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Archive | March, 2010

Tags: 4x5, film, how to, Large Format, LF, sheet film

4×5: A Working Guide

Posted on 31 March 2010 by Tomas Webb

photo credit: adminspotter Following on from the Beginner’s Guide to 4×5, in this post I’ll be providing quite a few links, videos and a detailed description of how to use a 4×5 camera. It might seem complex [...]

Tags: Community, Poll, question, Video, vimeo, youtube

Where Should We Host Our Videos?

Posted on 30 March 2010 by Brian Auer

photo credit: John Biehler Yes, that’s right! Videos are on the horizon. Probably more along the lines of digital videos about film photography, but that’s still something to be excited about, isn’t it? A lot of [...]

Tags: 100F, blue, branches, expired, Falling Through The Lens, Falling Thru The Lens, film, flickr, fuji, Hesitation, Pentax MX, provia

Hesitation

Posted on 29 March 2010 by Tomas Webb

Hesitation by Falling Thru The Lens on flickr. [Image selected from the "Feeling Negative?" Flickr Group] Everyone has those days where it just seems hard. It doesn’t matter how you try to approach it, it just ends up hard. [...]

Tags: fav, favorites, favourites, flexplore, flickr, greasemonkey, Inspiration, online, sunday

Sunday Slumps

Posted on 28 March 2010 by Tomas Webb

You may recall a previous post I wrote on finding inspiration in a paper format. Sometimes, a book/magazine/annual lacks the diversity that the internet has provided us with. I find that flickr in particular has been extremely ben [...]

Tags: Equipment, light meter, Poll, recommendation, tool

Have a Cheap Light Meter Recommendation?

Posted on 27 March 2010 by Brian Auer

photo credit: Paul Vallejo A few days ago, my buddy Trevor Carpenter asked (via Twitter): “OK film photogs! Listen up! I have a Seagull TLR, any suggestions for metering? Inexpensive meters?” I re-Tweeted and got a few [...]

Tags: camera, dark slide, DIY, DIYLF, film holder, Large Format, pinhole, project

DIY Large Format Camera: Stage 1.1

Posted on 26 March 2010 by Brian Auer

photo credit: M J M Welcome once again to “DIY Friday” — It’s time to move on to the next step with our DIY large format cameras! A few weeks back, we had a discussion on the Stage 1.0 Camera — a very [...]

Tags: Community, Ed Zawadzki, flickr, handcolor, Holga, lightroom

handcolor1

Posted on 25 March 2010 by Tomas Webb

handcolor by Ed_Z on flickr. [Image selected from the "Feeling Negative?" Flickr Group] I didn’t actually discover this image in the pool, but it is in the pool. Just thought I should be a little upfront about that. I first [...]

Tags: Gakkenflex, Goldenhalf, Mijonju, Video, win, You Tube

Want to Win a Gakkenflex or a Golden Half?

Posted on 24 March 2010 by Tomas Webb

Then you need to watch this video: Curious to see the actual cameras? Watch this: Not keen on watching videos? I can understand. While Mijonju’s presentation may not appeal to everyone, you’ve got to respect a man who, [...]

Tags: film, fuji, Instant, Instax, Polaroid, return, The Impossible Project, Zink

“Polaroid” Film Makes the Impossible Return

Posted on 23 March 2010 by Tomas Webb

photo credit: filipe.garcia Brian’s introduction: About one year ago (early February, 2009), Polaroid stated that they would be ceasing production of their instant films. For those involved with Polaroid photography, it was [...]

Tags: comparison, digital, Equipment, film, flatbed, scanner, scanning

The Past and Present of Scanning Film

Posted on 22 March 2010 by Guest Contributor

This guest article was written by Sam Agnew, a photography enthusiast residing in Qatar. He enjoys getting out and shooting with his F4, FE, or Mamiya M645 Pro medium format camera. You can find Sam on Flickr or on his personal ph [...]