I’m an old-ish guy, so when I think of photography I think of film. My interest in photography has ebbed and flowed over the years, and really took a nosedive with the arrival o...
Now that's over 40 years ago, so marvel I do at my Ricoh 500GX, complete with pristine case and plastic lens cap, which looks like it has just left the production line in Taiwan...
I picked up my Ricoh 500G rangefinder for $8 at a ‘Vinnies’ charity shop here in Sydney. Manufactured from 1972, I’ve had this for about a year now. It was my first film camera ...
A few months ago I was looking for a small 35mm film rangefinder with a lens featuring a larger than average maximum aperture, ideally with full manual control or at least shutt...
I found an Olympus 35RC at a thrift store in the US for $15 during the summer of 2015. At that point, I already had a Canonet QL17 GIII and an Olympus 35SP, but this ...
My first year of shooting film Part 2 A month ago I wrote a guest post about my first steps in film photography. I got some very useful feedback, and encouragement to proceed. T...
My first year of shooting film – Part 1 A year ago, I became a photographer. Well of course that depends on your definition, I am not a professional, nor do I intent to be...
We all love cameras and film. Most of us spend hours searching for detailed reviews of a prospective camera we might be interested in purchasing, searching for a specific need o...
