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24 April, 2026
A cautionary tale with a long expired film
A mint condition Lubitel 166 for a reasonable (very low) price at a flea fair turned out to have a half-exposed film in it. I have other TLRs and I have no doubt that they are m...
24 April, 2026
Tasma Type 25L – Painting with Ink
Agfa’s Aviphot family may be what comes to mind the most when aerial film is mentioned, but turns out, it isn’t the only panchro aerial film option available new. In...
23 April, 2026
“Show,” Don’t “Tell” – A One Shot Story
“Show, Don’t Tell” is common advice given to creative writing students in high schools, universities, and to writing students around the world. The adage is simple. Instead of w...
23 April, 2026
5 Frames with a Rolleicord VB II
I struck up a bit a a friendship via Facebook Marketplace with a young fellow who lives here in my city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It started when I responded to an add he h...
22 April, 2026
7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 Ultra-Compact Rangefinder Lens Review
Released today (22nd of April 2026), the new 7Artisans 35mm f/2.8 lens occupies a poorly-explored niche in the modern era; that of the sharp, ultra-compact prime lens. And belie...
22 April, 2026
What the Lever Opened – One Shot Story
This is not who I was allowed to be. Circumstances in my past lives built boundaries around the innermost states that contained freedom. Vulnerability. They inhibited stepping o...
So there was this guy who took it upon himself to hike from the Atlantic Ocean all the way down to the Mediterranean, following the Pyrenean long-distance mountain trail, all of...
21 April, 2026
Printable Parts for Olympus OM1-n Shoe 4
As far as I know, the 3D print community hasn’t created printable files for often broken, removable hot shoes on the old Olympus OM series cameras. So I put up some files...
