35mm… Home C-41 Developing (take 2) 4 May 20205 May 2020 This is my second attempt at developing color negatives at home. The last attempt was almost a year and a half ago and decided home quarantine would be a great…
35mm… Canon VT De luxe 15 Apr 202015 Apr 2020 Canon VT De Luxe engraved name Part of my ever expanding Canon rangefinder mini-collection, this Canon VT De luxe is the latest acquisition though it has taken me some months…
35mm… Oh Miranda! 12 Apr 202012 Apr 2020 This is the Miranda Sensomat, an SLR of dubious build quality released in 1969. It looks nice enough and is reasonably pleasant to hold in the hands but appears to…
35mm… Found Film: At Home Edition 29 Mar 2020 Like most of you, I have been practicing social distancing and working at home for the last couple of weeks. Spending this much time at home, rummaging through boxes of…
Digital… Digilog #1: Soligor C/D Mirror Lens f8 500mm 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 This is the first in an occasional series pairing old glass with new(ish) digital cameras, mainly Fujifilm X-mount series. Before you get too bent out of shape over crop factor,…
35mm… Event Horizon 8 Mar 20208 Mar 2020 This is the KMZ Horizon Kompakt, new old stock that recently arrived from Russia. It is an interesting beast: fixed aperture, swing arm shutter with 120 degrees of view, and…
35mm… Canon P 9 Feb 20209 Feb 2020 This is the Canon P. I am starting to build a Canon rangefinder mini-collection and this camera joins the IV-S and VT Deluxe as some of my favorite rangefinders to…
120 film… Sears Tower One-Twenty 6 Feb 20206 Feb 2020 This handsome 120 format box camera was picked up at a local photography store. I’m a sucker for all things Tower (such as the Sears Tower 51) so it was…
120 film… The London Four 29 Jan 20208 Mar 2020 I recently took a weekend trip to London and decided to see what I could find in the way of British cameras. Happily, hours spent at the Portobello Road Market…
35mm… Brooks Pixmat: Instant-Load Developer 28 Dec 2019 This is the Brooks Pixmat Instant-Load Developer, an interesting concept that has, among reviews I've read, had limited success in producing decent negatives. The small volume of developer is what…
