Tutorials & Knowhow Archives

27 November, 2018

Adding Manual Shutter Speeds to the Yashica Electro 35 Series Cameras – by BY CAMERADACTYL (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I have been filling my kickstarter orders for the last month for the CAMERADACTYL 4x5 Field Camera, which has imprisoned me in my own house, a victim of my own mild success, bab...

23 October, 2018

How to Calibrate a Canon P Rangefinder (in my case, for use with Soviet lenses) – by Cameradactyl (Ethan)

By cameradactyl

I am a fan of quirky old soviet cameras. I have had, loved, and broken a few Zorki 4 cameras over the years, and I love their lenses. I own Jupiter 8, 9 and 12 lenses (50mm f2...

20 October, 2018

A Mamiya 67 instant camera, or: Creating the Maminstax – By Victor Doroshenko

By vzzdor

The first time I saw Mamiya RB67, it was love at first sight. It was a chance coincidence that we met at all, on the net, as usual, without seeing each other in person. And, as ...

16 October, 2018

Schneider 45mm f/2.8 Xenar to Leica M mount Conversion – By Ellis Ley

By ellisley

I had a request from my friend Ollie to look into some possible donor cameras he had to make a new conversion. The final lens can be seen above, but the pre-existing parts and ...

14 September, 2018

A Tour of my Darkroom and some notes for setting up yours – By Dan Castelli

By Dan Castelli

For more than 40 years, taking photographs has been more than a hobby for me. It’s how I react to the things I see around me as I go about my day. I can’t explain why I react to...

6 September, 2018

Scanning from the emulsion; getting the most out of a flatbed scanner – By David Narbecki

By David Narbecki

I was asked recently my opinions around what I think is the best way to scan a large collection of slides? I replied by suggesting that they should have a lab scan it and not to...

14 August, 2018

Non-Destructive Hacking the Ricoh R1 for Full-Frame Wide-Angle Photography – By Howard Hurd

By HowardH

One of the coolest features of the Ricoh R1 (the less sought-after sibling of the fabulous GR1 series) is its panoramic feature. "Big deal", I hear you say, "Loads of 35mm film ...

23 July, 2018

Modding a Halina Anastigmat f/3.5 45mm – by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

I am rather new to the technical side of photography. That is - the choice of multiple camera bodies, changeable lenses with all kinds of filters and whatnot, tripods, monopods,...

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