I acquired this Braun Paxina 29 camera as part of my late father-in-law’s estate and was curious to see how it performed. A little bit of research revealed it to be German...
It’s been years since I shot 35mm film. With costs rising, and mediocre flatbed scans as my output, I was easily convinced that the format was not worth the effort. I had ...
At a brisk walk, the local park is about 4 minutes from the front door of the house. That helps with the need to escape. A job once enjoyable, has become so entangled in a growi...
I will start with something about Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black & White that I said in a blog post about another film. What is that you say? Lower price and acceptable result...
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 ...
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...
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...
A few weeks ago, I was in Paris enjoying a long week end under a very sunny sky. So I decided to load a roll of Fomapan 200 in this new camera that I just got: a near mint Yashi...
