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Tragedy Strikes…holes in my shutter

I can’t believe I didn’t notice the gnarly white blotch in my previous set of photos from the Yodica film review I did, but they’re certainly visible. That…

Solitude

I should say that 2020 sucks, but that’s cliche. I’m really just bored. I’m so bored that I only go shoot photography right before something is due, and…

The Loss I Don’t Care if You Feel or Not

If you are a car person, you feel this. You find the perfect car. You’ve lusted after it for an extended period. You’ve searched high and low for…

Sloppy Accidents

On a recent photo walk around the neighborhood with the family, I had loaded a roll of Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 I found sitting alone on one of…

Film for Snapshots?!?

The other day, in a photography forum, a member asked for opinions on what kind of camera people used for everyday family snapshots. I hadn’t really thought about…

A Van Down by the River

Well, actually it’s a van down in a pasture by the lake, but I like the title. This past month has been somber, frustrating, and even a little…

Camera Review – Elikon 535

You might be surprised how many interesting cameras came out of the former Soviet Union

Olive Oil – Holga Conversion

I’m frigging grumpy, so here is a new post about my mean, green Holga that smells like whiskey and feet because the previous owner tried his hand at…

Instamatic X-30 – Embracing Uncertainty

Film cameras are a labor of love. There is nothing practical about them in today’s age of social media and instant gratification, but that doesn’t mean that the…

Camera Repair – Agfa Optima

Hooray for me, I did my first successful CLA on a camera and didn’t have any parts left over. In fact, it went back together very nicely. Why…