After 20 rolls, I decided it was time to mix up a new batch of C41 chemicals. I intended to order from the Film Photography Project, but they were out at the time. And Given the labor problems at B&H of late (and the fact that they no longer ship Tetenol, for some unknown reason… …
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unboxing some film from Compania Imago
Compania Imago is a couple of people in Italy that made some new, reusable film canisters out of wood pulp. They had a failed kickstarter some time ago, but went ahead with their project. Back in January, I ordered 2 rolls of each film that they offered at the time, and they finally arrived just …
New Toys: caveat emptor!
As mentioned, the FG was on the fritz, so I did a good bit of research and then picked up a Nikon FE from the ‘bay for a decent price. Here’s the seller’s complete description: This camera functions as designed and while used is in excellent cosmetic and functional condition. See pictures. Serial number is …
New Toys: Nikon FE
After dealing with what I thought was something broken in the FG for two months, and after finally paying off some debts that had been hovering over us for awhile, and after doing a bunch of research, I bit the bullet and picked up another film SLR. Initially, I wanted to get a Nikon FM3a, …
New Toys: Micro Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 and PK-13
After many years of hacking together macro things, reversing lenses, stacking lenses together, stacking reversed lenses on extension tubes, picking up old lenses with macro modes, etc., and after liking the results I got with them sometimes, I finally decided to pick up a proper macro lens, mostly to be the major part in a …
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Unboxing Papersafe #6 “Ninety Seconds”
Unboxing CatLABS Papersafe, Issue 6 “Ninety Seconds.”
unboxing ‘An American Century of Photography’
If you hurry, you might be able to still get your hands on this encyclopedic text for cheap… The Online Photographer scored some kind of a deal with the Nelson-Atkins Museum for his readers, and I picked up An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital: the Hallmark Photographic Collection for a song + …
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