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Film Cameras for Advanced Shooters

Posted on 07 October 2011 by Brian Auer

The previous article in this mini-series looked at Film Cameras for Intermediates, and prior to that we looked at Film Cameras for Beginners. So here we are at the end of this series with the advanced cameras. For the purpose of t [...]

Gakkenflex: The Review

Posted on 14 December 2010 by Tomas Webb

First off, if you haven’t read the recent post explaining what’s been happening here, then it might be worth catching up. As I mentioned in the comments of that post, my darkroom was flooded…While I didn’t [...]

Tags: camera, film, film camera, Instant, intermediate, rangefinder, slr

Film Cameras for Intermediates

Posted on 03 November 2010 by Brian Auer

The previous article in this mini-series looked at Film Cameras for Beginners, and prior to that we looked at The Pros and Cons of Each Camera Type. Naturally, we’ll be looking at cameras a notch above the “beginner [...]

Tags: camera bag, camera reviews, DIY, DIY equipment, feature, Holga, Holgaroid, shooting tips, videos, youtube

All That is Holga

Posted on 18 October 2010 by Tomas Webb

click click click click by Brodie Lancaster I’m not entirely sure that it’s possible to compile a complete compendium of everything Holga related on the internet, but since my recent film outings have involved heavy us [...]

Tags: beginner, camera, film, film camera, point and shoot, toy, viewfinder

Film Cameras for Beginners

Posted on 03 September 2010 by Brian Auer

[UPDATE 9/5/2010] I’ve added CC attributions below each set of photos and I swapped out one of the images in the viewfinder category. A few months ago I posted The Pros and Cons of Each Camera Type and Tom posted a video sho [...]

Tags: 35mm, camera reviews, diana, film, mini, review, square

Hip to be Square! Part 2

Posted on 24 June 2010 by Tomas Webb

Last time we looked at the (now defunct) 126 format for lo-fi square shots. I mentioned towards the end that this time round we would be looking at the 4×4 option. It seems I got a bit excited and got ahead of myself. I shoul [...]

Tags: 110, 126 film, 35MC, 35mm, 4x5, camera bag, Canon AE-1P, demekin, Electro, Features, field camera, fish eye, FN10 cameras, Horseman 45FA, instamatic, Kardan TL, Kodak, Large Format, linhof, monorail, rangefinder, review, Rollieflex Automat, slr, Yashica, Yashica Electro 35GSN, zone focus

Examples of Camera Types

Posted on 16 June 2010 by Tomas Webb

One of the fantastic things about having a co-authored website is that each of us is able to play write to our strengths. Brian did a fantastic piece on the Pros and Cons of Each Camera Type. If you haven’t, then I highly re [...]

Tags: 50/1.1, 50mm, Bessa, FN8, hands on, Nokton, R3M, review, Video, Voigtlander

FN8: Voigtlander Bessa R3M

Posted on 02 June 2010 by Tomas Webb

So for some reason there was an issue with the video I uploaded on the Bessa review. I’ve managed to replace/reupload the video, but for some reason I’m unable to upload in full HD. I’ve tried both the browser up [...]

Tags: 12/5.6, 35/2.5, 50/1.1, Bessa, camera, film, Nokton, R3M, rangefinder, review, RF, user, user review, Voigtlander

User Based Review: Voigtlander Bessa R3M

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Tomas Webb

Brian’s post the other day on The Pros and Cons of Each Camera Type reminded me that one of our original goals of this site was to produce reviews of cameras based from a user perspective. To date, this is one thing we’ [...]

Tags: camera, film, film camera, Instant, Large Format, list, point and shoot, Polaroid, rangefinder, slr, tlr, toy, viewfinder

The Pros and Cons of Each Camera Type

Posted on 28 May 2010 by Brian Auer

photo credit: rachel a. k. In film photography, there are so many cameras out there… it’s absolutely mind boggling to me. In addition, there are (or were) many different camera manufacturers and types of cameras. This [...]