Camera Theory Archives

20 January, 2023

Finding my ideal 6×9 folder – Largest Negative in a Compact Travel Format – by Zheng Li

By Zheng Li

I have owned and used many different types of medium format cameras (TLR, SLR, folder, rigid body rangefinder), and I enjoy all of them for different reasons. But this article i...

17 January, 2023

The Digital Rangefinder: an Endangered Species? – by Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

It was just over a year ago, that I made my foray into the world of digital Leica M cameras. Admittedly, I was rather late to the party. But when it comes to photographic equipm...

10 January, 2023

Gear Theory – Shooting Film in the Rain – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

I grew up on my neighbours’ farm in the Lake District, England and spent lots of time as a child helping the adults outside with the sheep, lambs and cows in the pouring r...

30 December, 2022

Shooting infrared with a rangefinder camera, Rollei Infrared film and a Retina IIc – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

A comment on my review of Rollei Infrared film triggered this follow up. In his comment, Neal Wellons pointed out, quite correctly, that, for infrared photography, using a range...

15 December, 2022

Storytelling with Three Lenses or Fewer – A Rangefinder Workflow – by Simon King

By Simon King

Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...

24 September, 2022

Some Rolling-Shutter Fun… From a Moving Bus – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

The proverb “Necessity is the mother of invention” is credited to philosophers going back to Plato. But a modern paraphrase claims that boredom is another mother of invention. I...

21 September, 2022

Foveon Color and Infrared Black & White Back to Back Comparison w/ SIGMA dp2 Quattro and sd Quattro – By Eric L. Woods

By Eric

When not shooting film I really enjoy using SIGMA's Quattro cameras. Have had and still have other more conventional digital solutions, but I really like these oddball offerings...

22 August, 2022

AE-1 vs. OM4 – A Viable Alternative to Usual Recommendations – By Michael Allan-Wood

By Michael Allan-Wood

It’s no secret that film has had a significant revival throughout the chaos that was, and still is, COVID-19. Isolation, forced or otherwise, has caused many to take to new hobb...

Geoff Chaplin on Storytelling with Film
Process isn't everything but it's 90%+ of the fun in film photography for me. Film forces me to think. Before…
Sroyon on When Bad Light is Good for Holgas – The Whole Roll
I have a Lomography Sprocket Rocket which has similar limitations: small aperture and only one shutter speed (plus Bulb). I…
Karen Jesina on When Bad Light is Good for Holgas – The Whole Roll
LOVE the grain! These are gorgeous. I have a plastic Holga in a box somewhere (we have moved a lot…

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