Film Advance

Up the Lake

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Gary

Okanagan Lake, B.C. (Camera: Olympus 35RC; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400)

I saw an on-line “review” of the nifty new Leica black-and-white digital camera last week. The shadow regions were crushed in every one of the accompanying sample images. I thought it was amusing that the same folks who howl with outrage over slightly blown highlights seem to embrace clipped shadows. Personally, I prefer to retain detail at both ends of the luminance range. But clearly that’s a matter of taste.

Click here to read my full review of the Olympus 35RC.

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Cashmere Back Alley

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Gary

Cashmere, Washington.
(Camera: Olympus Stylus Zoom 80 Wide DLX; Film: Kodak Ektar 100)

I always find back alleys fascinating. They offer a kind of “behind the scenes” perspective of a city or town. It’s the bit you’re not really meant to see, but which often reveals some elemental truth about a place.

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Lone Apricot Tree

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Gary

Penticton, B.C. (Camera: Olympus 35RC; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400)

Click here to read my full review of the Olympus 35RC.

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Aspens

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Gary

White Lake Grasslands Protected Area, Okanagan Valley, B.C.
(Camera: Konica C35 Automatic; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400)

Click here to see my full review of this compact Konica rangefinder camera.

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Lake View

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Gary

Okanagan Lake, B.C. (Camera: Olympus 35RC; Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400)

Click here to read my full review of the Olympus 35RC.

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Flying With Film – Revised

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Gary

Juan Santamaria International Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica.
(Camera: Olympus 35RC; Film: Fuji Provia 100F transparency)

Traveling photographers always worry about what might happen to their film when it’s time to go through airport security. And with good reason. X-ray scanners can fog film and ruin your hard-won photos. But how real is the danger, and what can be done to minimize the potential for harm? The game has recently changed and strategies that might have worked in the past may no longer. Continue reading →

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