
My Top Five Favorite Film Cameras of All Time
Criteria I’ve collected quite a few film cameras over the years, and I found it difficult to select my top five favorites. Having winnowed the field fairly quickly down to 8 semi-finalists, I applied the following criteria to pick the winners. I personally own one or...

Leica M3 Post CLA Shakedown
How Time Flies Finally, after over a year since having received a thorough Clean, Lubricate, and Adjust (CLA) service by Mr. Youxin Ye at YYeCamera [ http://www.yyecamera.com ] based in Canton, Massachusetts, I was able to take the mighty Leica M3 out for its post CLA...

Mamiya C330 Professional: Walkabout
I had the chance finally to take my Mamiya C330 Professional out for a spin and run two rolls of Ilford Delta 400 120 through it. This had been on my to-do list since the beginning of 2019 when I made this post: New Year's Resolution: Shoot More Film in 2019....

Leica M10-D: Comparison to an Old Friend
Bottom-Line-Up-Front The Leica M10-D is a remarkable camera. Its minimalist controls provide an uncluttered, refreshingly simple user experience that compliments your creative process. It is my first foray into Leica’s digital M ecosystem and I’m happy I waited until...

Leica M3 Needs CLA
Over the course of a year (Jan 2017 - June 2018) I ran a roll of Tri-X through this camera, and when I finally got around to developing the film, I discovered it had a serious problem which I'd never noticed before. At shutter speeds 125th of a second and faster the...

New Year’s Resolution: Shoot More Film In 2019 (2 January 2020 Update!)
Happy New Year! It's no secret I'm a big fan of film, but I'm ashamed to admit I slacked off in 2017 & 2018 and shot only a handful of rolls and developed not one. I'm now faced with a stockpile of aging film and chemicals nearing expiration and I need to...

What Famous Photographers Used Yashica Mat Cameras? (UPDATE: 5 Feb 2021)
On 5 September 2018, I received an inquiry via my website contact page from Mark Stone-Brant:Dear Rick I was wondering which famous pro photographers actually used the Yashica TLR, It does not matter which models they used for their work. It is difficult to...

Getting Close: Macro Photography with Classic Nikon Equipment
Sometimes you just wanna get close. Macro lenses offer close-focusing capabilities and you don't need the latest and greatest lens to have fun with macro photography. My favorite macro lens is the Zoom-Nikkor 35-105. In this post I'd like to show you how you can get...

For The Love Of Film
OK, I admit it. I like to shoot film. I like everything about film: I like the way film smells when I open the canister, I like the way the chemicals smell during processing, I like the feeling I get when I load a fresh roll of film into a camera, and I like the...

Improve Your Practice Through Journaling
This being my first Technique post, I thought the best place to start would be to share with you what I believe to be the most important tool one can utilize to improve upon most any aspect of their life, especially one that involves some sort of process or...
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