110 is back! The Film Photography Project predicted that 2012 would be the year of 110 film, and they were right. The format gained popularity through the 1970s when Kodak introduced the format based on the subminiature 16mm format. My very first camera was a 110 camera that I used a grand totally of twice before it broke. So when all this hype about 110 was brewing through the FPP, I sort of ... [Read More]
Archives for 2012
Film Photography Podcast / Episode 67 – October 1, 2012
Film Photography Podcast / Episode 67 – October 1, 2012 The internet radio show for people who love to shoot film! Impossible Project News with Josie Keefe, Art with Lauren Bagley, Minolta Man Mark Dalzell, Pete Townshend Shreds, FPP Debonair 120 Film Camera, What the hell is Lomography, Minolta SRT 101 SLR Camera Giveaway and much more! Listen to this episode now [podbean ... [Read More]
Minolta Hi-Matic E Camera!
Guest Blog by Daniel VanDurmen Ever since the mid eighties, when I took my first job, sacking groceries, to save enough money to buy my first real camera, the Minolta X-700, I've been a Minolta devotee. I've collected and used several Minolta SLRs since then, but as work and family took over most of my time, I slowly lost interest in photography in general, eventually giving into using ... [Read More]
Computer Age! The 1984 Canon T70
The first of Canon’s “T” series cameras was the T50, which came to market in 1983. I wrote about the Canon T50 for FPP back in early 2011. I love that camera for its simplicity, its feel and balance in the hand, and its ability to accept the Canon FD lenses. But the T50 was really no more than a point and shoot aimed at providing entry-level photographers a small, simplified SLR. A year later ... [Read More]
Film Photography Podcast / Episode 66 – September 15, 2012
The internet radio show for people who love to shoot film! High Museum of Art Photography Curator Brett Abbott, 8x10 Photographer Editta Sherman celebrates her 100th! Scanning Tips, Canon QL17 Rangefinder, Darkroom Tips, Argus C3, Camera Giveaway and much more! Canon QL17 image by FPP listener Adam J. Piper! Listen to this episode now [podbean type=audio-rectangle ... [Read More]
The George Eastman House
Along the tree-lined East Avenue in Rochester, New York is a 10 acre urban estate that’s been a fixture in Rochester’s business and culture since the early 20th century. The estate I speak of is of course the George Eastman House. It is today the oldest museum dedicated to photography and home to largest archives of photography and motion pictures. For the past several years I’ve been making an ... [Read More]