Author: Matt Hooker

Matt Hooker

I’m an IT guy, photographer, DIYer, and appreciator of old things. I shoot with both digital and film cameras, but my heart belongs to the original Exa with the Biotar 2/58. I stick to classic lenses, and I’m constantly moving backwards in time with the cameras I try out. I like to explore what my gear can do, rather than what it can’t; and the same likewise for myself.

5 Frames… On Ultrafine eXtreme 100 (EI 100 / 620 format / Argoflex EF)

Jun 18, 2020

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Matt Hooker

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I recently and abruptly went from never having even used a TLR or medium format to owning four Argoflex TLRs with an intimate understanding of the shutter internals. Argoflex may be known for their faux TLR cameras with basic viewfinders on top, but from about 1940-1951 they were the real deal. Simple, but effective with…