Film Photography
Slow Down…Waaay Down and Enjoy ISO 0.8 – A True Meter Beater!
Jul 4, 2025
David Prochnow
How low can you go? In film speed, that is. That’s exactly what Film Photography Project would like to know. In an effort to test…
Echolens, Digital Camera that Feels Analog: No Screen, Just Nostalgia
Jun 26, 2025
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Over the past few years, there’s been a noticeable shift in how we approach photography. Social feeds have seen a resurgence of point-and-shoot cameras. Analog…
Convert a Pentax 645 into a Battery-Free, Totally Manual Operation Masterpiece
Jun 15, 2025
David Prochnow
Everything about the Pentax 645 medium format camera is electronic/electrical. From the shutter speed mechanism to the film advance motor system, everything runs on 4…
Buy a Dead Camera: Breathe New Life into an “As-Is” Steal
Jun 7, 2025
David Prochnow
If it’s broke…don’t fix it! Yes, this flies in the face of conventional wisdom, but with regards to a vintage camera, following this bit of…
Get “Perfektion” in an Instant: (Almost) Brand New Polaroid SX-70 for Less Than $100
May 27, 2025
David Prochnow
Finding a camera repair shop can be a challenging adventure. The days of being able to send a vintage camera into any one of a…
Is Sticker Shock Stopping You from Buying a New 35mm Camera? Is This New $80 Point-and-Shoot the Answer?
May 25, 2025
David Prochnow
“You get what you pay for,” or so the adage goes. Unfortunately, some manufacturers of 35mm film cameras think that this financially-charged homily gives them…
A Radical Way to Develop 35mm Film Using NO Equipment and NO Darkroom
May 25, 2025
David Prochnow
Inside Steve Anchell’s The Darkroom Cookbook, 3rd Edition (Focal Press; Elsevier, Inc., Oxford, United Kingdom; 2008), which, by the way, should be a “must buy”…
Flashback: A New (Old Stock) 110 Format Camera for Less Than $30
May 22, 2025
David Prochnow
Fast forward to a flashback of a kinder, gentler, and cheaper form of photography. The original, pre-Lomography, release of the 110 film format was accompanied…
Gelatin Labs’s ‘GelForm’ Styles Makes Film Scanning Smarter (and Faster)
May 6, 2025
Anzalna Siddiqui
If you have ever scanned film and spent too much time tweaking contrast or temperature sliders to get just the right look, Gelatin Labs might…
How to Get More Out of Your Mint Camera TLR Instant Camera
May 4, 2025
David Prochnow
As instant cameras come and go out of favor, the twin lens reflex (TLR) offering from Mint Camera, the TL70 (and its doppelgänger, the Rolleiflex…