18 October, 2019
5 Frames with a Praktica FX3
I bought the Praktica FX3 for one reason - to try an SLR with a waist-level viewfinder without spending a lot of money. I didn't need one with a lens since I already had some M4...
15 October, 2019
5 Frames with the Bronica SQ-A, my first (working) medium format camera – By Lukas Walter
When I first got interested in medium format cameras, I spent countless hours, many weeks in fact, thinking about what kind of medium format camera I wanted to get. I initially ...
13 October, 2019
5 Frames with an Olympus Trip 35 and expired Kodak 400 Ultramax – by Tiago Meirelles
The Olympus Trip 35 is one of the most reviewed film camera out there. For good reason; it's cheap, beautiful minimal design, battery free and has a nice lens. I met the Olympus...
Getting a new old film camera is always a little nerve wracking, to me at least. Will I be able to operate it correctly, understand its pros and cons, and work with them, etc? W...
10 October, 2019
5 Frames with Rollei Infrared 400, a Leica M7 and Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/4 – Steven Bleistein
Infrared film photography has always intrigued me as a way of getting some unusual effects. I had a roll Rollei Infrared 400 which I had been wanting to try out for a while, but...
9 October, 2019
5 frames with the Kodak 66 model III – by Michael Scott
Folders like the Kodak 66, which dates from the mid 1950’s, are excellent examples of how compact and useable the 6x6 format can be in spite of the film’s size. I had wanted to ...
One of my goals when visiting Paris recently was to scour the used camera stores on the Boulevard Beaumarchais, well-known for their great selection of interesting gear. Alas, m...
6 October, 2019
5 Frames with Kodak T-Max 400 – by Simon King
T-Max 400 has an odd place in my film workflow, as although I rate what it offers aesthetically very highly, I find myself choosing not to shoot it that often, opting instead fo...
