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Dmitri

Betty

Revue 35XE/Blada CA35/Voigtländer Vito C

1983 German 35mm Viewfinder

A Tiny Plastic Wonder

Weighing a mere 175g with film + batteries and measuring 4x2½x1”, Revue 35XE is about the smallest and lightest 35mm film camera on the planet. It has a sharp wide-ish 𝒇2. 8 38mm lens and a beautiful viewfinder with bright lines. The Revue is a zone-focus camera, meaning that you’d have to guestimate the distance to your subject and dial that in — both feet and metres are marked on the lens barrel.

Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic

2013 Japanese Instant Film Autofocus Viewfinder

Specs and Usability, Plus: How It Holds Up to iPhone and Polaroid SX-70

Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic is a relatively small, versatile instant camera, built for the ISO 800 Instax Mini film. It features a 60mm (comparable to 35mm on full-frame) 𝒇12. 7 prime plastic lens that stops down to 𝒇22 on “macro” mode; the lens can focus as close as 0.

Kodak Asset Sale, Olympus Quits Making Cameras, Nikon Recall, Your Support

☞ Get Community Letters (articles like this) monthly, via email. This month’s Letter covers Kodak’s assets’ sale to a Hong Kong manufacturer, Olympus’ exit from the camera market, a major Nikon recall, and the Intrepid’s new large format camera. Also: learn how to photograph dark skin tones, a brief update on the upcoming Monochrome zine, and a few ways you can support Analog.

July ‘20 Community Letter

Pentax PC35AF

1982 Japanese 35mm Autofocus Viewfinder

‘80s Retrofuturism

The gadget packs quality optics, and a reasonably-powerful flash into a pocketable, pleasing to hold and operate black plastic chassis. PC35AF is a well-documented “premium” compact point-and-shoot camera. There are dozens of reviews for it online, though, of course, this camera isn’t as famous as something like Yashica’s Electro 35.

Teresa Zgoda

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How To Keep Your Film and Cameras Safe

Logistics – Travel With Film

Everyone — Travelling With Photographic Film

Packing, Airport Security Checkpoints, and Other Trip Considerations

Depending on your means of transportation and destination, travelling with analogue photography gear may pose some risks. Its weight may turn a fun adventure into a laborious affair; your film and camera may get damaged, stolen, or confiscated. I’ve been fortunate enough to travel extensively over the past decade, visiting close to twenty countries by land and by air.

Air Travel With Photographic Film

Olympus XA

1979 Japanese 35mm Rangefinder

Mini-Review

My well-used Olympus XA rangefinder had an iffy light meter needle and a loose door that kept on getting in the way. But it’s the red shutter button that pushed me to sell the little gem. It comes with a fast 35mm F. Zuiko 𝑓2. 8-22 lens that can focus between 0.

Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1

1972 American Instant Film SLR

The Most Comprehensive Instant Camera and Film Guide Online

SX-70 is a stunning camera. Along with film, it is one of the most technologically advanced products ever created. This is Polaroid’s finest offering; world’s one and only foldable instant SLR. ✹ Update: In this guide, I refer to the company that produces film for SX-70 cameras, Polaroid Originals — formerly named Impossible Project.

Polaroid Land SX-70

Joy Celine Asto

Take Kayo 嘉陽宗丈

A Beginner’s Guide to Film Photography

Beginner 101 — Start Here

2021 Edition

Shooting analogue cameras is not difficult, as long as you have a solid idea of how to do it right, which this guide should aptly provide. If you’ve already got your film and camera, scroll down to “Photography 101,” a four-part sub-series about key photographic concepts.

With La Sardinia, a Bag of Candy, and a Handful of Weed

Asia — Cambodia

With La Sardinia, a Bag of Candy, and a Handful Of Weed

WFor five years, until mid-2018 I either travelled or lived in Asia. With an exception of a nine-month startup experiment in San Francisco, I’ve spent all of that time with Betty. Backpacking. After selling and tossing five cubic feet of things we didn’t really need from our former Toronto apartment, Betty and I moved to China.

Cambodia

Mathew Arnold

The sea is calm tonight. The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits — on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! Only, from the long line of sprayWhere the sea meets the moon-blanched land,≁Listen!