Exploring Creativity Later in Life
I have some mixed feelings regarding the films I have received monthly from the Casual Photophile Film Club. Joining the film club is more expensive than buying film so the benefit is getting to try films I might otherwise not try. … Continued
I bought my Minolta X-700 back in March and took a quick liking to it and was very pleased with the results I had gotten with the first two rolls I had taken with it. Initially, I used reliable color … Continued
One thing that gives me an inordinate amount of satisfaction is putting a new roll of film in one of my cameras, going out to shoot, and finishing the roll in one walk. I had gotten a roll of Ferrania … Continued
As I mentioned in my January 2020 Update, I had gone out one afternoon with the intention of finishing rolls in my Minolta Hi-Matic 11 and in my Canon AE-1. I successfully finished the roll in the Minolta (and included … Continued
Part of shooting film is the lag time between finishing a roll and getting it developed. I recently got three of my remaining 2019 rolls developed and want to highlight two of them here. The third roll is something different, … Continued
I have good news and bad news about my current situation with my medium format cameras. Recently, I wrote an update noting that my Flexaret had stopped working and my Pentacon Six TL had film advance issues. The bad news … Continued