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
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
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.
Instant Pinhole photos are almost an oxymoron. The film process with the fastest feedback loop coupled with the film process with the longest exposure times. Does it …
Read moreCamera Review: The Diana Instant Square… Instant Control
Leica is known for its legendary craftsmanship of cameras, but I don’t need to tell you that. Why do you think we all clamour at …
Read moreThe minimalist Leica R6: Budget Leica or an overpriced SLR?
The Leica M3 is a camera I have lustered over since the beginning of my photography career almost eleven years ago now. Obviously, it looks …
Read moreI bought a Leica M3: Everything I need and nothing more
I’ve waited long enough to speak. We’ve broken up, it’s over. The romance was hot and quick. A flash in the pan. It’s time to …
Let me tell you about my adventures with my new Baby Rolleiflex 4×4 (technically speaking, the “Automatic Rolleiflex 4×4”) and Rollei Nightbird, ReraPan (and ReraChrome), …
Before we begin, I just wanted to mention a couple of things. In the interest of the flow of the article, links to websites, Instagram …
Read moreAnother Hasselblad XPan alternative: Introducing the PressPan
This post has been a long time coming as well. Seems as though I have a backlog of ideas to work through, so bear with …
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
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
