I would never have thought I was living right on top of a “mine of cameras”. I knew of the love of photography in my neighbour Alvar who lives in the apartment below, so one day...
As is likely true for many of us, I left 2020 with a bit of hope for the new year and in search of an opportunity to make something of 2021. Before the year was over, I landed o...
20 March, 2021
5 frames with the Leica CL in Syria – By Grant Rayner
A year ago, in February 2020, I had the opportunity to travel through parts of Syria. As it turns out, I was lucky with my timing. This was early in the COVID-19 pandemic. While...
8 February, 2021
5 frames with the Yashica 200 AF in 1990s Tijuana – By Mirko Karsch
Analog photography is steeped in myth. What is often understood today as the "analog look" (coarse grain, blur and soft edges, pastel colors and a slight warm tone in B&W ph...
Since becoming re-interested in film shooting a couple of years ago, I’ve acquired a modest but high-quality collection of classic cameras: a Nikon FM and FE, a Mamiya M645, Oly...
I’m SLR guy. I started to shoot film with one. They formed my habits of seeing and I appreciate the honest approach of the single lens reflex system with how it allows me to see...
2 December, 2020
5 Frames with a Nikon F and Kodak Tri-X – By Ian Patton
My first SLR was a Konica, but that was back in the dark ages - my dream was always a Nikon F. Back in the 60’s it was the camera, even the fashion guys were using them. One sun...
30 November, 2020
5 frames with Pentax MZ-3, Voigtlander 20mm in Panorama Mode with pushed Tri-X – By Aivaras
I’d like to get back to topic of shooting wide aspect ratio on 35mm film with crop mode. Pentax MZ-3 and some other MZ series models have panorama mode activated by switch. This...