A few months ago I was catching up with CAMERADACTYL’s Ethan Moses when we got to talking about projects that would have the most impact …
Read moreThe CAMERADACTYL Mongoose: A modern full-roll 35mm film scanner
I spent a year preparing to shoot a roll of portraits on Kodak AEROCHROME III Infrared 1443, the false-color infrared-sensitive film manufactured by Kodak for …
Read moreBlood-red Witchery: Portraits on Kodak AEROCHROME III color infrared slide film
I highly recommend the Moscow Subway Metro. As someone who loves spending time exploring underground, this was perhaps an unexpected highlight of my 2019 trip …
Read moreILFORD HP5 PLUS vs Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 in the Moscow Metro with the Mamiya 7II
For those of you not aware, Lab-Box from ars-imago is a daylight film development system, designed to be used to develop 35mm and 120 format …
Read moreReview: Living with the ars-imago Lab-Box – by Tom Rayfield
During this worldwide quarantine, as everyone was generally confined to their homes, I too was stuck inside but still had the desire to get out …
Read moreShooting São Paulo with the Nikon 500mm f/8 Reflex-NIKKOR: the Pandemic from my Window
One day I came across a post on Facebook by a fellow “pinholer” showing their recently acquired SCURA 35mm panoramic pinhole camera. I own several …
Read moreCamera review: The Dora Goodman SCURA pinhole experience
The secret behind Leica’s R series is that their optical formulas for their SLR lenses are the same as their famous M mount lenses. A …
No matter where I’m heading travel-wise, I always make a point of doing some sort of online recce before I depart. I think It gives …
Read moreCroatian views and colour tones on a Hasselblad 500C/M and Kodak Portra 160
First an admission, I am an accidental Pentaxian. Like thousands of others, quite by chance I first learned to shoot film on a Pentax K1000. …
Read moreCamera review: The unlovely (but very good) Pentax MZ-S
There have been few opportunities for me to take the Instax Wide format MiNT Camera Instantkon RF70 on a night shoot, a favourite activity of …
Read moreNight photography with the MiNT Camera Instantkon RF70 and Fujifilm Instax Wide film
“Are you drilling?” asked my bleary-eyed wife, coming out of the bedroom of our small apartment at 1:30am. My desk was cluttered with tools, plastic …
The Leica M3 doesn’t do anything that another camera can’t. In fact, by today’s standards, it is severely lacking in features that are normally considered …
Read moreThe Leica M3: 5 reasons why it’s the greatest camera ever
I set out this Spring and Summer to do a comparative test of Kodak EKTACHROME E100 and Fujifilm Fujichrome Velvia 50 (RVP50). In my lifetime …
Discovered in the depths of the cellar this film from 1987. My oh my expired, brittle and a pain in the major to develop and …
Read moreExpired Film from 1987! Kodacolor VR 400 and the Contaflex Super (New)
I’ve been remiss in writing on this blog, and for that I apologize. I return to form in a new year with a review to …
The Bronica has been described as the poor man’s Hasselblad. That is just wrong, as I hope to demonstrate through this article. When I began …
Read moreZenza Bronica ETRS: Not exactly the poor man’s Hasselblad
Lots of chatter about Rolleinars lately, I’ve only had mine since October ’15. A Rolleinar is a set of close-up lenses that fit on the …
I’ve often described how I think that people looking for a different “look” from film would be better suited exposing and developing in a different …
I’ve been fascinated with Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) cameras ever since I can remember, and even before I knew what a TLR was — I …
Made for only four years between 1998 and 2002, the Leica M6 TTL was the successor the 1984-98 Leica M6 and brought with it a …
