18 May, 2026
5 Frames Rediscovered
It’s not often that I look back at my catalogue of scanned negatives. Typically I’ll shoot a roll of 120 film in a 90 or so minute walk about or if I’m shooti...
Because of my obsession with different sensors (currently in remission thankfully) I had to buy an Olympus E-300. It has the famed Kodak CCD sensor as found in the Leica M8 (exc...
It’s not uncommon nowadays to come across out-of-production or repurposed movie film for both 35mm cameras and medium format. Movie negative color films have different chemistry...
2 May, 2026
5 Frames in a Welsh Quarry
Last summer I tagged along with the local geology group on a visit to a nearby quarry, taking my Super Ikonta 530/16 and a roll of Delta 100 with me. Health and Safety being wha...
28 April, 2026
5 Frames with a Mamiya M Time Memory
The Mamiya M Time Memory is the date and time stamping version of the Mamiya M 35mm compact point-and-shoot. It came out in 1983, a year after the original M, and has the distin...
The Nikon F100 was produced from 1999 to 2006 and was widely regarded as Nikon’s second-best analogue SLR with autofocus, after the F5 for professionals. I’ve only owned it for ...
23 April, 2026
5 Frames with a Rolleicord VB II
I struck up a bit a a friendship via Facebook Marketplace with a young fellow who lives here in my city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It started when I responded to an add he h...
19 March, 2026
5 Frames with Flic Film Ultrapan 400 Pushed to 1600
My go-to, daily shooter is Flic Film’s Ultrapan 400. It has a smooth midtone roll while zones II and III hold texture. It comes in reusable cartridges for my hopes of one day bu...
