I thought I’d show some of my recent back-to-film portrait shoots on the blog, with some quick notes on how it’s been going. My goal is to eliminate digital completely from most of my [read the rest...]

I like shooting with film for the look it gives, but I also like shooting film for the process itself. And while I shoot primarily using a digital SLR when working for a client, there are reasons I [read the rest...]

Manufacturer: Olympus Model: Olympus-35 ECR Film: 35mm Type: rangefinder Lens: 42mm f/2.8 E. Zuiko lens, aperture range f/3.5 to f/13 (yes, f/13 says the manual. Perhaps they were all out of f/16 [read the rest...]

Manufacturer: Kodak Model: Pony 135 Film: 35mm Type: point-and-shoot, scale focusing. Lens: 44mm Anaston lens, f/3.5, helical focusing. Minimum focusing distance: 2.5 ft. Apertures: f/3.5 – f/22. [read the rest...]

Very nice set of pinhole images from Neil Hall…be sure to check them out! He’s using both medium format and 35mm format cameras. Excerpt: Although I like the uncertainty of it all, a camera [read the rest...]

Manufacturer: KMZ Model: Zorki-4 Film: 35mm Type: rangefinder, fully coupled to lens, no parallax compensation Lens: 50mm Industar-50, f/3.5, helical focusing. Minimum focusing distance: 1 m/3.3 ft. [read the rest...]

My Zorki-4 arrived from the Ukraine in a condition that was substantially less than represented in the online auction (as moaned about here). The missing screw was relatively easy to replace, and [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...]

A thoughtful and detailed essay on why one photographer still shoots with film. Syd Weedon says: I am finding that film and digital are different channels for me, as different as oil painting is from [read the rest...]

My seven year old, squished between lemonade and ice tea. [read the rest...]