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21 July, 2024
The Cost of the Mamiya 7
In the early days of the pandemic I purchased a Mamiya 7 kit from an old timer at a reasonable price. This had long been a dream camera of mine and I had been searching for one ...
I read Hamish’s recent review in 35mmc of the new Pentax 17 half frame 35mm camera with interest being an inveterate user of film nowadays. In fact, it stirred in me feelings ab...
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...
In part 1, I talked about the Sony R1, this part is about a camera that represents another key moment in Sony’s APS-C camera history, the Sony a700. In July 2005 Sony anno...
18 July, 2024
Visiting Algeria with My Olympus XA
I took a trip back to Algeria to see my grandfather. Packed my faithful Olympus XA. I needed a camera I could easily hide for some street shots. Wikipedia moment: Algeria, the b...
18 July, 2024
Minolta AL-F – Getting to know ALF
Minolta; you might love the brand, or take the view their products were inferior. I know camera branding can elicit these responses. It was a long time ago, but in my late teens...
17 July, 2024
5 Frames with ‘a’ Kodak Autographic № 3.
To be accurate this is bending the rules somewhat for ‘5 Frames With’ as although there are only 5 frames also involved are: 2 Kodak Autographic № 3 cameras 3 photographers 2 di...
17 July, 2024
How to Make Tea… PC-TEA that is
I have been developing my own film for a few years now and am slightly addicted to the process. There is just something magic about loading your film into the spools adding the ...
