Well it was bound to happen! I finally jumped in!!! I got a Large Format camera, loaded, shot, and developed!!!! It worked!!!!! Blog by Alex Luyckx Back at the end of February I took a trip down to Rochester, NY with my friend Chrissie to visit our friend Andrew, Jenny and her Husband Aaron to check out the Rochester Subway and the Genesee Brew House. Of ... [Read More]
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Ariel Shoots APS Film!
When I first saw the above image I was thrilled to find that a photographer was seriously shooting with the APS format film. Long ignored (by us) and professionals, the consumer format (launched by Kodak in 1996), was discontinued in 2010. In the four year history of recording The Film Photography Podcast (FPP), neither I nor any of my co-host muttered the name APS...until now. Thanks to a ... [Read More]
FPP Debonair 120 Medium Format Film Camera
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]
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]
Strange Brew – The Caffenol CM Experiment
blog by Alex Luyckx I’ve honestly smelled better in abandoned buildings than this dark brown almost black solution sitting on the counter in my film lab (read: laundry room), but will it actually develop film, everything I’ve read and seen online says it will, my brain and nose say otherwise and I pour it into the tank. So as I agitate the tank, I am hoping that this strange brew (with ... [Read More]
KEH – Two Thumbs Up!
Blog by Mat Marrash Back in July 2012, FPP was pleased to have our “Man on the Street”, Hunter White, conduct a fabulous interview with the used camera gurus, KEH. At the time of recording, I’d never done any business with KEH, but after hearing all of the rave reviews FPP’ers, listeners and hosts alike were giving, I thought I'd check KEH out for myself. So, after a handful of purchases ... [Read More]