I’ve long wanted a half-frame 35mm camera. Doubling one’s images per roll is especially great now that film costs more. I’m an inveterate tinkerer, though, and preferred to conv...
A while back, I found this Spiratone 18mm f/3.5 T-mount lens at a yard sale. It proved especially valuable for shooting real-estate photos at one memorable "house with a problem...
A LONG time ago, Kate gave me this photographer’s vest for Christmas. I’m not a clothes horse, but it took decades for me to not feel self-conscious about wearing it.I finally d...
Long ago, I tried to shoot landscapes using a macro-close-up filter as a lens. I taped the filter to the front of two nested cardboard “focusing tubes” and attached them to my F...
In July 2002, Kate and I hooked up with friends, to hear the great American jazz pianist Dave McKenna play the grand piano at East Boston's Cafe Italia. Back then, I never went ...
The Yashica T4 point-and-shoot needs no introduction. It-- and the T4-Super/T5-- are legendary for the “character” of their photos. Several years ago, I found one marked $1 at a...
About a year ago, some Austrian friends handed me a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super that they brought with them to America after World War II. They said it no longer worked, and if I...
In response to this recent 35mmc article, reader Toby Van de Velde asked for an article about my digital-infrared workflow. The more I thought about it, the more useful I though...
