Tutorials & Knowhow Archives

6 September, 2023

Investigating a 110 cartridge and film for possible re-use.

By Tony Warren

The 110 format has really grabbed my interest despite an initial cool reaction. I now find myself with two more of these cameras thanks to an auction job lot, only one in full w...

5 September, 2023

Rescue and Modification of a Ricoh Auto Half

By Stuart Jenkins

I’ve restored this cute little Japanese half-frame 35mm camera with a metering conversion from selenium to CdS, and the addition of adjustable focus. Here’s the stor...

29 August, 2023

Creating Abstract Landscapes with a Kaleidoscope Filter

By lance mcfee

This article includes tips and example images for creating abstract landscapes with a kaleidoscope filter. The prism I used for this is from PrismlensFX. It is called the Subtle...

6 August, 2023

Never Say Never – My Approach to Spiral Modification for 110 Film

By Tony Warren

After my first, recent experience of the 110 format I concluded that I wasn’t won over to the it despite the camera being so good to use. In fact, it made me more interes...

6 July, 2023

5 Frames with a Helios 44-2 with the front element reversed

By Dean Lawrence

A couple of years ago I happened to see an image on Twitter that completely stopped me in my tracks. It was a very fortunate sighting as I'm not a big fan of twitter, I am howev...

26 June, 2023

Cyclopin: My Stereoscopic Pinhole Camera Made from a Cardboard Box

By Sroyon

If X is good and Y is good, then X and Y combined must be even better. Out of this misguided reasoning have emerged such unholy inventions as the beer-tap hat and ice-cream frie...

31 May, 2023

Pinsta & Full-Colour Instant 4″x5″ Pinhole Prints Without A Darkroom

By DaveTheWalker

A few years ago I remember I was scrolling through Instagram when something caught my eye. It was seemingly a video of a black and white paper negative being rocked in a tray of...

26 May, 2023

That Time I Shot with Ilford Multigrade RC as film.

By Tony Warren

Many moons ago I was keen to try my hand with large format, as large as I could manage, 10 x 8 seeming a good choice. You can tell how long ago from my pinhole shot of the Humbe...

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