17 June, 2026
A Wet Weekend of Photography in Upstate New York
When it comes to our cabin in New York’s Hudson Valley, my family and I have become fair-weather friends. Having wisely put illusions about learning winter sports behind u...
My 1958 Rolleiflex 3.5F, my most-used camera, recently came back from Georgia-based technician Peter Jiang after a thorough rehabilitation. For a camera I’ve relied on since 201...
10 February, 2026
Attaching accessories to TLRs
This post may be useful for newcomers to twin-lens reflex (TLR) cameras who wish to extend the capabilities of their classic machines. It describes some TLR accessories that I f...
I’ve been digging in the vaults lately, having too much time on my hand and a new scanner I had been putting together an article on a Contax TVS I, TVS II, TVS II and T2 &...
I remember one day, I walked into a camera store near the British Museum and handled a Rolleiflex for the first time. It felt precious, a marvelous piece of mechanical engineeri...
The Rolleiflex 3.5F wasn't my first TLR - that honour goes to the MPP Microcord. But the Rolleiflex is a name up there with Leica and Carl Zeiss.
When one thinks of a TLR, imag...
On the eastern banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire, north of Sharpness Dock, can be found the enigmatic Purton Ships Graveyard. From 1909 until the 1960s various ships,...
8 April, 2020
5 Frames with a Rolleiflex 3.5F and Ilford XP2 film in a Quarantined San Francisco – By Dan Shapiro
I live in San Francisco, California and like many cities around the world at this point in time, we're in the midst of a shelter in place order meant to combat the Coronavirus p...