I stumbled across a cool effect a few weeks ago, which I mentioned in a previous ‘On the Web’ post (link here). Very dreamy distortion at the edges, and nothing particularly sharp. About [read the rest...]

This is a really nice effect, given as a tutorial by Bill Hansen. Sort of Holga-esque, sort of Lensbaby, but probably a little more extreme than both. And finally a use for all those useless Brownie [read the rest...]

Here are step by step instructions for building a pinhole camera that uses three rolls of 35mm film simultaneously to get an image you would normally need a 4×5 sheet of film for. Excerpt: The [read the rest...]

I have a Zenza Bronica EC, which is a medium format 6x6cm (2-1/4 x 2-1/4″) camera. One of the nice things about it is that it has two ways to mount a lens: it will accept a Bronica S/S2 type [read the rest...]

I was going through my camera closet the other day, digging out film cameras that had been sitting for awhile. Except for a few that I use all the time, I’ve gotten rid of most of the 40-odd [read the rest...]

Oh this is great! A simple and cheap way to build a rangefinder using only a piece of cardboard, a pen or your computer’s printer, and your two eyes. Oh and your arm, and some math (but no math [read the rest...]