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667 Reviews, Guides, and Essays

A Seven-Month Trip Across Asia
With a Small Backpack, My Pentax K1000, and Eight Rolls of Film
March 3, 2020
Back from my seven-month Asia adventure. Haven’t got much to unpack: I travelled with one small backpack that can fit on a plane as a carryon. I didn’t limit my packing space to follow a minimalist fad or to make a statement. I did it so that I would not have to pay the baggage fees and wait like a peasant around the airports’ luggage carousels.
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Rollei 35B
The Smallest* 35mm Film Camera, Its Quirks, Operation, and a Brief History
March 1, 2020
One of the smallest German design 35mm film cameras ever made — priced affordably.
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Film Photography News — February 2020 Recap
7 Product Launches, Discontinuations, Backer Pains, Ethics, and Creativity
February 25, 2020
Four new Kickstarter projects, new Lomography products, and a relationship between analogue medium and creative success.
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A Simple Guide to Using Flash on Manual Film Cameras
Achieve Greater Control Over Your Artificially-Lit Photographs
February 20, 2020
No light meter, no exposure guesstimates — just zone focus, look up your 𝒇-value, and click. Operating flashguns with no sync at all, like in the photograph above, can be done with any camera that has a Bulb setting and provides control over the aperture.
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Lombok, Indonesia
February 18, 2020
Lombok is an island east of Bali, a part of Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. Lombok’s unspoiled landscape and preservationist traditions set it well apart from the touristy beach towns of its western neighbour. Lombok’s Sade Village people pride themselves in their freedom from the technological gadgetry most of the world can’t seem to live without.
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10 Summer Road Trips to Do From Banff National Park
February 11, 2020
Banff is a famed North American tourist hub, laden with young Aussie visitors. Here, to live their working-holiday dream of partying and snowboarding. But it’s not all about powder: Canadian summers bring a unique experience to this postcard-famous destination.
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Film Photography News — January 2020 Recap
Exclusive Offer From Lomography, and the Presidential Impeachment on Film
January 28, 2020
David Burnett’s presidential impeachment proceedings on a large format camera, and an exclusive offer from Lomography.
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Hexie Hao
January 21, 2020
Hexie Hao, literally harmony, is the graphic story of a journey across China to the soundtrack of the constant, crazy rhythm of eponymous trains. By the window, daydreaming for hours, I saw the miles of countryside rolling by, speckled by thousands of inhabited blocks.
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Porto
January 14, 2020
“Vila Nova de Gaia is my umbilical cord. Porto is my mistress, my love. ”***To write from the depths of a heart — is a challenge. This text may have been hindered from the beginning. Still, I’ll assume the risk and leave you with my words and photographs.
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Olympus Infinity Zoom 80
A Review of a Pocketable, Zoomable, and Affordable Point-and-Shoot Camera
January 12, 2020
Olympus Infinity Zoom 80 is a light, pocketable point-and-shoot camera with motorized film transport, auto exposure, and autofocus.
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An Insular Journey
January 7, 2020
An Insular Journey encompasses the transit through some islands of the world, and the study on what there is in common and different between them. I had always been interested in the topic of insularity, and in the way this label pursues us, islanders.
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Film Photography News — December 2019 Recap
News From Kodak, Film Ferrania, and a Year in Review on Analog.Cafe
December 23, 2019
New film format, new prices, and factory tour dates from Kodak, a re-opened Film Ferrania P30 shop, and good news from Lomography.
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SkyTrain
Vancouver’s Conspicuous Commuter Train System
December 17, 2019
Some years ago, I got a big, wrapped box under my family’s lavishly-decorated pine tree. It was a German model train set, gauge TT. The 1/120 scale model set is an incredibly detailed representation of the real thing, rolling on DC-powered tracks, fed through a transformer directly from a 220-volt wall outlet.
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Inchindown
An Underground Facility; Two Friends, Their Photograph, and Their Film
December 9, 2019
The photograph, above, is taken at a defunct military storage facility in Invergorden, Scotland. This underground structure used to host a strategic supply of heavy, viscous fuel to power the floating war machines during WWII. Since the ‘80s, this type of fuel is no longer in use; the facility stands decommissioned.
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Holiday Lights With CineStill 800T
Photographing Beverly Hills, California With a Yashica T5
December 3, 2019
When November arrives, the weather gets cooler, the leaves change color, the football season reaches the half-way mark, and holiday decorations start going up. I have looked forward to this time of year for as long as I can remember. It instills memories of family, friends, and holiday gatherings.
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Film Photography News — November 2019 Recap
The Growing Popularity of Analogue Photography, New Film, and More
November 26, 2019
Observations on the growing popularity of film photography and two new films from Fiji and Ilford.
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How to Travel With Film Through Airport Security
Protect Your Film From X-Ray Damage and Loss
November 22, 2019
Travelling with film requires a few precautions. Protect your film from X-Ray damage and loss with these tips.
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SilvergrainClassics International Quarterly Magazine
Magazine Review
November 12, 2019
SilvergrainClassics is a one-of-a-kind magazine on film photography. It’s released quarterly on 100 pages of thick photo paper. Every run, currently at 10,000 copies per issue, is professionally colour graded and bound at a reputable German press facility.
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Shooting Film With Holga 120GFN
My Grandfather, I, and Our Simple Medium-Format Cameras
November 5, 2019
An iconic film camera that inspired the Instagram aesthetic, made of cheap plastic. And my experience with it.
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Film Photography News — October 2019 Recap
Liquid Lenses, New Film, New Print Magazine, New Website
October 29, 2019
Liquid lenses, an updated film formula, new Ilford film products, the sad demise of Spectra film, and Jeff Bridges with WideLux.
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