15 August, 2023
5 Frames with Holga 120N and Kodak Porta 160
Is this Holga 120N a toy camera? It feels like it because it is all made of plastic including the lens and the construction of it itself is rather flimsy. However, in spite of t...
I took two vacations when I was young. I never recall being disappointed about it, but looking back with a lifetime of experience I realize it was the best my single mothe...
27 July, 2023
Nothing New Except to Me – Another Leica Story
Working as a pro for the last 50 years I never had the extra cash for a Leica. Any time I had ‘extra’ cash it went towards my work gear, lighting or Nikon film camer...
26 July, 2023
Kodak Colorplus 200 Colour Negative Film Mini-Review
Recently I thought I would give colour negative film a try again having used a great deal of this film type in the past, which I used to process myself in Neofin Colour chemistr...
Having learned photography in college on an SLR Nikon FM2 in the late 80s and early 90s, then jumping into digital as early as 1999, I never experimented with medium format or s...
23 July, 2023
5 Frames with my newly acquired Pentax 67
Well, all roads would eventually lead here. I knew it in my gut. My dalliance with different film cameras and a desire for a certain quality took me past 35mm shooters with dece...
I consider myself pretty lucky to live within a 4-hour drive of one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the world. As an avid backpacker and photographer, it troubled me when I real...
With color films often in short supply and prices continuing to increase, it was sad news when Fuji “paused” Superia X-TRA 400 in April of this year. It’s re...