The Tachihara 4×5 Field Camera

Tachihara Camera Works was founded in 1925 by Maso Tachihara and based in Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The hand-crafted cameras are made of 300 to 500-year-old Hok-Zakura, a type of cherry wood that only grows in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. This wood is meticulously dried for three years before being utilized in crafting the cameras. […]

The Minolta P’s

The Minolta P’s is a simple point-and-shoot dedicated panoramic 35mm camera. Manufactured by Minolta in 1991, the P’s came in multiple colors (red, blue, green, and gold), has a 24mm f/4.5 lens with five coated glass elements in five groups, and built-in autofocus. With shutter speeds from 1/4 to 1/200 second, the P’s accepts DX […]

Octopus – The Weekender

Before smartphones, we would have laughed at the idea of carrying around a single device that included several unrelated gadgets. I love it when companies in the past combined various items into a single device. That’s precisely what Hendren Enterprises did in 1983 with the Octopus, also known as The Weekender: a single $75 device […]

Pentax Auto 110

The Pentax Auto 110 is a unique camera in the history of photography. Introduced in 1978 by Pentax of Japan, it is known for being one of the smallest interchangeable lens SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras ever made. The Pentax Auto 110 uses 110 film cartridges, a cartridge-based film format created by Kodak. The 110 […]

Hasselblad 500 EL/M

A few years ago, I rented a Hasselblad 501CM from AcmeCameraRental.com in Salt Lake City, again confirming my love for medium format film and 6×6 square images. Despite admiring Hasselblad’s on eBay, their high prices kept me from purchasing one. Fortunately, I found a great deal—a Hasselblad 500C with a Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 lens […]

The Psychedelic Furs on Film

I may not be a professional concert photographer, but I am undeniably a devoted fan of The Psychedelic Furs. On the evening of Saturday, September 30th, The Furs took the stage at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah. I decided I would attempt to capture some images with an Olympus LT Zoom 105, […]

Bannack Ghost Town

Bannack Ghost Town, nestled in the picturesque landscape of Montana, stands as a hauntingly beautiful relic of the American West’s gold rush era. Established in 1862, Bannack witnessed a surge in population as prospectors flocked to the region in search of fortune. The town, now a well-preserved ghost town, boasts weathered wooden structures that whisper […]

Route 66 Motels

Last year, my wife and I embarked on a memorable two-week journey along Route 66. Our adventure began at the starting point of The Mother Road in downtown Chicago, with our destination of Santa Monica, California. To ensure we captured every moment, I packed a trio of cameras: Canon 6D (digital), Yashica Mat-124 G (1970 […]

FPP X-Ray 120 Film

Last year, the Film Photography Project released a new 120 film that is a medical x-ray film, but it’s spooled onto 120 spools with numbered backing paper. I’ve shot some of their 4×5 x-ray film, and it appears much softer than this 120 film. This film offers good contrast with nice grain and is much […]

The Film, The Lens, and The Lab

The Film New Classic EZ400 is an ISO 400 panchromatic black and white film. Although it is likely an existing film stock with a new brand name and packaging, it could potentially be a re-branded Fomapan, like many other boutique films. Regardless, at $6.33 for 36 exposures, it’s a great price to experiment with and […]

The Ashton to Tetonia Bike Trail

During the Fourth of July weekend last summer, my wife and I visited family in Idaho and took our bikes to ride The Ashton to Tetonia bike trail. With my favorite cycling camera, the Olympus Stylus Epic DLX (1997), in my back jersey pocket, we stopped at several spots to enjoy the scenery and capture […]

Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash

Sometimes it’s nice to take a camera off the shelf that you haven’t used in a long time. That’s exactly what I did with the Kodak Brownie. You can go back to 2015 and see my original post on the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash and read the specs. One thing fun about the Brownie is […]

Nikon FA

The Nikon FA was produced by Nippon Kogaku from 1983 to 1987. It was designed as a mid-range camera with high-end features for serious amateur photographers. The most sophisticated feature is the matrix metering system, which uses five separate metering sensors to determine the optimal exposure settings for a given scene. The FA was also […]

Kowa Six Photos

After the initial two test rolls in the Kowa Six, I shot another three rolls the following week. This time I used the light meter in the Kowa Six Exposure Finder. I found that the images shot on two rolls of Kodak Gold 200 look great. The images I shot with Ultrafine eXtreme 100 were […]

Kowa Six (1968)

The Kowa Six was first introduced in 1968 and is a 6×6 medium format camera made by Kowa Optical Products Co., Ltd., in Japan. With shutter speeds from 1/500 to 1 sec, no Bulb mode. It also has a cold shoe for an external light meter. The camera uses 120 film and can take 12 […]

The Historic Wendover Airfield

I’ve waited to post these photos because today is the 81st anniversary of the attack on America’s Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On December 7, 1941, “a day that will live in infamy,” the Japanese began a two-hour surprise attack with 350 planes that damaged or destroyed 330 U.S. aircraft, 19 ships, and killed […]

Green River, Utah

The city of Green River is located on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in Emery County. After the completion of the Utah Division of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad, Green River became a fueling and watering spot for the railroad. To this day, Amtrak still provides passenger rail […]

Abandoned In Idaho

Camera: Minolta X-700 (1981)Film: Cinestill XX ISO 200Process: RepliColor – Salt lake City, Utah

Film Giveaway

Let’s celebrate 8 years of Utah Film Photography by giving away 3 rolls of Brother Brigham’s Polygamy Panchromatic 400 Black & White Film! Rules: October 3, 2022 Winners:

Brother Brigham’s Polygamy Panchromatic 400

Last year I created my own film brand with a special Utah touch! Brother Brigham’s Polygamy Panchromatic 400 Black & White Film. The slogan is: To tell you the truth, it’s really Ultrafine eXtreme 400, which is probably Fomapan 400. I’ve just bulk loaded and placed a spiffy label on the canister. It’s all meant […]