Tag: #filmphotography
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9 Reasons to buy a Pentax 645N

I have been experimenting with my Pentax for a few weeks now and as I have written in a previous post, I am hooked. Here are my current arguments for taking the plunge into medium format film with a Pentax 645. I hope I am convincing. As I continue to use and enjoy my Pentax…
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It used to be a numbers game…

This new Pentax of mine has made me think about my craft. Now I see light, I pose a shot in my own mind, I set it up, point the camera, look at the scene through the viewfinder, check there is nothing ugly in the background, focus and take the shot. Simples. Two poses. Two…
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Time versus Money

So this tradeoff is a universal concern, right? And it affects the art of film photography in a big way. I had a look through the prints of my first two rolls from my 35mm expeiment the other day and they are just not publishable. My fault really. I had them processed at a well-known…
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Film on Medium Format here we come!

Here I go. Wish me luck. A journey into the unknown of (i) medium format film photography and (ii) blogging. The turn of a new decade and my 40th birthday last month got me thinking about my photography. (Perhaps this is a midlife crisis…?) I found my old Canon EOS 300 35mm camera during our…