I’ve got a few film-tested cameras with free shipping to the US and Canada for 20% OFF: filmbase.etsy.com
Konica Recorder — a half-frame, pocketable point-and-shoot camera with a very wide & sharp lens.
Olympus PEN FV with H.Zuiko Auto-S 1:2 lens — the only half-frame SLR ever produced with an incredibly fast lens.
Olympus XA2 RED — a classic tiny full-frame camera in a rare red colour with a matching, working A11 flash.
Mamiya U — a mint-condition camera with a very sharp lens and a very unusual design. This is THE ONLY CAMERA you’ll ever find with the original working shutter button.
Also, there is a 250mm (~375mm equivalent) super-telephoto lens for Olympus PEN and a 150mm (~210mm equivalent).
All of these cameras and lenses were tested extensively with film, they were the subjects of my reviews on Analog.Cafe. Please read the detailed descriptions for each with my notes from the real-world tests.
Hi, I found this camera to be good for both cases. For landscape, I appreciated its wide lens and weatherproofing. For close-ups the brilliant finder was indispensable. If the repairs are possible and reasonable in price, I would attempt. At least you’ll know that if the camera isn’t to your liking after all, it’ll still hold value if you choose to sell it after.
Really enjoyed reading through here as I am planning on shooting my first roll of Phoenix through my FE soon and you got me wondering as im relatively new to the whole processing and developing part. Your samples shot at Iso 100, where they pull-processed or was it standard procedure ? From what I’ve understood is due to how Harman measured Phoenix at 123 ISO, it should do fine at normal procedure, right ?
I’m about to put my “new” (original purchaser) T4 Super D into service. I read an article on this or another website that made a convincing case for using cameras like this for close-ups or close-in scenes, and yet you used it for landscapes with decent results. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Circling back after a few more rolls and experiments. I think I prefer the binder method. Not only does it keep all the pages together and is easy to flip through, but allocating a sheet per roll falls apart in my case with unusual film lengths. I’ve been running a few experiments that yielded rolls of just a few exposures and other rolls that are longer than 36 (which is actually quite common).
Can a film photo be “Made with AI”? Yes, and Instagram is quite good at detecting that.
PetaPixel has recently shared reports of Meta adding “Made with AI” labels automatically to certain photos: petapixel.com/2024/05/28/i…
Which made me wonder, what about film photos? I routinely clean up dust and scratches (analog.cafe/r/how-to-remov…), which may prompt the software to make up significant parts of the image below those scratches.
So I ran a few tests, uploading a few scans I remember to be the gnarliest when it came to the clean-up. No label.
Then, I used generative fill to create a hilarious background fill fail. As expected, this photo was labelled. instagram.com/p/C8sU7skyh2…
What about the same Spot Healing Brush I use to remove scratches, but this time to remove a part of a lamp post and a pipe? Labelled! instagram.com/p/C8sXShmSBS…
I’m neither a Meta fan nor am I into the AI hype. But I’m quite happy that there are finally tools out there that can detect image manipulation this well. Particularly in my tests, where clean-up passed but destructive or significantly altering changes did not.
I’m curious how this will work for collaging (digital and analogue) and double-exposures.
The ultimate half frame camera is the Lomography Diana mini, and I will die on this hill. Yes, it’s extremely crappy, but it’s also brilliant and allows for double exposure and endless panoramas. And square images (though then you no longer save on film).
It’s quite simple why I would rather shoot on film and with a half frame camera.
I’ve been doing it since I was 16, only 55 years ago, and I bought an Olypus Pen half frame camera, in Gibraltar, with my first wage packet. It has, sadly, gone the way of all things as I use a Nikon SLR these day, but it would be wonderful to get back to 400asa and black and white film again… as I used to develop and print my own as well. So many good memories.
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