Olympus Trip 35 film camera – a fantastic little happy snapper with auto-exposure that doesn’t need a battery to operate. Plenty of other people have a...
3 February, 2024
Shooting “Super-Macros” with a Contaflex Super B SLR (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this article, I stumbled on a way to shoot “super-macro” photos with a vintage Contaflex SLR! And it was done without Zeiss Ikon’s “Proxar” screw-on lens adapters (...
26 January, 2024
Fixing the Fujica SLR lens compatibility problem
M42 is intended to be the universal mount. Unfortunately if you’re using a screw-mount Fujica SLR, that’s not entirely the case. There’s a design issue that pr...
24 January, 2024
Shooting “Super-Macros” with a Contaflex Super B SLR (Part 1)
Over the years, many people have asked online how to do macro photography with vintage Zeiss Ikon Contaflex SLRs. Here’s a 2005 thread on the subject. Common wisdom says that Co...
12 January, 2024
Turning A 35mm Lens Into A 150mm – Jankuary Lens Adapting
If you missed my article last Friday, be sure and have a look. I take a dive back into my first “serious” camera. This week I’m using one of my current bodies, but with a twist....
27 December, 2023
If Your Vintage Camera Lacks Strap Lugs, Try This!
Only when I began preparing to review my Ansco Super Memar camera for 35mmc did I notice that the camera lacks “lugs” for attaching neck straps. I could carry it in a belly bag ...
8 December, 2023
The Cirkut-Holga: A toy slitscan panorama camera
Last year, a friend sent me an article about someone using a 100 year old Cirkut camera to make amazing contact-printed panoramic photos on 8 inch wide paper. I hadn’t known any...
