Cycling with an Advanced Compact Film Camera

I mentioned back in April that one life changing event that occurred to me in 2019 was weight loss surgery. In the time leading up to the surgery, I told myself that I was going to get back into cycling once I had lost some weight and was comfortable getting back on a bike. I […]

Coca-Cola Polar Bear Camera

Coca-Cola began using polar bears for print advertising in 1922. And the polar bears would appear occasionally in printed advertisements over the next seventy years. It wasn’t until 1992 that advertising professional Ken Stewart gave life to the Coca-Cola polar bears in the popular Northern Lights television commercial in February 1993. The Coke polar bears […]

Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 (Expired 3/1981)

Here are some additional photos taken with the Canon 10S. This time I experimented with some Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 that had expired in March of 1981. Camera: Canon EOS 10S (1990) Lens: Canon 24-105mm f/4 IS USM L-Series Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 (Expired 3/1981) Process: Kodak D76 (1+1) 8:30 Min @ 20°

Canon New Sure Shot

The third version of Canon’s Sure Shot made in in 1983 ($150 USD) was sold as the New Sure Shot in the United States, AF35MII in Europe, and the Autoboy 2 in Japan. The New Sure Shot is a simple point and shoot 35mm camera featuring a 38mm f/2.8 – 16 lens. The camera focuses […]

Agfa Isolette I

Agfa’s production of the Isolette series spans several decades. Multiple models were made from pre-WWII 1936 up to 1958. The Isolette I is a simple German-made 120 folder that was sold from 1952 to 1960. The camera features an 85mm coated f/4.5 – 32 Agnar lens and a synchronized Vario leaf shutter. Focus is scale-focusing, […]

Expired, Retired, and Still Fired – Part 2

Camera: Yashica Electro 35 GS (1970 – 1973) Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 (Expired 6/10) bought at Goodwill for $.99 Process: RepliColor, Salt Lake City, UT Scanner: Epson Perfection V600 Photo This Post Sponsored by: 24/7 Camera Bags at Adorama – Created for the urban photographer looking for infallible support and organization when shooting from […]