Tutorials & Knowhow Archives

26 September, 2024

A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

By Andrea Monti

Manual lenses on mirrorless cameras are often a match made in heaven: (once) cheap, high-quality lenses can finally be brought back from the grave and used on modern cameras. Ho...

24 September, 2024

How to shoot Kodak Vision Color Print (2383) in colors

By Bruno Silva

Many people used shoot analog photography may have already come across an ISO 12 violet/blue film that stores usually offer. This film, which can also be developed with chemical...

22 September, 2024

How I achieve Good scans with a DIY rig

By Jeffery Luhn

There have been frequent mentions on this website about scans of negatives, ranging from professional labs to table-top models. I’m going to describe my experiences using a loca...

20 September, 2024

35mm Film Pot Pinhole Camera

By Robert Willox

I recently started following a friend of a friend on Instagram, who posts his black & white images fairly regularly and decided I should really be doing something similar as...

19 September, 2024

A DIY 35mm Film Stripper

By Tony Warren

A device for producing a 16mm strip from 35mm.

2 boys in winter jackets standing by a pond in the snow.

14 September, 2024

5 Digital Frames Transferred to Film (An Experiment)

By Asher Curri

This camera shoots unlimited film photos! Has become a popular click bait title in the YouTube photography space. These creators are attempting to capitalize on a widespread des...

23 August, 2024

Maximizing Garage Sale And Thrift Store Finds

By Azriel Knight

20 August, 2024

Fixing the Leica 14405 handgrip for film cameras.

By MichaelWPlant

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...

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Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
Here is the link to the laboratory in Germany that I mentioned: https://www.meinfilmlab.de/en/ Tips and recommendations on film use appear…
Walter Reumkens on Pushing Pan F Plus: first stop, Santa Monica, second stop, Manhattan
Danke für den Austausch, deine Artikel werde ich mir genau ansehen. Habe schon mal einen Blick reiungeworfen, klasse Arbeit! At…
Nick Orloff on Kodak Tri-X 400 or Ilford HP5+ 400 who? when? where?
I prefer Tri-X for most subjects but find HP5 better if you need to push to 1600.

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