Recently I have been shooting black and white film and developing it myself (see earlier post), and have mainly been using a cheap and cheerful fixed lens rangefinder from the '70s, the Ricoh 500G, which I obtained from a fellow member of a good photography forum for next to nothing. It's a fun camera with… Continue reading Voigtlander Bessa T Heliar 101 Edition Unboxing Photos
Month: December 2019
The Problem with Camera Reviews
I've been noticing something recently with the "professional" camera review websites and channels. It's not anything new, rather business as usual for most of them, but it's something that I only recently really paid any attention to. Well, I just used the words "business" and "paid" in the last sentence, and those are great big… Continue reading The Problem with Camera Reviews
Film!
I recently started shooting film again, with an added twist: I resolved to develop black and white film myself. Where I live, the only options for having film developed are either mailing it off or leaving it at the local Fred Meyer and having them mail it off. Either way, the turnaround time is long… Continue reading Film!


