Tutorials & Knowhow Archives

9 November, 2022

Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

About a year ago, some Austrian friends handed me a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super that they brought with them to America after World War II. They said it no longer worked, and if I...

8 November, 2022

Baby’s in Black – Swapping Body Plates on the Autoreflex T3 – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

The first camera I owned and used extensively was a Konica Autoreflex T3; a real brick of a camera. I was always a big advocate for the T3, and used it extensively for 20 years....

2 November, 2022

Digital-Infrared Workflow Begins Before You Leave Home – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

In response to this recent 35mmc article, reader Toby Van de Velde asked for an article about my digital-infrared workflow. The more I thought about it, the more useful I though...

14 October, 2022

How I made a focus-free lens for Micro 4/3 – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I have a plan to go on holiday to Paris with my daughter the year of her 10th birthday. I know exactly which (film) cameras I will bring. I have prepared a gift for my daughter ...

11 October, 2022

Low Cost Bulk Film Loading for Skinflints – By Robert Wilcox

By Robert Willox

Since my return to film photography I’ve quickly found out how much money I could spend on the stuff, especially given the variety out there now! And that’s fine really – it’s p...

11 August, 2022

Making Artemisianol, My Search for Big Sagebrush – By Sonny Rosenberg

By sonny rosenberg

I've mostly had pretty good to medium luck using seaweed, bladderwrack specifically, as a film developer, but I live in Reno Nevada on the western edge of the Great Basin, bladd...

3 August, 2022

5 Largely Unknown Digital-Infrared Gems – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

For nearly a quarter century, I've tested every digital camera that crossed my path to see how well it handled infrared photography. Some didn't pass muster, like my beloved Min...

27 July, 2022

A Brief Introduction to Digital Infrared Photography – By Matthew Patey

By Matthew Patey

Human vision is sensitive only to a small part of the entire colour spectrum. Infrared photography allows us to visualise reflected light that is otherwise invisible to us and o...

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