Many Cameras: Archive

'Double Digit' Price Hike on Fuji Film, Effective... →

Time to stock up!

Apr 27th

Bravo, Kodak!

tokyo-camera-style: What a headline! Kodak phases out digital businesses, keeps film alive That’s unheard of in this digital age. Good for them! And good for us, film shooters!

Feb 10th

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heather powazek champ - Impossible Project Colour... →

The latest Impossible Project instant colour film looks very impressive! I wonder if you still need to shade it from light when it ejects. If not, that’d be perfect!

Feb 7th

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My Cameras: Coronet Flashmaster

I found the Coronet Flashmaster at the local antique market last month and got my husband to get it for me for Christmas. It’s a simple, point-and-shoot, medium format, bakelite camera from 1950s with no settings whatsoever. I thought I’d run a test roll through it, to double as a test roll for a new batch of C41 developer/fixer that I was going to mix. The film I used was Kodak PPF...

Jan 31st

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A DIY Film Developer Problem

There is no dead pixel problem in film photography. Only dead fixer.

Jan 30th

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Jan 25th

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How to make a film pack ND filter for your... →

If you want to use Impossible Project PX680 film in a Polaroid camera designed to take SX70 film and you find shipping cost to order the pack filter from Impossible Project too crazy (like I do), the linked blog post shows you how to make a DIY pack filter using a sheet of gel filter that can be had pretty cheaply from a local source.

Jan 25th

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Building an instant Holga →

I’ve always wanted a Holgaroid. I’ve got a Polaroid back for my Hasselblad that I could potentially use, but I don’t really want to destroy my beloved Holga. This is an excuse for me to get another one, I guess!

Jan 25th

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Shading Your Silvershade: DIY camera sleeve and... →

Another link to another do-it-yourself light shield for the Polaroid SX70 cameras. This one is even simpler than the other one I posted last week and the material used is fabric, which should be more more durable than paper. It could also double as a camera sleeve. Very elegant. I don’t know why I didn’t find this first when I first started looking for a tutorial. I was just...

Jan 24th

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Jan 20th

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DIY Light Shield for Polaroid SX70 →

I’ve got two packs of Impossible Project film coming that I’m going to use to test a couple of SX70 cameras before putting them up for sale. I realize that I’m going to need one of those shade accessories so that the pictures won’t turn up looking like crap, but I don’t want to fork out $14 for something that could potentially be made at home for a couple of bucks. I...

Jan 19th

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My Cameras: Sawyer's Nomad 620

The Sawyer’s Nomad 620 is a rather bulky, bakelite camera with cool-looking design on the front plate (Google Images). It was made in the USA in the 1950s, I believe. The camera’s manufacturer was the original maker of the View-Master line of products! I find that last piece of information rather interesting. The camera takes some pretty sharp pictures despite its plastic build....

Jan 19th

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Jan 4th

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Polaroid Z340 review: instant digital fun quickly... →

That said, I’ll have some more old-skool Polaroid cameras listed in the store in the next couple of days, in case you’re interested. ;) Off the top of my head (because I’m still in bed with an annoying cold), there’ll be a Polaroid Spirit 600 (the flash-less model), Polaroid Cool Cam (in red), Polaroid 640, Polaroid Sun 600 LMS, Polaroid Impulse, Polaroid Impulse AF,...

Jan 3rd

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