Gear Theory Archives

20 January, 2023

Finding my ideal 6×9 folder – Largest Negative in a Compact Travel Format – by Zheng Li

By Zheng Li

I have owned and used many different types of medium format cameras (TLR, SLR, folder, rigid body rangefinder), and I enjoy all of them for different reasons. But this article i...

17 January, 2023

The Digital Rangefinder: an Endangered Species? – by Ailbíona McLochlainn

By Ailbíona McLochlainn

It was just over a year ago, that I made my foray into the world of digital Leica M cameras. Admittedly, I was rather late to the party. But when it comes to photographic equipm...

10 January, 2023

Gear Theory – Shooting Film in the Rain – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

I grew up on my neighbours’ farm in the Lake District, England and spent lots of time as a child helping the adults outside with the sheep, lambs and cows in the pouring r...

30 December, 2022

Shooting infrared with a rangefinder camera, Rollei Infrared film and a Retina IIc – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

A comment on my review of Rollei Infrared film triggered this follow up. In his comment, Neal Wellons pointed out, quite correctly, that, for infrared photography, using a range...

15 December, 2022

Storytelling with Three Lenses or Fewer – A Rangefinder Workflow – by Simon King

By Simon King

Just because a lens has a wide field of view doesn't mean it will be the best fit for an expansive scene. Just because a lens has a narrow field of view it doesn't mean it's onl...

11 December, 2022

The Humble Strap: From Shoelace to Salvation – By Tim Snow

By Tim Snow

The epitome of simplicity; it’s a strap. It attaches to your camera to help you suspend it from your shoulder or neck to keep your hands free to drink tea. To help avoid acciden...

29 September, 2022

For Quick Film Scans, Try an Olympus C-8080WZ!

By Dave Powell

An old friend recently asked if I could digitize some 35mm slides of a coastal Maine motel her family once owned. She’d researched the commercial cost of scanning, and before bi...

24 September, 2022

Some Rolling-Shutter Fun… From a Moving Bus – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

The proverb “Necessity is the mother of invention” is credited to philosophers going back to Plato. But a modern paraphrase claims that boredom is another mother of invention. I...

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