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15 July, 2024
Chinon CE-4 and Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 – Think Different
This is a review of the Chinon CE4, but first a little background. After Pentax revealed their plan to design and manufacture new Film cameras I had a sudden urge to use a Penta...
Encouraged by my recent first experience with the Pentax Auto 110 I tried a second film. This was Fomapan 400 downrated to ISO 100 in Rodinal at 1:50 because the camera has only...
13 July, 2024
5 Frames with a Mamiya C330 and Rollei Infrared film
It’s only over the past 12 months or so that I’ve rediscovered film photography. Back when I was in college, it was the only option – I’m old enough to pre-date digital &#...
12 July, 2024
Rockmount Ranch Wear – an American Legend
First of all, a helpful reminder: if you’re wearing cowboy clothing you technically are ranch dressing. Having lived in the yee-haw state of Colorado for the last 15 years...
This is the first of three reviews I’m preparing, looking at Sony’s APS-C camera range spanning 6 years and showing the three separate approaches they took in that time. Two yea...
Back in May (2024), a friend invited me to the last home game of the season of our town’s football club, Vejle Boldklub, here in Denmark. This was an important match, sinc...
11 July, 2024
Polaroid Swinger – Modification for use with 120 Film
I’ve always thought of the Polaroid Swinger as a toy camera. Polaroid made and sold millions of them back in the 60’s, thanks to an effective marketing campaign whic...
10 July, 2024
Save those negatives. You never know…
When I started taking pictures at about age 8 my mother and I would take the roll of Verichrome Pan I shot with my Kodak Brownie 127 to Walgreens and in a few days would go back...
