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21 October, 2025
5 Frames with a Canon EOS 5000, 50mm f/1.8, and Kepler 800
I’ve shot a variety of films before, both color and black and white, from Portra to HP5, but I had never experimented with motion picture stock like Kodak Vision3 500T. I had se...
21 October, 2025
A Few Frames with a Canon P and how I found myself on 35mmc
I have been a member of FLICKR for many years and only show my photos there. I joined when I retired and had more time for my hobby. At that time I expected to meet many like-mi...
20 October, 2025
Pretend Geisha – One Shot Story
This was in 2015, the same year I began the project Nansensu. A local TV celebrity came across my early work. She asked me to make something ‘darker than boudoir’, something pri...
20 October, 2025
Prakticas and Their Associated Lenses – Building A Film Camera and Lens System At Reasonable Cost
The post that Matt Reverzani gave us about his work with a Praktica L prompted me to write an article about this range of cameras. Now the Prakticas were always ‘bottom of the p...
19 October, 2025
Assignment of Exposures using Ansel Adams’ Zone System
The purpose of this post is to get the reader a full picture on The Zone System explaining step by step the way it works. Since most tutorials I have come across with were too s...
19 October, 2025
Agfa Agfamatic 901 E Motor — Beautifully Loud
I didn’t expect to pick up another 110 camera after the Voigtlander Vitoret 110 EL I wrote about earlier, let alone so soon after. But when I saw an unusual Agfa Agfamatic...
Some cameras make you feel clever. The Voigtländer Bessa L makes you feel… well, slightly mad. A 35mm body without a viewfinder is like a pub without beer: technically possible,...
18 October, 2025
Black and White Panoramic Photography in the Philippines
The Philippines greeted me with its rhythm and endless beauty. I did not set out with grand plans. My only certainty was to pack the Hasselblad XPan and a few rolls of black and...
