The 1960s and '70s were good times for hobbyists in the USA. Chemicals, electronic parts, and optical supplies were widely available - in some ways more so than they are today. ...
I’ve just started shipping pixl-latr - a product I launched on Kickstarter in June 2018 with an expected delivery date of September the same year. In short, I’m 22 months behind...
20 July, 2020
Death in the Camera Store / Learning to See On the Other Side of Fear – By Gerard Exupery
I am standing with my fingers knitted together, resting on the top of my head. A few feet away, there is a gun pointed at my face, and I'm trying like I've never tried anything ...
Like many people, my experience with photography started before a digital alternative existed. We remember that time, when most people didn’t have a cell phone and most pictures...
In 1977 I abandoned the 110 format and bought the Pentax ME camera with its 50mm lens, it had insufficient angle for the panoramas I wanted to photograph, so I bought the Pentax...
It’s April 9th 2020; 03.08am. I’m sitting in a small hallway under the stairs leading down to our basement. Here I have a computer set up with my old Nikon 400...
Back in 2012, during my time studying Art and Design techniques in College, I had become quite fond of the idea of using cameras for a project I was working on, and had decided ...
10 May, 2020
35mm in the Time of Coronavirus – By Steph Powell
Our family camera was kept in a sock drawer. It was brought out of the Queen Anne cupboard for family occasions during the 90s. Dad would load the film into the chamber. It woul...