What I hesitated for a long time. No, I don’t need this camera. Why should I? I have a Minolta X-300 and I’m very happy with it, so why should I get an SR-T 101 or 303? Damn, it’s fully mechanical and except for a light meter, doesn’t need any power. All right, in no […]
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5 Frames of my lockdown on Classic EZ 400 film, a Voigtländer Bessa-R and Nikon FM2 (Skopar 35mm f/2.5 and Voigtländer Ultron 40mm f/2 lenses)
Being on voluntary lockdown on COVID leads to boredom, but it also lead me to explore my vast collection of photography books which I began to draw inspiration from for a little project. I love portrait work especially informal and street portraits. I began this little project two years ago at the start of the […]
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5 Frames of… Tulips on overexposed Fujicolor C200 (Leica R3, Macro-Elmarit 60mm f/2.8) – by Charles Mutter
I am endlessly fascinated by tulips. So far, so unoriginal. Even supermarket bouquets can yield extraordinary beauty, especially if left a little longer than most florists would deem appropriate. And our local florist often has really unusual, dramatic blooms – parrot tulips, “double” tulips that burst out like peonies… Usually, I photograph them indoors, the […]
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5 Frames… In the fog with an Agfa Optima I and NoColorStudio No. 10 film (35mm Format / EI 100 / Agfa Color-Agnar f/2.8/45mm)
A few months ago there was a presentation of various black and white films on emulsive.org. It made me curious. Without further ado, I ordered the High ISO Set with films No. 99 and No. 10 from NoColorStudio in Lithuania. No. 99 has ISO 990 and No. has ISO 100. ISO 100 is High ISO? […]
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5 Frames… Of Dresden Neustadt on Kodak Portra 160 (35mm format / EI 160 / Minolta SRT MC-II + Minolta MC 35mm f2.8) – by Konrad Kiesel
Lately, I found myself in the urge of shooting my trusty old Minolta SRT MC-II. While firing away some shots, to see if the shutter sounds reasonable at different speeds, I came to realise that I must have loaded some film into it at some point. Also I could not remember what film I loaded […]
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5 Frames… Of portraits on ILFORD HP5 PLUS (120 Format / EI 320 / Green #11 filter Bronica SQ-A + Zenzanon PS 150mm + S-18 extension tube) – by Cameron Breze
These frames were selected from a recent test shoot on my new (to me) Bronica SQ-A and first medium format shots that I had ever taken with extension tubes. I began my film journey mainly by accident; I had taken digital photos for years prior to giving film a shot. It had never crossed my […]
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5 Frames… Of a day at the slopes on Kodak Gold 200 (35mm Format / EI400 / Canon EOS 1N + Canon 50mm 1.8 STM)
I’ve been into photography since 2004 when I first picked up a Canon AE-1. Since then I’ve explored many different brands and lens combinations for both professional work and hobbyist work, however shooting film always takes me back to a certain purity. I do love the manual aspect of shooting film especially 120 in my […]
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6 Frames… Of morning pinholes on an ONDU 6×12 Multiformat and Rollei Superpan 200
I have shot film since my childhood, but I completely switched to film 5 years ago. During all this time I gained a lot of experience experimenting with different film, formats, and cameras and gradually realized what I like most — the square format and slowed down shooting. This naturally led me to the idea […]
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5 Frames… Ending in a Pacific sunset on Kodak Portra 400 (35mm Format / EI 400 / Canon A-1 + Canon 50mm 1.4) – by Zak DenHartigh
This past November, I had the opportunity to visit a close friend of mine in Los Angeles, California. Given the current situation with covid, I didn’t really know what to expect on my trip. I was worried that there may not be enough going on to enjoy or photograph. I am thankful that there ended […]
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5 Frames… From an old, familiar Pentax K1000 on Kodak T-MAX 400 (35mm Format / EI 400 + SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2.8)
I brought my Pentax K1000 (a combined birthday and Christmas gift in 1988) back into service in 2021, after a decades-long hiatus from it, and after 15 or so years of not shooting film at all. I was surprised to find myself every bit as happy to be shooting film as I had been when […]
