My father was a sort of gadget freak back in the ‘60’s when gadgets weren’t even a thing. He was always getting us gadgets for birthday gifts. For example, on my 25th birthday h...
I saw this Ross Ensign folding camera on eBay with a message from the seller saying that he was not a camera expert and had no idea whether or not it was in working condition. I...
My neighbor Alvar has loaned me another camera to write an article about, in this case the camera was used by his father for years, I appreciate the trust he has had in me.
The...
Universal Camera Corporation launched their Univex Mercury CC model in 1938, along with their proprietary #200 series films. It's basically 35mm film, but on an open roll. The m...
10 July, 2021
5 (x 2) Frames of the Columbia River Gorge on Kodak Elite Chrome 100 with an Olympus Pen EES-2 – by Shawn Granton
Over the past year I've been figuring out ways to combine my new passion of film photography with my old passion of bicycle travel. I've bike toured to many places since my firs...
Sometimes the urge to do something out of the norm comes over me from out of the blue; like stopping at the Salvation Army that I drive by literally every day, yet rarely giving...
This Yashica T2 is a new pickup that I initially bought to repair and flip. While I was able to repair it (the battery door was bad, as is common on older point-and-shoots), I m...
3 July, 2021
5 Frames of Oysterville, Washington on Portra 400 with an Olympus 35 RD – by Shawn Granton
The Long Beach Peninsula juts out from the SW corner of Washington State. This low-lying arm of land separating Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean features lots of sandy beach--...