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December 17, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews
I have a hard time paying good money for automatic cameras these days after the death of my Ricoh GR1, Nikon FE, and others, so 600 USD sounds a little steep for a premium compact film camera but…
Read More Tags: United States, Rollei AFM 35, Unknown, Premium Compact, Rollei November 26, 2018 in Reviews, Cameras, Lenses
I sadly only shot 3 rolls on this Contax G1. After buying it at a high price and selling it at a low one, it turned out to be my most costly per-picture expenses at over 8 USD per photo. Ouch! I would also not…
Read More Tags: Contax, Contax G1, Unknown, United States, Rangefinder November 23, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews
Here is a short roll from New York City. Most of it was shot from an apartment on the back end of Billionaires Row overlooking Central Park and down on 59th st. as the famed Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade rolled by…
Read More Tags: Olympus XA, Rangefinder, United States, Unknown, Olympus November 16, 2018 in Cameras, Reviews
The Nikon 35 Ti is an advanced compact 35mm point and shoot camera first debuted in 1993.Today the Nikon 35 Ti is considered expensive by most at a cost of around 300 to 700 USD, but still thats…
Read More Tags: Nikon 35 Ti, Unknown, United States, Premium Compact, Nikon November 15, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews
This is a special roll shot on my Lomo LC-Wide film camera in Half-frame mode. It documents my last days in New York and my first days in Germany after I moved to Europe. I had my Lomo LC-Wide…
Read More Tags: Lomo LC-Wide, Germany, United States, Point and Shoot, Lomography November 09, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews
My first experience with Cinestill 800T (“T” for Tungsten) film was shooting a music video in a barber shop, the music video would be composed wholly of one roll of film images. I’ve shuffled the pictures…
Read More Tags: Olympus OM2, Cinestill 800T, United States, SLR, Olympus November 07, 2018 in Film, Cameras, Lenses, Reviews
I few weeks before a trip to Los Angeles when in Brooklyn I had met with Hannah and Michael from Revolog Film. They gave me a roll of Revolog Kolor and Revolog Texture 35mm film. I recently…
Read More Tags: Revolog Kolor, United States, Rangefinder, Contax G1, Contax November 06, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews
On my last trip to Yosemite National Park I packed a bit heavy, bringing along 4 film cameras including my all-time-favorite the Pentax LX with a wast finder attachment. The other three film cameras were…
Read More Tags: Pentax LX, Kodak Ektar 100, United States, SLR, Pentax November 04, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews
The Voigtländer Bessa R3A was my main camera for about a year. I eventually sold and bought a Bessa R4M, which I sold as well after another year of use. I won’t compare the two at this this because they…
Read More October 31, 2018 in Film, Cameras, Reviews
I must say I am not a fan of my own work when I shoot in black and white. I shot about 15 rolls in over 10 years and every single one of them I felt a yearning for color. Yes 15 rolls is pretty close to zero and…
Read More October 29, 2018 in Lenses, Cameras, Reviews
People often suggest one the film cameras from the Olympus OM lineup as a good film camera for a first-time-user. I cannot disagree with that and I have done the same. It’s small, attractive (maybe even…
Read More Tags: Olympus OM-2, United States, Unknown, SLR, Olympus October 25, 2018 in Cameras, Reviews
One Sunday afternoon I picked up a Canon QL 17 G-III at the Fort Greene Flea Market in Brooklyn for $30. The value in 2018 is about 100 to 140 USD so $30 was a great deal. The Canon QL 17 G-III is…
Read More Tags: Canon QL17 G-III, United States, Unknown, Rangefinder, Canon