16 October, 2019
What A Photographer Needs – By Ryan McCarthy
I need air, water, food, and a darkroom to practice.I need light, film and time.I need my photo assistant Ansel, who also happens to be my dog.I need my partner. I need my truck...
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16 October, 2019
Fuji lens lost in wilderness for 4 months – found, and still works! – By Steve Boykin
I've just found a 23mm f/2 Fuji lens that I lost in the wilderness in June. I just happened to be looking down and it was sitting on the ground a few inches from my foot. I had ...
15 October, 2019
5 Frames with the Bronica SQ-A, my first (working) medium format camera – By Lukas Walter
When I first got interested in medium format cameras, I spent countless hours, many weeks in fact, thinking about what kind of medium format camera I wanted to get. I initially ...
Reading back through my posts about Kodak Ektachrome E100 so far, and indeed the comments on them, I do feel a little like I have somehow led people to believe that I'm not sati...
13 October, 2019
5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 and expired Kodak 400 Ultramax – by Tiago Meirelles
The Olympus Trip 35 is one of the most reviewed film camera out there. For good reason; it's cheap, beautiful minimal design, battery free and has a nice lens. I met the Olympus...
Getting a new old film camera is always a little nerve wracking, to me at least. Will I be able to operate it correctly, understand its pros and cons, and work with them, etc? W...
11 October, 2019
Cosina CT-1 and its Lengthy Legacy – By Ben O’Keeffe
On an undisclosed date in September, 1979, Cosina released the CT-1 to little fanfare. After all, it was hardly a game changer. The CT-1 is a 35mm SLR with a Copal Square shutte...
10 October, 2019
5 Frames with Rollei Infrared 400, a Leica M7 and Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/4 – Steven Bleistein
Infrared film photography has always intrigued me as a way of getting some unusual effects. I had a roll Rollei Infrared 400 which I had been wanting to try out for a while, but...
