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In my early camera collecting days, I was living in the suburbs of Portland, OR scrolling FB Marketplace and OfferUp looking for single digit or double digit deals. I did not end up with anything too crazy; maybe a kodak Hawkeye Junior or an Agfa folder. Many times the cameras were cheap because they used …
In 2024, I took a trip to Arizona with my roommate at the time, Sean, to build furniture for a family member’s newly renovated and decorated home. We had a car, a place to stay, and a lump sum of cash to cover transit and food and labor. Over the next week we put in …
If you want to develop film at home, there are some essentials you need, and some nice things that you can buy later if you want. Here is everything you need in order to start developing today. These are the essentials that you will not be able to develop without. I’ve added links …
FP-100C is a well-loved and discontinued (as of 2016) film stock, so the only places to buy it in 2026 are from other consumers who are selling it or stores who get larger stocks from collectors. Prices vary as stock is bought up and used, and average around $100-300 per pack. Today, eBay is one …
The Canon AE-1 and AE-1 Program are classic cameras valued by buyers around $250. This is the average, as some can be found from $100 to nearly $500 or more depending on color, model, condition, and other factors. They are consumer-grade cameras, which means they were mass produced. But if you have been in the …
I spend a lot of time on eBay. In fact, I spend a lot on eBay. I’ve been known to throw out to some people that I scroll eBay the same way a lot of people scroll social media. As a result I find heaps of deals. If things were as usual, I would quietly …
This camera is a monster. I picked up a pinhole camera at Blue Moon Camera in Portland, and it changed things for me. It was only a 6×6 with an aperture of f/256 or so, but it is nothing compared to this guy. The Camera Specs The Vermeer 6×17 Pinhole Camera makes a six by …
Picking up an old camera can feel like time travel, in a way. Sometimes you pick up an old camera, sometimes it’s handed to you. This happened to me in 2022 with the Voigtländer Bessa. The Bessa is a camera made around 1935 in Germany, and is not all that common to find, in the …
Right off the bat, I’ll admit: I have a bad habit of buying as many different film stocks as I can. Sure it’s great to have go-to film stocks for professional use. These are the kind that are consistent, highly predictable, and overall familiar to the user. BUT! How could I overlook something like CATLABS? …
Polaroid pack film revolutionized instant photography from the 1960s through the early 2000s with its unique peel-apart development process. Unlike modern instant film that develops automatically, pack film required photographers to pull the exposed image through metal rollers, wait 60-90 seconds, then physically peel away the negative to reveal the finished photograph. This beloved film …
