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30 March, 2021

Presto Digitization with the CAMERADACTYL BoopBoop Trigger for mounted slides – By Ethan Moses

By cameradactyl

I wrote a long year in review article over on EMULSIVE about how I came to this project, how and why it came to be. This article is just going to stick mostly to the technicals...

1 March, 2021

Canon Sure Shot M Mini-Review & Auto-Flash Disable Modification

By Hamish Gill

Just before Christmas I spotted a rather injured looking Canon Sure Shot M (otherwise known as the Canon Prima Mini) in a second hand shop in town. I’ve looked at these cameras ...

5 February, 2021

A Digitisation Rig with a Nod To Mr H Robinson and a Surprise Along The Way – by Ralph Turner

By Ralph Turner

I’m not quite sure what triggered it, maybe a number of small mental prods: my son’s interest in film (he uses his Mum’s old Pentax K1000), being given a roll of Fuji C200 and a...

23 January, 2021

Running 35mm Film Through My 110 Year Old No. 0 Folding Pocket Kodak – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

I write a weekly camera collecting blog through my website, but due to the holidays I didn't have the usual time I spend researching the camera or the camera company, which is s...

14 January, 2021

Epaper Photo Printing – My Steampunk Photo Paper – By Marco Dughera

By Marco Dughera

My analog gear has been sitting in a closet since I started experimenting with digital cameras. However, when looking for images and inspiration, I keep on visiting blogs and si...

11 January, 2021

Loading 35mm into 120 Camera (Without Adapters) – By Andrea Bevacqua

By Andrea Bevacqua

I have been intrigued by the look of the sprocket holes with the actual photo, so I wanted to try to replicate it. It is a effect mostly used on colour images and it seems quite...

29 December, 2020

Ligero69 – Chasing My Perfect Camera – By Mario M.

By Mario M

The perfect camera, much like a camera bag, is elusive. We develop our tastes and re-shape our expectations while on this wallet-burning quest to find the one. But what do we re...

7 December, 2020

Olyversal 2:1 Frame Camera Project – By Alexander Seidler

By Alexander Seidler

After a few years of shooting, and 2 or 3 hundred rolls of film I felt my experience was growing, and my GAS with it. I'd been shooting a lot of wide angle lenses, and wanted to...

Danilo Leonardi on 5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400
Oh wow! Using the MIR-1B 37mm f/2.8 in Brussels, what an amazing thing, considering that a version of the lens…
Gary Smith on 5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400
Usually at that time of day my mind doesn't look for things to keep busy because I've already gone to…
RichardH on Standing still while the music moves – Shooting musicians with point & shoot film cameras
Good work, Sanna! Your images have rhythm and emotion. Film is a fantastic medium for capturing stage light. I have…

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