27 May, 2023
NEWS: FOMA Releases Ortho 400 Medium Format Film
FOMA BOHEMIA has launched a unique black-and-white orthochromatic film in medium format. FOMA Ortho 400 is a 120 film featuring a wide exposure latitude and increased sensitivit...
25 May, 2023
5 frames of Berlin with my Ricoh 500G and Ilford HP5, Ilford FP4, Ilford XP2 and Fomapan 400
Yes, the title is long, but for a good reason. This trip to Berlin was my third or fourth photo expedition with the Ricoh 500G. I'm still getting used to this lovely little came...
19 February, 2023
5 frames of Fomapan 100 with Dad’s second Ricoh KR10 Super on Jeju
When I was 12, I decided I wanted a decent camera. I was born in the past when you had to go to a library to find things out, like how a camera worked. Or ask someone or get a m...
10 February, 2023
Declining Reno – 13 Frames Developed in Kompostinol – by Sonny Rosenberg
I think the city council and mayor would probably want to kill me if they read the title of this article. To be clear, Reno Nevada at large is not declining. It’s a thrivi...
18 September, 2022
5 Frames with a (possibly broken) Hasselblad 500cm – By Philip Ahlquist
The email from the lab came in two days before my long-planned holiday:
“We are contacting you to let you know that your film has been processed, but unfortunately it has come ...
10 September, 2022
5 frames with the Pentax Spotmatic and developed as Stand development – By Nick Ambrose
One of my more recent projects in the darkroom has been to explore further options on how to process my black and white film. I would in the past just follow the normal method o...
8 September, 2022
5 Frames with the Zorki 2C (S) & Retropan 320 Soft – By David Hoult
I have been using film cameras since the late 70’s but became serious when I started my wedding photography company in the late 80’s into the 90’s using 35mm and medium format c...
A couple of years ago I treated myself to a very tidy Yashicamat that was made in May 1965. I wrote about the camera here. I discovered recently that the shutter speeds had beco...