In 2014 my sister was looking forward to buying a new camera and asked for a suggestion. I don’t remember when or where I first heard about Samsung EX2F. It caught my attention ...
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This Tokyo Optical Co. (Topcon) Topcor 50mm f/1.5 ltm is a bit of a rarity. It’s also something of an oddity inasmuch as it has been described to me by Perry Ge (off of the Clas...
The 1960s and '70s were good times for hobbyists in the USA. Chemicals, electronic parts, and optical supplies were widely available - in some ways more so than they are today. ...
1 August, 2020
5 Frames with a Minolta Alpha Sweet – By Ian
Starting the year right with shooting film gave my energy the right positive boost. A week before the Taal volcano erupted we went on a quick break to Tagaytay. It is a tourist ...
Many years ago this rarity was given to my brother-in-law from Holland - he gave it to me due to my fondness for photography and strange things. I never used it and it has been ...
My photographic story’s a classic one, a cliché you might say. It all started when I was just 8 years old on the day my grandmother gave me my first camera, passed down to me fr...
31 July, 2020
Grain2Pixel Review – A Photoshop Plugin for Converting Negatives – By Arild Edvard Båsmo
Today I am going to review a new piece of software, or rather a plugin to Adobe Photoshop called Grain2Pixel, which can convert scans of negative film into positive images. It c...
A friend here in town is an experienced and very capable photographer with over five decades of experience. Early this year (2020), his wife emailed me wondering if I would like...
