The other day, I was suddenly taken by an urge to build a pinhole camera. I vaguely recall building one out of a shoebox at primary school that projected a dim image onto some tracing paper, but now that I have the equipment and a little experience in developing films at home, I thought itContinue reading “Building a pinhole camera”
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My first roll of film
Last week I was given a Canon 35mm SLR. I’ve already shot a roll of film to test out the camera and today I received the prints and a photo CD. Here are my favourite shots from the roll. The colours are nice, and the lens is nice. This indoor portrait of Hana is somewhatContinue reading “My first roll of film”
Upgrading to an SLR. Perhaps.
So I’ve been playing with my new camera, a 35mm Canon SLR. I rather like it. For me, film will never win over digital for convenience, but I’ve enjoyed using the SLR so much that I’m strongly considering upgrading my Fuji Finepix S9600 to a digital SLR. Cost aside, there are several disadvantages in upgrading,Continue reading “Upgrading to an SLR. Perhaps.”
New camera: Canon AE-1 Program
Today I was given a camera by a relative – an unwanted Canon AE-1P. It’s my first SLR camera and I’m looking forward to having a play with it. My digital camera, a Fuji S9600 has many of the controls of an SLR without actually being one, so I’m familiar with the concepts. But filmContinue reading “New camera: Canon AE-1 Program”
Jonathan Gazeley 