10 September, 2024
Kodak Ektramax Fireworks and a Cool 110 Tip
The above image is the cover of my Kodak Ektramax 110 camera’s substantial 34-page user manual. It’s more interesting than a straight pic of the camera itself, whi...
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6 September, 2024
Beyond the Frame – One Shot, Six Stories
At photo exhibits, I look for images that especially grab me. If I find one and the photographer is around, I’ll ask if the photo holds stories that aren’t immedia...
4 September, 2024
When Kitsch Becomes Collectible
I just experienced huge culture shock about that thing up there. During the 1980s and early ‘90s, I was a computer-networking journalist and editor for publications like ...
3 September, 2024
That Time I Played Art Detective — One-Shot Story
Sometimes, the world is indeed small. In 2015, Kate and I moved from a 1,700-square-foot Cape-style house to a 2,700 square-foot retirement condo with exceedingly high cathedral...
27 August, 2024
Folk Art on Wheels — One-Shot Story
Anyone fond of later-20th- and early-21st-century automobiles will enjoy Jim Grey’s “Old Cars Parked” columns and his posts on the “Curbside Classic&...
8 August, 2024
Adventures in C-Mount 110-Film Scanning
In a previous article, I explored macro-photography using C-mount cine lenses attached to a Fiji X-Pro1 APS-C digital. In those three experiments, I discovered that my mounting ...
24 July, 2024
Adventures in C-Mount Macro Land
C-mount lenses are the tiny optical jewels worn on the fronts of classic 16mm movie cameras. Their minuscule 17.526mm separation between the camera’s mounting flange and f...
11 June, 2024
Cleaning a Classic Canon f/1.2 LTM Lens
A while back, I snagged a beautiful Canon VI-T rangefinder camera for small bucks at a yard sale. It’s probably as close as I’ll ever come to owning a classic Leic...