For a photographer, there is nothing quite like the experience of looking onto the focus screen of a TLR or other medium format, primarily waist-level viewfinder cameras such as Hasselblads, Bronicas or Mamiya RB67s.
If you’re looking for a cheap point-and-shoot upgrade from Fuji’s last cheap point-and-shoot Instax camera, the company will gladly cover you as of just a …
I have been looking for this historical artwork for some years – a useable Dallmeyer 3B Portrait Petzval 290mm f/3 lens made during the 70s …
SIlvergrainClassics and the state of Rheinland-Palatinate are pleased to announce an agreement for a new training center for analog photographers and filmmakers. The former army …
Read moreAnnouncing the 2021 SilvergrainClassics Analog Photography Bootcamp
In this article I am going to talk about the journey that led me to build the Mongoose automated negative carrier, and my newest device, …
It’s mid-December 2020 and a bearded, touqued figure stands silently on the side of a frozen lake looking off towards the rising peak of a …
I remember hearing about the (now 20+ year) straight 8 competition when I was in film school and thinking “who are those maverick, brave, but especially crazy filmmakers?”
During the never-ending cycle of lockdowns here in the UK, I’ve set myself a little project wandering about on my permitted ‘one-exercise-a-day’ time, documenting my …
Read moreMaximum readiness, effective robustness: The Durst Sei Sei (Durst 66)
The Nikonos V — with its striking orange exterior — is one of the most legendary 35mm film cameras ever made. Created for scuba diving, …
Read moreThe Nikonos V: The underwater & on-land adventure camera
I made my first experiences as a street photographer in New York in the 1990s. During this time I learned a lot about New York …
Read more3 simple lessons: What I saw (and learned) shooting street photography in 1990s New York
I’d been working on this project in one form or another for about 6 months, trying various methods to return the old selenium light meter …
Read moreHow-to: Upgrade your Rolleiflex with a digital light meter
Bobby Troup and his wife Cynthia Hare sang the feeling of crossing one of America’s longest roads, way-way back in 1946 with the line, “Get …
Read moreGetting a 6×6 kick on Portugal’s Route 66 with a Rolleicord, Yashica and Hasselblad 500C
Disassembling the only 35mm film holder made for Graflex Cameras isn’t something you get to do every day. Some sixty years ago, a photographer had …
Read moreDisassembling the only 35mm Graflex Film Holder Ever Made
My film development workflow shifted in 2020 and became almost entirely based around semi-stand methods. Previously I had used ILFORD DD-X and taken great care …
Just arrived on Kickstarter: Lomography’s first crowdfunding campaign of the year: the Ultra-Wide 17mm f/2.8 Atoll lens for Leica M-mount (as well as a few …
Read moreNew M-mount lens from Lomography: The Atoll Ultra-Wide 17mm f/2.8 Art Lens
If you have been giving monochrome (aka black and white) film photography a go, you will have realised that film doesn’t quite see things the …
Shot 100 years ago: Developing Kodak Premo-Pack 4×5 film from a Rochester Premo B camera ~ by Salvador Busquets One of the most fascinating things …
Read moreShot 100 years ago: Developing Kodak Premo-Pack 4×5 film from a Rochester Premo B camera
Hello. My name is Aivaras and I am a bokeh junkie. I got into film photography mostly because of my ability to play with limited …
Read moreNorita 66 system review: Pleasure and pain from my need for speed
The ability to frame in the mind and see a photo before it’s even taken is a key skill, and one that only comes with practice and patience. An equally important factor, though, is the equipment.
On an early grey wet and gloomy Friday morning I walk through Cape Town’s Thibault Square in search of Riviera Salon. With the weather hanging …
Read moreAfter 56 years: The last days of Riviera Salon on Kodak Portra 400
