Articles Tagged ‘35mm’

To Mount Rushmore and back… with a Commie Camera

i took the bar exam this summer (to get my attorney license) and afterwards, thought i deserved a vacation.  i’d always wanted to go to mount rushmore and i had the urge to take my first solo road trip.  i took off one thursday afternoon with my dog, some kodak gold 200 and my blue »

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How To: Coffee Developer And You!

Not your mother’s brew. It didn’t take me long to decide to convert you all to developing with coffee! I know what you may be thinking – ok that’s a lie – but suppose I can imagine it’s something along the lines of, “Huh?” …And finally, the highlight of it all: the end result with your negatives stained a lovely sepia tone.

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Introducing…Dave

My journey into the world of film photography began in February 08, and a typically rainy Saturday in Glasgow. While at the Barras (a market full of just about everything) I noticed a box stuffed to the brim with black, boxy, interesting looking objects. As I got closer I realised it was full of old cameras, »

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How to: Process b&w film

i’m starting this out with a disclaimer:  i am very new at this whole film thing and this is by no means the ideal way to develop film.  it’s simply an explanation of how i do it, and perhaps can serve as a rough guide of how to get started from zero.  that said, if »

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11 Photos you should take at least once (before you die!)

Contributions by Andrew, Edward, Veronica and Dave. Looking through flickr, there are photo trends, that is to say there are subjects that creep up all the time, especially in the field of toy camera photography. Some say have been done to death, most are clichéd, but that doesn’t matter, they are a requisite if you »

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The Cosmic (Smena) Symbol (vs. Holga comparison!)

While at the Barras a few weeks ago I saw an old camera lurking in a mahoosive box of old camera junk:

It was a Cosmic Symbol , it was covered in dirt and bits of dust (and possible old food, urgh), but I bought it anyway for a few quid and cleaned it up. »

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Holga Wide and Tele Lens test shots

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