Blog originally posted 08/01/2009 Editor's Note: We're (The FPP) is on the verge of announcing some amazing news about 110 film so I thought it would be great to pull up some older 110 film blogs and push them "front and center." This blog focuses on MY FAVORITE 110 camera - the Pentax Auto 110!!! - Michael Raso, August 2011 Update January 4, 2012: The FPP Store now stocks fresh 100asa ... [Read More]
Reviews
One Year Later – The Polaroid 300 Camera
blog by Michael Raso It’s a little over a year ago that I first picked up and started shooting with the new Polaroid 300 Instant Camera. Nothing has changed in the past 12 months. The camera continues to be a "charmer," the small instant images it produces are still turning heads and making people’s faces light up! Shooting multiple shots to create great panoramas or hand-holding a Cokin ... [Read More]
April-Lea Hutchinson – Shooting Expired Polaroid 108
blog by Michael Raso April-Lea Hutchinson is a film photographer and model from London, Ontario. Shooting primarily with Polaroid and Holga cameras, April says in her own words – “I look for emotion to tell a story and reveal the beauty in my characters. Beyond the aesthetic qualities imparted by instant film and long exposures, my empathetic relationship with the person in front of the camera ... [Read More]
Ahoy! The La Sardina “El Capitan” Camera!
While in London UK this past weekend for our Film Photography Podcast (FPP) Meet-Up, I (along with FPP super-pal John Fedele) had the opportunity to shoot with the new Lomography La Sardina "El Capitan" 35mm camera. With a spectacular wide-angle lens, multiple exposure capabilities, tripod thread, flash, color flash filters and a rewind dial—this is the perfect summer fun camera. Hey, it’s shaped ... [Read More]
Zen of shooting with my Polaroid 420 Land Camera
I take pictures almost always on film. I prefer older, more inexpensive manual focus cameras to fancier ones. Most of the photos I take are taken with a Olympus XA2, a Minolta X-700 or SRT-201, Canon Canonet GIII QL17 or my Polaroid 420. No photoshopping or anything, except for a little bit of corrective cropping. What I saw is what you see. I got my 420 about five years ago for two ... [Read More]
Mat’s Polaroid 420 Land Camera—“It’s Pack-Tastic!”
I met Mat Marrash at the PDN Photo Expo in NYC in 2010. He was already a listener of The Film Photography Podcast and frequently sent e-mails to the FPP google account offering comments and helpful hints. A lifetime student of photography and all around tech junkie, Mat switched from digital to film and hasn't looked back. In 2011, Mat joined me as co-host on the Film Photography Podcast and I ... [Read More]