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5 Frames… at Austin FC on ILFORD Delta 3200 Professional (35mm Format / EI 3200 / Pentax IQZoom 160)
My mom’s favorite camera was her Canon AE-1 (no P). My dad convinced her to give it to their tour guide in Hong Kong on their honeymoon. He said he would replace it with a nicer camera, which my mom swears was an AE-1P, but I’m not sure where they would’ve found one new in […]
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5 Frames… Of Latvia’s Kaucminde Manor on Lomography Berlin 400 Kino film (Nikon FE2 and Nikon 55mm f/1.2 AI)
The Kaucminde Manor is an impressive palace building from the early 19th century. In 1920-30 this facility was house to Latvia’s most popular Housekeeping School. The property was belonged to count Peter Ludwig von Palen. In 2018 Kaucminde was hit with a big fire which left the building badly damaged. I have always had a […]
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5 Frames… From my first roll in a Holga 135 PAN Panoramic camera and Revolog Tesla 1 (35mm / Holga 55mm f/8 lens) – by Chemical Lens
Lomography is a contradiction in terms, and I love that. I am a traditional film photographer who takes Lomography seriously. There are 10 Golden Rules of Lomography which is funny because rule #10 says that there are “no rules.” I even have a portfolio on my website that is titled “no rules”. When I’m in […]
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5 Frames… With a Canon A-1 and a roll of 1987 Sainsbury’s Colour Print Film (CPF) and a Canon A1
The effect of more than thirty years on colour negative film is unpredictable. That I had in my hand a roll of Sainsbury’s CPF, a budget film from 1987 marketed by a UK supermarket, was unlikely. That a newly arrived Canon A-1 sat on the desk across the room was none other than good fortune. […]
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5 Frames… Of Rex and Neil on a 90-year old Rolleiflex Standard 621 (120 Format / EI 400 / ILFORD HP5 PLUS)
Just over a year ago, whilst hunting for the mythical £10 Leica in an antique shop, I came across this old Rolleiflex disguised amongst about twenty box brownies. The focus dial was borderline seized, the focus screen — apart from being dark enough to be totally useless in the dim light — seemed to be […]
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5 Frames… At the Albuquerque Atomic Museum on Kodak Panatomic-X (El 1 / Nikon F3 + Voigtlander Nokton 58mm f/1.4)
The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA has a back lot with about 2 acres of the sort of hardware that fueled my nightmares in the ’90s. Military planes, missiles, and more are all in various stages of restoration or decay. Some are just left to be baked to […]
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5 Frames… From Bloomsbury to Kings Cross on Kodak Portra 400 and a Pentax ME Super
The Pentax Super ME is a beautiful little camera, introduced in 1979, superseding the old Pentax ME. It’s an extremely compact camera, with aperture priority and manual mode, making it a great camera for beginners, or a cheap alternative to adding to your collection. Coming from the family of the Pentax K mount, you are […]
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5 Frames… Around Vassar College, New York, on Kodak Portra 400 (120 format / EI 400 / Mamiya RB67 Pro SD + Mamiya-Sekor 180mm f/4.5 C)
I bought a Mamiya RB67 Pro SD and 180mm f4.5 C lens in fall 2021 and did)n’t want to stray too far from home for the first roll through the camera. We recently moved to the Hudson Valley of New York and live across the street from Vassar College, which is more and more becoming […]
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5 Frames… Of my hometown Leeuwarden in the Netherlands on Fomapan 100 Classic (120 Format / EI 100 / Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex)
The Ikoflex is the only true Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) made by Zeiss Ikon — the WWII Tengoflex is actually just a box-camera with a large, simple brilliant finder which does not aid focussing and is therefore considered to be a pseudo-TLR. The first Ikoflex was introduced in 1934 and had a striking “Art Deco” […]
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5 Frames… Of what makes Havana special on Kodak Tri-X 400 and a Kodak Brownie Reflex 20 (120 Format / EI 400)
When my wife turned 40, she wanted just one thing: to have a nice vacation in a warm place with a beach. After negotiating that our destination be all-inclusive so that I might walk around with cocktails in coconuts all day, we settled on a resort in Veradero, Cuba. She got her beach; I got […]
