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2 February, 2022
Time, Zen and My Father’s Camera – By Eric Charles Jones
The trouble is, you think you have time.
– Buddha
Old cameras have always held a special place in my heart. Especially, the classic cameras of the past that were often built l...
1 February, 2022
Positive Memories – Creating Positive Images Inspired by the Photobooth Process – By Andy Smale
When I was young, every bus or railway station, airport, Woolworths, Boots, shopping centers and department stores all had a Photo booth. These booths allowed the sitter to hav...
I recently fell for analog cameras, especially vintage ones. It feels like a rabbit hole much of the time, chasing that elusive, cosmetically beautiful, functionally accurate, 6...
30 January, 2022
The Benefits of (B&W) Polyester Film – By Emanuel Hentes
It has (much) better archival qualities. That’s it. That’s why it's so great. The rest of the article just expands on that idea.
Assumptions
I am implicitly assuming you agree ...
29 January, 2022
Ilford XP1 – Explorations with 28 Year Old Film – By Bob St-Cyr
I recently got back into bulk loading 135 format film and as usual, fell short on reloadable cassettes. Since I don’t get into Vancouver too often, I decided to look online and ...
28 January, 2022
“I am Lonely” Said Vinnie the Voigtländer Vito BL – by Andrew Morang
Vinnie, the little Voigtländer Vito BL camera, shares shelf space with his friend, Spottie, the Honeywell Spotmatic.
Both feel a bit neglected. After all, one can only use so m...
I acquired the Beauty Super II F2 after it caught my attention at a local online auction. Before bidding I did a little research about this camera. Manufactured in Japan in 1958...
26 January, 2022
Building a Darkroom From the Ground Up – By Katie Cooper
Lockdown 2020 was a blessing in (a very big) disguise, as it gave me the opportunity to research, build and begin work on creating a darkroom.
My passion for analogue photograp...
