This is my first experience with large format photography since college – over 40 years ago. I have just obtained a 4×5 view camera. It’s a Toyo 45A Field Camera. I will shoot (at least […]
Category: Cameras
Making Photographs – The Medium Format Way
Recently I’ve been interested in medium format photography (again). My post last week talked about a couple new (to me) medium format cameras by Mamiya – the C33 and the C220. Today, I’m going to […]
Mamiya TLR Cameras
I look for old cameras from time to time, and I recently found a Mamiya C220 and C33. Both examples of Mamiya’s twin lens reflex cameras, and both in great shape. Mamiya was one of […]
Anniversary Excursion
This weekend was supposed to be a special anniversary excursion – but, due to things outside of our control (Coronavirus), that was all cancelled. We were supposed to travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico for […]
Mirrorless or DSLR, that is the question…
As you know, I have been quite attracted to mirrorless cameras, in particular what Canon is doing with mirrorless (since I’m a Canon guy). However, I vacillate between the benefits of traditional DSLRs and newer, […]
A Roll of FP-4 with the Kodak Junior Six-20 Series II.
The Junior Six-20 camera was manufactured in the 1930’s by Kodak in Rochester, NY. It’s quite a nice little camera, although a bit plain. I would guess that it sold for somewhere between $20 and […]
Processing a Roll of Kodak VP 828 Film
Some of the vintage cameras I’ve collected were built to use 828 film. I wondered what that was about. I wondered what 828 film was. In reading about it, I learned that 828 was Kodak’s […]
Revisiting the EOS R after Firmware Update 1.4
Firmware update 1.4 was supposed to improve eye detection auto focus, and refresh for the LCD viewfinder during servo shooting. That would be very nice! My initial sense, after updating to firmware version 1.4 and […]
Olympus OM-4 Thoughts
I’ve been shooting with my OM-4 for several weeks now. I’m circling through several different cameras (Nikon F2, Nikon F, Olympus OM-1, Olympus OM-2, Canon F-1, Canon A-1, Olympus OM-4) to compare features, and generally […]
