So I went to the Adelaide Camera Markets today at St. Peters Town Hall, and managed to get a lot of neat stuff. -RB67 Grip -50mm F/1.8 E series Nikon F mount (My old one had stiff focus, and it … Continue reading
Now, one problem I have with film is that I tend to let my backlog build up. It started when I couldnt afford developer or processing, then just grew from there as I kept shooting more and processing less. So … Continue reading
Ground glass and lens are the first two steps for the project, so let’s get ta’ thinking A year ago I would have suggested [Satin Snow] for ground glass – but they are no longer taking orders, and I’m still … Continue reading
Ok, I live in a bad area. I’m the first to admit it. As a friend said, “no no, that’s cool, I’m sure your crack heads talk to our crack heads”. But I didn’t realise this when I moved in … Continue reading
Whole plate format is 6.5×8.5″, lodged somewhere between 5×7″ and 8×10″. Rounded this comes out to 165x216mm. This gives you an aspect ratio of 1.30. So what happened to this format? It’s still around, you can buy some film cut … Continue reading
I have decided to build a whole plate camera. This will be a conceptual project while I make designs and work things out, but when I have things sorted out I’ll build a prototype using the UniSA workshops. This is … Continue reading
April 18th, 2008, Mobberley, Cheshire UK and Minnetonka, MN, USA — HARMAN technology Limited and its monochrome brand, ILFORD Photo and Polaroid Worldwide have been in discussions about ILFORD Photo taking on production of Polaroid’s black and white professional instant … Continue reading
Yep, another technical post! We’ve looked at aspect ratios, now we’ll look at ideal focal lengths. As you may know, 50mm is intended to be the ideal focal length for 35mm photography. It provides roughly the same angle of view … Continue reading