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29 December, 2020

Ligero69 – Chasing My Perfect Camera – By Mario M.

By Mario M

The perfect camera, much like a camera bag, is elusive. We develop our tastes and re-shape our expectations while on this wallet-burning quest to find the one. But what do we re...

7 December, 2020

Olyversal 2:1 Frame Camera Project – By Alexander Seidler

By Alexander Seidler

After a few years of shooting, and 2 or 3 hundred rolls of film I felt my experience was growing, and my GAS with it. I'd been shooting a lot of wide angle lenses, and wanted to...

13 November, 2020

Shooting Darkroom Paper In-Camera – a Beginner’s Guide – By Aloy Anderson

By Aloy Anderson

In this age of digital photography where literally everything is automated, analog and alternative processes are making a strong come back. The skill it takes to make the "perf...

11 November, 2020

How I Make Three Rolls of Film From One – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

One of the perennial problems with film photography is getting through an entire roll of 36 exposures in a reasonable amount of time. Film photography isn't like digital, where ...

30 October, 2020

Canon Serenar 50mm f/1.8 Repair – Hazy solution to a hazy problem – By Boon Kiat Lim

By Boon Kiat Lim

To start off, I would like to state that I am neither a professional photographer, nor a journalist of sorts. This will probably help reduce any expectations you may have as a r...

26 October, 2020

Making, Measuring and Testing the “Optimal” Pinhole: Pinhole Adventures Part 3 – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

There’s a scene in Jurassic Park where Dr. Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) gives the park’s creators a lecture on ethics. He ends with the famous line, “Your scientist...

23 October, 2020

Inside the Mind of Minolta – an Investigation of the Internals of Minolta’s SRT 303 – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

As I mentioned in a previous article in which I dissected an Old Canonet, I have occasionally taken interesting but non-functioning cameras apart - mainly to investigate, but th...

16 October, 2020

That time I shot 35mm film in a Rolleicord – by Teemu Matilainen

By Teemu Matilainen

Since getting back to film photography I've been wanting to try out some medium format photography. I had previously only shot a few rolls during my first studies in the beginni...

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