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Photowalk: Gritty Black and White
One of my favorite camera/film combinations is a (relatively) cheap Ricoh Kr-5 Super II – at just over 20 years old, one of my newest cameras – and Tri-X black and white film. Â Lots of people go for “fine grain” black and white films, but I like the gritty look you get from this particular…
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Found Film: 1949 Chevy
This week’s roll of “found film” comes from a Kodak Six-16 Brownie Junior, made between 1934 and 1942. Â From a technology standpoint, it’s virtually indistinguishable from a Brownie Target Six-16, made between 1946 and 1951. Â Given the pace of technology these days, it’s odd to think that a camera would have one so many years…
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Shooting with Expired Film
One of the folks I often get “found film” from accidentally shipped me unused film. Â Typically people will discover a partially or fully shot roll of film that has been completely forgotten inside an old camera. Sometimes (rarely) the roll will be inside the camera without having been exposed at all. Â You know you’ve messed…
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Testing the Kodak Brownie No. 0 Model A
It seems that camera naming conventions have never been simple.  The Kodak Brownie No. 0 Model A was manufactured between 1914 and 1935.  It was a small cardboard/wood and box camera with a rotary shutter and two reflecting finders. It sold for $1.25 and is said to take remarkably sharp 6 by 4 cm exposures, “if…
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Processing Your Own Film
I recently had a query from someone on whether I would teach him how to process his own film. Â Unfortunately I’ve only been at it for about 9 months, far too short to be in any position to teach on the subject. Â But I can share what I know so far – and thought I’d…