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13 March, 2024
A Roll of Delta 400 and the Walk to ICP
Every other year, Jenny and I visit NYC the week of Thanksgiving. It coincides with the week-long break that the university grants to students and faculty. The trip reminds me...
12 March, 2024
5 Frames with Lomography Orca 110 monochrome film.
The first film I tried when I became fascinated by the subminiature formats was Lomography’s Orca 110 monochrome offering because I had bought a Minolta 460 Tx 110 camera very r...
12 March, 2024
Documenting Shanghai’s Modern Architecture
You might have bumped into my previous post here about documenting Beijing’s modern architecture. Despite saying that I was “constantly exploring and looking for more interestin...
A recent auction job lot turned up a working Richomatic 35, a camera I vaguely remember for its very modern design for its day but not one I had taken much interest in. A great ...
11 March, 2024
7Artisans 9mm f/5.6 Review
I have here the widest lens I have ever used. Possibly the widest lens I have ever seen in the flesh. Certainly the widest rectilinear lens. The lens I am talking about is the 7...
10 March, 2024
5 Frames with the Mamiya 6 IV-S Folding 6×6 Camera
I was recently on a photo walk with some fellow film buffs. One of the guys pulled out a beautiful Leica M3 from his bag: “It was my grandfather’s camera,” he said, beaming. Ano...
9 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Voigtlander Vito II
In my late teens, around 1970, a work colleague invited me round to his place to show me how to print from 35mm film using an enlarger. This moment was a total epiphany for me, ...
8 March, 2024
An eBay Bargain and Impulse Bought Tale of Woe
First of all, while I shot film exclusively from 1970 through 1975 and did my own developing and printing that was a long time ago. These days I mostly shoot digital. I’m by no ...
