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Tag Archives: black and white
Testing Silberra’s New Film
Tell most people there’s a new kind of photo film and they’ll think you’re crazy. But there have been a number of new film types over the last year or two – some reboots by companies like Kodak, new film … Continue reading
Posted in film processing, Film tests, Photography, general
Tagged black and white, film, Indiegogo, new film, Pan200, Photography, Russia, silberra
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Test: Three Plastic Cameras
If you’ve spent 20 minutes clicking around on my blog, you’ll know that one of the things I enjoy doing is loading up old, often inexpensive, but working cameras with film and taking them out for a spin to see … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage cameras
Tagged 127, black and white, brownie, Bulls-Eye, Fiesta, Flashfun, Kodak, New Orleans, Photography, test, Tucson, vintage
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Favorite Film, Favorite Camera
I finally got around to trying something a photographer friend suggested a couple of years ago. At the time, I was new to film photography and not trying anything too fancy, beyond simply getting the 50, 60, 70-year-old cameras I … Continue reading
Posted in film processing, Madagascar, Photography
Tagged 400, Antananarivo, black and white, film photography, grain, Kodak, Madagascar, push processing, Reunion, tri-x
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More Ilford Delta 3200
I posted awhile back about my first experience with Ilford Delta 3200 film – or any high-ISO film, for that matter. I was initially disappointed, but later the results grew on me. I had no idea just how much grain … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general
Tagged 3200, black and white, cemetery, contrast, Delta, high-speed, Ilford, ISO, Reunion
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“Pushing” Film: Ilford Delta 3200
cows and bananas and canals…all on my run route between home and the office! I’m not a dumb person, but I’ll admit I’ve always managed to confuse myself when reading or speaking about “pushing” or “pulling” film. Now that I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged 3200, black and white, Delta, experimental, film, Ilford, noise, pulling, pushing
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Testing the Aires 35 V
I found this rangefinder at an estate sale in Virginia. It’s a heavy, solid camera and it came with a second lens, and despite never having heard of its manufacturer, I decided to add it to my collection. Being from … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage cameras
Tagged 35, Aires, antique, basilica, black and white, camera, national arboretum, Photography, Tokyo, V, vintage
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Testing the Minolta SR-T-101
Awhile back, I posted about the Petri 7S, one of two cameras my mother-in-law had passed along to me. This post is on the other camera, a Minolta SR-T-101. This Minolta is an SLR that first appeared on the market … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Vintage cameras
Tagged black and white, Chennai, India, Minolta, SLR, SR-T 101, SRT-101, vintage
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Vintage Camera Test: Brownie Reflex Synchro Model
The Brownie Reflex Synchro Model was made between 1941 and 1952 in the US, and until 1960 in the UK, and closely followed the (non-synchro) Brownie Reflex. It was called a “Reflex” because, like most SLR (single lens reflex) cameras … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film, Vintage cameras
Tagged black and white, brownie, India, Photography, reflex, street, synchro, TLR, twin lens reflex, vintage
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The Ashram: Following in the Beatles’ Footsteps
One of the places we were eager to see on our recent trip to Rishikesh, in northern India, was the so-called “Beatles Ashram.” The former ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, on the left bank of the Ganges overlooking Rishikesh, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photography, general
Tagged 1960s, abandoned, ashram, Beatles, black and white, domes, Maharishi, Mahesh, meditation, Retina 1a, Rishikesh, Yogi
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Raymond Albert’s Photos: Postscript
Since October 2014, I have been scanning, restoring and sharing rolls of film that were found in an estate sale and subsequently put up on eBay for sale. Unlike the “found film” I usually develop after it has been neglected … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film
Tagged black and white, estate sale, found film, obituary, Raymond Albert
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Found Film: Trips to the Zoo and to Montreal
This is another post in the series on the photos taken by Raymond Albert in and around Rumford, Maine in the late 1940s and early 1950s (see “Introducing the Alberts”). In this post, I share two rolls of film, in … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film
Tagged black and white, Cathedral, Maine, Mary, Mont Royal, Montreal, Oratoire Saint Joseph, Queen of the World, rumford, vintage, zoo
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Found Film: Albert Family Outings
A couple of additional rolls this week from the series of photos taken by Raymond Albert in and around Rumford, Maine in the late 1940s and early 1950s (see “Introducing the Alberts”). This looks like spring and summer, 1952, in which … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film
