20 August, 2024
Fixing the Leica 14405 handgrip for film cameras.
Recently I had a problem. I had acquired a newish nearly perfect Leica 14405 handgrip to use with my Leica MA. When it arrived, I was shocked at the state of the base. It origin...
13 August, 2024
Shooting Sheet film in a Polaroid Pack Camera
My stash of Polaroid pack film was running low when I realized that all of my Polaroid pack cameras would be film orphans soon unless someone started producing pack film again. ...
8 August, 2024
Adventures in C-Mount 110-Film Scanning
In a previous article, I explored macro-photography using C-mount cine lenses attached to a Fiji X-Pro1 APS-C digital. In those three experiments, I discovered that my mounting ...
Well, here we are. Once every while during the pursuit of your passion you get to wonder what’s wrong with you to make you end up in the current situation your in. For me, this ...
24 July, 2024
Adventures in C-Mount Macro Land
C-mount lenses are the tiny optical jewels worn on the fronts of classic 16mm movie cameras. Their minuscule 17.526mm separation between the camera’s mounting flange and f...
23 July, 2024
Agfa Copex Rapid – Development Tests
The EU seems to produce a rich array of unusual (“speciality”) films – from Adox, Rollei, Spur and others (many of which are rebranded Agfa-Gaevert films). Trying to get any of ...
19 July, 2024
Rodinal Tests – Temperature, Grain and Contrast
Rodinal is a high acutance (sharpness) developer. High acutance means grain as well as the image is more clearly defined. So if I develop at different temperatures either the gr...
