I have always been fascinated with panorama photos. With a background in filmmaking, there are of course many examples of exciting compositions in the wide format. Now, these 5 frames are nothing to do with panoramas, quite the opposite really. But the film in question was purchased by me to be used in my TLR […]

Author Archives: Tobias Eriksson
Amateur photographer who uses and experiments with these wonder machines, and writes about it on his blog. He also sells used cameras at Etsy under the name getOurBooks.
My first roll… Of 120 film: Kodak Portra 160 in a Seagull TLR
I think that it is a wonderful idea to share the thoughts we have when trying something new. Sharing not only perfection in photography but also personal bewilderment makes one more humble towards others’ results and preferrably one learns things in the process. My first roll of 120 film wasn’t entirely my first ever but […]
5 Frames… With Fomapan 400 Action (EI 400 / 35mm format / Olympus Pen EED)
I am a huge fan of half-frame cameras. I like to compose with the ‘portrait’ finder which is the default in all half-frame cameras except the Yashica Samurai family. It trains my eye to see in a different way for a while, which is good practice for a photographer. I bought the Pen EED for […]
Double review: Voigtlander Vito B & Apparate & Kamerabau Akarette II
This review consists of a comparison between my experience of using two seemingly very similar cameras, the Apparate &