Sensor size in digital cameras is fixed, but with film you can get different sized frames by using different cameras, even if you only use rolls of 35mm film. We'll explore some of these quirky cameras and the different sized images they produce.
Turns out that the oldest 12 magazines (6x6) for the Hasselblad 500 have a distinct advantage over the later automatic ones. You can start the roll a little earlier so that you can fit a 13th picture on the end of the roll.
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These are the steps on how to make your negative film scans positive and easy ways to get them looking good. I cover black and white first, and then how to deal with those trickier color negatives. I'm using Lightroom and Affinity Photo for the examples.
Even if you never shoot a roll of film in your life, there's some wisdom to inhale from the simpler days of analog photography.
Just by looking at the features of mechanical cameras we can see how to cut through the noise and uncover the fundamentals of what we need to know. This isn't just making pictures, its remembering the pleasure that got you started in the first place.
Fuji, Ilford or Kodak, film gets more expensive by the hour, so you want to get as many frames on your 36 exposure roll as possible. Here's a film loading method from an 80s magazine on how to waste less, and also load faster.
Picking your first film camera? Or your 31st? No one is judging. Here is a quick-fire guide to some of my favorite film cameras ranging from 35mm to medium and large format models. I cover Rollei, Canon, Nikon (nikonos), Hasselblad, Leica, Kodak, Olympus and some more obscure cameras like the Intrepid, Mamiya folder and robot cameras.