Gear Theory Archives

1 January, 2025

TLR under Grey Skies – A response to Geoff’s TLR challenge

By Paul Quellin

For months after I got a Mamiya C220, I struggled with focusing. There were all sorts of possible explanations and I even visited an optician to discuss the issue in detail. Fin...

29 December, 2024

A Complicated Relationship With Colour Film

By David Smith

“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.” — Raine...

3 December, 2024

Can You Get Mojo From TLR Cameras?

By Jeffery Luhn

Tony Warren’s recent post entitled, “My TLRs Over the Years”, got me thinking about the who, what, where, and how my experiences with TLR’s made phot...

1 December, 2024

DSLR Scanning on a Budget: Unlock Stunning Results with an Affordable Enlarger Lens

By Markus Hofstätter

You can fall in quite a huge rabbit hole if you read about scanning negatives with your mirrorless or DSLR camera, lots of people recommend different lenses. You easily can spen...

24 November, 2024

Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution

By Marco Andrés

Today there are many options for converting colour and b&w negatives to positives that combine hardware and software. In contrast to now, when I embarked on this journey, th...

Horizon S3 Pro. Swing-lens panoramic film camera

21 November, 2024

The Wider View – learning to create panoramic images

By Dave Whenham

Over the last few years my photography has definitely moved away from landscape to urban subjects. Of course, restrictions due to the pandemic were the catalyst for this s...

21 November, 2024

Memorable photos made with forgettable lenses

By Simon Foale

Well, memorable for me anyway – your mileage may vary. Some of the images I’m sharing here made good money for me a few years ago when I had a side hustle in stock...

14 November, 2024

Enjoying the 110 format

By Tony Warren

the 110 format, the cameras, film, cassettes.

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