The Kochmann Korelle 6×4.5 was a German strut-folding camera taking 16 negatives on a roll of 120 film, available from 1933 they were made up to the start of WW2. Apart fro...
17 June, 2026
How to Shoot Instax in a Polaroid Camera
A Polaroid camera that works with Instax is the holy grail of instant photography. Why? Because today’s instant cameras are designed to be feature poor. Like point-and-shoot dig...
14 February, 2026
Modifying the Contax 167MT
Notice anything off about this Contax 167MT? Look closely, hold, and look again… Well, trick question, there isn’t anything to notice. From the front, this is just like any othe...
17 June, 2025
Rebuilding a Canon Super 8 with Raspberry Pi
Last year, I found a broken Canon 514XL-S Super 8 camera at a flea market in Sydney for $5. It was clearly non-functional, but something about the design — the shape, the feel o...
14 December, 2024
How I modded Lomo LC-A+ into half-frame camera
I made a half-frame mod for the Lomo LC-A and LC-A+, inspired by a clipping from the Russian magazine “Foto&Video,” issue #8 from 1999. This mod has been brewing...
10 December, 2024
Rangefinder with glasses? A mod made from necessity
Anyone who is a glasses wearer and rangefinder enthusiast then this issue will be familiar with you. A quick google search for ‘rangefinder camera with glasses’ will expose you ...
23 November, 2024
Two cameras with a common shortcoming
LOMO LC-A I’ve owned a LOMO LC-A for some years and enjoyed its inherent ‘quirkiness’ – both in the image quality and operation: – the easy to miss focus indicator in the ...
15 October, 2024
Can a Polaroid pack camera shoot 4×5?
The short answer: sort of… A Polaroid pack camera comes with a 114mm lens and basically covers a 3×4″ image. I was curious as to whether it could shoot 4×5...