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15 March, 2024
Orwo Wolfen NC-500 – A Contrarian’s Perspective
In my life, I’ve rarely been one to succumb to peer pressure. Whatever cool new thing everyone else has, you can be sure that Bob will find a different way. When I was a teenage...
14 March, 2024
How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography
At other times I would have dismissed this image as ‘out of focus’ and unusable. Just another missed shot caused by poor focusing technique on a fully manual film camera. Nowada...
14 March, 2024
5 Frames with a Minolta X-700 and Tri-X
When I first got back into shooting film around 2013, the first film SLR I acquired after a brief flirtation with lomography cameras was the Minolta X-700. I got it and a couple...
13 March, 2024
A Note on the Concept of “Correct” Exposure
“My camera just nails the exposure”. How often have you heard that or a similar comment from someone praising the technical abilities of their new digital camera? Bu...
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 ...
