For many of us film photography comes with many advantages. The disconnect from the world digital technology. The enforced rituals and meditations. The total mental and physical...
In my 6 months of casual film photography, I’ve learned that airport security can be generous about hand-checking analog film. Many will do it if you ask nicely. Once, a s...
For me, the special thing in film photography is the almost endless possibilities of combinations of camera, lens, film and situation or purpose in which I can use them. There i...
This roll of CatLABS X Film 100 Color film was a part of my Father’s Day/Birthday film haul a while ago. From that post: Who is to blame? 35mmc. I ordered it so fast that...
After reading and following the site for years, I’ve finally gotten around to writing my first “5 Frames with…” on my daily SLR camera, the Minolta X-3...
I had to learn that it is good to trust the camera sometimes. especially if it is a camera that has rarely let you down. I tried my first roll of this film in a prior post on my...
My last ‘5 frames’ was a thinly veiled opportunity to complain about the ergonomics and reliability of the Minox 35EL. Even then I remained entranced by its tiny (...
I really like beta testing cameras and lenses. Obviously I do this for my own lenses, but I’ve also beta tested the likes of Pixii which was a real treat for a rangefinde...