So my business partner and I were on our way to the north end of town to evaluate a vendor for our business.  We were in a discussion, ironically, about purchasing film and camera stores.  Camera stores, as in real camera stores, are rare here in the area, especially on our end of the town.  I told him that The Camera Doctor was a really great place. Next thing you know, the store is right across from us as we sat at a red light.  We had to pay a visit! Read more »

As I shoot more and more with the Holga, I am continually learning the ins and outs of the camera.  At the very heart of the Holga is the fact that it is only just a toy camera, which strips clear much of the boundaries I have operated in for some time now.  However, that does not mean that all of what I have learned regarding photography could now be thrown out of the window.  A recent exercise with the Holga and a set of soft filters has brought about some interesting results for me that I thought I would share. Read more »

 My first few rolls of 120 film were dropped off at Wolf Camera.  They had to send them off and it took a week to get them back.  Three rolls with negatives and 1 set of prints ran about $35+.  I scanned the prints but the quality was poor compared to what I could get by scanning the negatives directly.  So, I bought a new scanner. Read more »

Today I took 2 rolls of 120 and 1 roll of 35mm into the lab to have the negatives developed.  With the Canon 8800F that arrived this week, my plan was to get the negatives and start scanning rather than have the lab place any images on a CD or even print them.  Below the fold is the result… Read more »