Just for comparison, I ordered two 36 exposure rolls of Kodak BW400CN film. This is a black and white film that, like Ilford XP2 Super 400, can be developed anywhere using the C-41 process. That means cheap film development at Costco. Somehow the Kodak B&W film is cleaner. I’m going to explain it poorly, but [...]
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Holga 120 CFN for Christmas
For Christmas, one of my brothers gave me a Holga 120 CFN. This is a camera that takes 120 film and is entirely made out of plastic. Even the lens element is plastic. Considering my infatuation with older film cameras, this really was a great gift. I’m always looking at eBay for a new vintage [...]
The Gakkenflex is a cool kit camera
My son received a camera from his uncle, a cool Fuji STX-2 SLR with a 50mm lens. The girl wanted to have a camera too. So rather than get another film camera from eBay, I went to Makershed and ordered a Gakkenflex kit. I mean, fair is fair right? This is a TLR camera meaning it has [...]
µ[mjuː]-II Manual
One of my film cameras is an Olympus Stylus Epic DLX camera that I picked up on eBay. It was a good buy but I was looking for a copy of the manual. And today I’ve found out that someone uploaded a PDF of it on Flickr! Very useful.
Olympus Stylus Epic DLX
Okay, I like the new Olympus Stylus Epic DLX. The DLX portion has panorama and a quartz clock but aside from that it’s identical to the non-DLX version. I’m putting these into a set on my Flickr page, go take a look. For this photo I left the flash on (I normally turn flash off) [...]
Waiting for my new toy
The film camera bug has hit me pretty hard. I’ve been using one of my Olympus Trip 35 cameras (see above taken last weekend) and have purchased an Olympus Stylus Epic DLX from someone on eBay. The new one is it’s way and should be here next week. You can read up on the Olympus [...]
Nikon GP-1
Sometimes you just like to know where you were when you took the photo. Luckily there are many options available for a DSLR and I went with the default Nikon solution. Last week on a whim I ordered a Nikon GP-1 for my camera. This GPS receiver plugs into my D300s and when it has [...]
More Film Photography
My playing with film cameras continues! But it’s not out of hand yet. I now have the following film camera equipment: Three Olympus Trip 35 (1 from TripMan) Olympus PS-200 flash Canon Canonet GIII QL17 coupled rangefinder Canon Canolite D flash The kids and I shoot with the Olympus Trip 35s and its great fun. [...]
A short photo walk
I took my Olympus Trip 35 on a short stroll this morning and had the film developed near work. I like the results and shot another roll around lunch time. It’s an easy camera to have on you and fits in my coat pocket pretty easily. It’s a little on the heavy side but not [...]
No Batteries Required
This started with my looking for a good compact digital camera with a viewfinder. As a result I bought a film compact camera that was manufactured in 1972. I prefer cameras with a viewfinder because I take better photos when I hold the camera close to my face (my arms shake). There are several good [...]
