Developing at home - keep it simple
I frequently get questions about how to develop your film. Five years ago, I'd say just take your film to Walgreens, but they, like so...
Shooting with a Polaroid Swinger
The first camera I ever owned was a Polaroid Swinger (also known as the Model 20). It was the rage in 1965 through 1967 and what every...
Best 100 Year Old Camera
I've always wanted a relatively compact 6x9 camera. Because I love older cameras, my research led me to the Kodak No. 1 Autographic...
Color Developing at Home
I usually shoot Black & White film and do my own developing at home. One day I was reading one of the Film Photography Project's blog...
Effect of haze on lens
Haze in an older lens is usually caused by lubricants used on the lens slowly condensing over time inside the lens. Fungus can also cause...
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Hasselblad is one of the classic medium format cameras. Developed in Sweden in 1954 (the year I was born) it is a true system camera....
C3 Lens Adapter to Digital Camera
Argus C3 100m Sandmar lens with hood on Fuji X-E2 Over the last few years, I've bought adapters for my Fuji X-series cameras that let me...
Bernie Gunther's Leica IIIa
One of my favorite series of detective novels are the Bernie Gunther stories written by Philip Kerr. Bernie is a policeman in Berlin and...
Homemade Stereo Camera
I've done a bit of stereo photography, both digital with a Fuji W3, as well as film-based with a 35mm David White Realist and a medium...
Homemade lens
Browsing the internet for photography related DIY projects, I found some articles on making your own lens, so I decided to try it. I had...