The Plastic Filmtastic 120 Debonair is our all-plastic camera from Hong Kong. It's vintage (circa late 1980s) and ships brand-new in its original box! FPP’s medium format “fixed focus” camera with lens producing a soft-focus image with full double-exposure capability and intense vignetting. Despite a few similarities, it is not the same as the "Debonair" Diana or the Imperial Debonair ... [Read More]
Archives for February 2013
Film Photography Podcast – Episode 77 – March 1, 2013
Film Photography Podcast - Episode 77 – March 1, 2013 The internet radio show for people who love to shoot film! Sub-Miniature Film, 110 Film Update, Fuji Instax Mini Instant Film, Large Format, Nikon N70 35mm SLR Camera Giveaway and MORE! Roll Call – Michael, Mat, Leslie, Lauren and Strudel! Listen to this episode now [podbean type=audio-rectangle resource="episode=itewf-48b393" ... [Read More]
Clean and Lube – Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/16
Guest Blog by Nick Waggy Yesterday I picked up a Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/16. I bought it off of a man named Hans who was very interested in learning more about it as cameras aren't something he's ever really taken an interest in. The camera belonged to his father, Manfred who, bought it while he was still living in Germany. Manfred served in WWII as a cadet in the Luftwaffe. He was captured, taken ... [Read More]
Polaroid Automatic Land Camera / What Flash?!
FPP host Michael Raso offers a "crash course" on What Flash for your Polaroid Land Camera - camera model #s 100, 101, 102, 103, 135, 220, 225, 230, 240, 250, 320, 330, 335, 340, 350, 355, 360, 430, 420, 440, 450 and 455 ... [Read More]
Shooting in Freezing, Wet Weather!
Guest Blog by Kalle Mether I live in Finland where the winters are cold, long and dark. The snowy weather gives great opportunities for shooting excellent images on film. I love the look of snowfall and film grain! How well a camera performs in cold weather is model specific. It depends on how your camera is constructed, how the parts are lubricated and what physical condition it is in. Old ... [Read More]
Polaroid 35mm Instant Film! Comprehensive Course!
Video above: Leslie Lazenby of Imagine That introduces us to the Polaroid 35mm Instant Photography System! In 1983 Polaroid introduced an instant transparency system for still photography. The unexposed 35mm films came with their own processing pack. The films were processed within a dedicated, hand-powered, mechanical-cranked processing machine called an AutoProcessor, into which an exposed ... [Read More]