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Enjoying a Brownie
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Continue reading →: Enjoying a BrownieMy son gifted me a brownie for Christmas. More specifically, a Kodak Brownie Flashmite 20 camera. Kodak has made tons and tons of Brownies in many varieties, going back to the early 1900’s. Brownies are very basic cameras but were wildy popular among the masses and they’re gaining a new…
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In a Fog
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Continue reading →: In a FogI woke up one lazy Saturday morning to find a dense fog looming outside. I grabbed a roll of Kodak Tri-X 400 and went out to snap some moody photos with my Agfa Isolette III. I also had my Yashica Electro rangfinder with the last third of a roll of…
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Continue reading →: Push it real good
I wanted to take a camera to a Thunder Hockey game at Intrust Bank Arena, but I only had 400 speed film. It’s always dark in the arena. So I decided to push it to 800. That’s the photography version of cranking the sound up to 11. Since the only…
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Sk8er Boi(s)
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Continue reading →: Sk8er Boi(s)A few days ago I posted a series of color photos. In that post I promised a deep dive into the camera I used. I’m pleased to have acquired a Canon P, a rangefinder introduced in 1959. It’s differnt from most of my other rangefinders in that it’s not a…
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35mm, Canon, Cinestill, Home Development, Jupiter Lens, Kodak, Links & Resources, Photowalk, Rangefinder
A splash of color
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Continue reading →: A splash of colorI’m really trying not to be a black & white photo snob. Honest. So, this post features shots from a roll of color film I shot earlier this week. I’ll do a deep dive about the new camera and lens I used in a future post. For now, just enjoy…
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Continue reading →: A few links
The title of this post is a nod to a previous post. I thought I’d do a post with some links that I find interesting or useful in my film photography hobby. Some of these are widely known, others not so much. I’ll return to this post from time to…
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A few Lynxes
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Continue reading →: A few LynxesThe first rangefinder I obtained when I came down with my case of GAS (Gear Acquistion Syndrome) last summer was the Yashica Lynx 1000. I snagged it for $40 from Facebook Marketplace. After I got it home, I learned that the aperature ring wasn’t functional. These days I’m more aware…
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Cinestill 400 Dynamic
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Continue reading →: Cinestill 400 DynamicAn overnight trip to Kansas City, MO didn’t cause me to worry about what clothes to pack, but rather what camera and film to take. I ultimatley selected my Agfa Isolette III. I wanted medium format, and I wanted to use color film on this trip. So I also brought…
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QL 17 & HP5+ & D-76
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Continue reading →: QL 17 & HP5+ & D-76I posted about this same camera / film / developer combo about three weeks ago. This week I tried the same combo again. Camera: Canon Canonet QL 17.Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400 rated at box speed.Developer: Kodak D-76 1:1 for 13 minutes at 68°. Results: Below.
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Continue reading →: Fed 5
As I’ve gotten back into film photography, I’ve done a lot of reading and YouTube watching about vintage cameras of all kinds. One of the cameras that keeps popping up is the Soviet made Fed 5 (and its several variants). It’s a 35mm Rangefinder and was manufactured from 1977 to…