Tagged beach, black and white, found film, Maine, Raymond Albert, rumford, vintage
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Found Film: The Alberts at Christmas
This is another post in the series on the photos taken by Raymond Albert in and around Rumford, Maine in the late 1940s and early 1950s (see “Introducing the Alberts”). I’m guessing this roll is from Christmas, 1951. It’s always … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert family, black and white, blizzard, Christmas, found film, Maine, photographs, rumford, snow, vintage
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Found Film: The Alberts, Summer and Fall 1951
The story of Raymond Albert’s family, as told through his lost and found photos, continues as we enjoy a late summer in Rumford, Maine around 1951-ish. There is no real theme to tie these photos together – they come from … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film
Tagged 1950s, black and white, found film, Maine, Raymond Albert, rumford, vintage
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Camera Test: Ansco Readyflash
The Ansco Readyflash – so named because it’s “ready for flash” (but I don’t have one) via two connectors on the camera – is about as simple a box camera as you could probably come up with. It’s made of … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage cameras
Tagged ansco, black and white, Chennai, India, Marina Beach, readyflash, review, vintage camera
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Found Film Friday: Country Outing
This week’s roll of “found film” came to me from near Binghamton, New York, where the Ansco company was located from the mid-1800s to around 1980. The spool was covered in rust, and the backing paper was stuck to the … Continue reading
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. Lots of people go for “fine grain” … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general
Tagged architecture, black and white, Chennai, gritty, mosque, thousand lights, tri-x
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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. Unfortunately I’ve only been at it for about 9 months, far too short to be in any position to teach on … Continue reading
Posted in film processing
Tagged black and white, C-41, color, film photography, film processing, photo equipment, process
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Found Film Friday: Yellowstone Part 2
Last week I posted the first installment in a series of posts in which I share images from a collection of 14 rolls of Ektachrome slide film requiring an outdated chemical process, but which I decided to develop with black … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged black and white, found film, National Park, vintage, Yellowstone
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Found Film Friday: It Doesn’t Have to Be Old
One of the fun aspects of “found film” is the fact that it’s usually old, and developing it opens a window into a forgotten past, maybe involving forgotten people. But this week’s roll is an oddity in that it’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Found Film
Tagged 3200 ASA, black and white, found film, San Francisco, selfie
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Two Towers, Two Cameras, Two Views on Photography
Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers make interesting photographic subjects – not because they are the tallest twin buildings in the world, but because of their shape and the textures and patterns on the outside of the building. At night, they are lit … Continue reading
The Argus Seventy-Five: Great Photos for a So-Called “Toy” Camera
The Argus 75, also marketed as the Argus Seventy-Five and the Argoflex Seventy-Five*, is a bakelite pseudo TLR made by the Argus company between 1949 and 1964. It’s a simple, inexpensive, yet reliable little box camera that you would hang … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Vintage cameras
Tagged 120 film, 75, Argoflex, Argus, black and white, Seventy-five, vintage camera
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Ansco B2 Cadet: Photography with an Old Box Camera
Sure, today’s fancy digital cameras have a lot of tricks to ensure your photos turn out picture-perfect. But compared to the simplicity of an old box camera like Ansco’s B2 Cadet, the photos aren’t THAT much better! Basically a wooden … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage cameras
Tagged 120, Agfa, ansco, B2 Cadet, black and white, Namibia, Photography, shipwreck, Skeleton Coast, vintage cameras
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Vintage Camera: Kodak Duaflex II
One of the key aspects of the vintage cameras I collect is that they should function. This was the case with the Kodak Duaflex II, a plastic (bakelite) camera manufactured from 1950 to 1954. It is normally held at waist … Continue reading
Posted in Namibia, Vintage cameras
Tagged black and white, Kodak Duaflex, Namibia, Photography, Tsumeb, vintage camera
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Street Photography: Is Black and White Best?
A few days ago, I came home from work and sat down at the computer to see what folks were up to on Facebook, and I saw the “Photographic Society of Madras” was hosting a talk by an American street … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, general
Tagged black and white, eyes, focus, Photography, semetko, ted grant
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