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Some photos from the Smena 35 camera

Some photos from the Smena 35 camera

I haven’t had much luck so far with the Russian made Smena camera. In my last attempt, the Smena 8M busted on me whilst rewinding the film, so I decided to try the more modern looking, and later produced, Smena

Steve May 30, 2016June 2, 2016 Film Photography 4 Comments Read more

Redscale film through a cheap plastic Debonair 120 film camera

Redscale film through a cheap plastic Debonair 120 film camera

I’ve had some 35mm undeveloped film knocking around for nearly six months now, and sent it away to the good chaps at Analogue Academy in Geelong to be processed. I sent it off on a Thursday and by Tuesday they

Steve May 27, 2016June 2, 2016 Film Photography 2 Comments Read more

Diana Mini camera – some photos

Diana Mini camera – some photos

In this post, I described my recent film loading disaster with the Lomography Diana Mini camera; a modern remake of the classic plastic 1960s Diana camera. I got some scans back a few months ago from a roll of Kodak

Steve November 23, 2015December 26, 2015 Film Photography 2 Comments Read more

Sima 100mm f2 Soft Focus Lens testing

Sima 100mm f2 Soft Focus Lens testing

Before the digital takeoff, before Adobe Photoshop, before the Holga was a thing, before Lomography, and before plastic lenses were considered trendy, there was the cheap Sima Soft Focus lens. It’s a 100mm f2 all plastic affair with a versatile

Steve October 17, 2015February 14, 2017 Digital Cameras 10 Comments Read more

Superheadz 22mm – The new Vivitar Ultra Wide

Superheadz 22mm – The new Vivitar Ultra Wide

The Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim was a cheap plastic 35mm camera sold in retail stores during the 90s. It’s long been discontinued in the choppy wake of the digital revolution, but the Japanese Superheadz company have cloned and revived

Steve October 13, 2015November 20, 2015 Film Photography No Comments Read more
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