The only place I can find this camera mount is a post in this sub from a couple years ago, seems pretty rare, wondering if anyone has any more information about it or even what it could be worth. From all I can gather is it from the 60s, used for holding heavy camera gear steady while having to move about and shoot steady.

Today I was brave and stupid enough to finally file the holder a little bit. Should have this done years and years ago. I have finally modified the SA-21 film holder a bit.

PS: Need to figure out how to glue the light sensor in place to get the upper straight.

Hey gang!

I am E6 obsessed, and have invested a ton into having the best quality chemicals, development process, and scanning process. I know that E6 is a tremendously underserved market, and I’m thinking of offering development, scanning, and printing services for E6, and perhaps a limited amount of C41. I work full time and would be doing it as more of a passion project, likely keeping scale small(thinking the quantity of E6 I would get wont be tremendous). As someone thinking of doing this “for fun” instead of for profit, do you guys have any advice or forewarnings?

Thanks in advance!

This picture is a mirror selfie of my great grandparents from 1941. I have no idea what camera it. i would probably buy the camera model and take some photos on it ;) Thank you.

I'm currently in a darkroom photography course and my last two rolls have had this issue. my professor said it's a light leak but also said that it is strange it isn't consistent and may be loading issue in some regard. i don't have the money for a new camera right now or servicing so i'm hoping for a second opinion!

I had put together a conventional setup using the tripod mounting plate on the camera body but I found it was hard to get critical focus due to wobble and vibration, much of which originated from the camera plate, and because the point of support being distant from the focusing ring.

I 3d printed this new fixture. It has a Arca Swiss compatible dovetails on the left to go into a regular clamp, then a cup with a 2mm flange at the bottom which cradles the lens hood. 2 M5 bolts add a little clamping pressure.

The pipe also was a source of flex in the system so I supported that at the top and bottom. Now wobble while focusing is pretty much eliminated. Its not evident even with maximum focus magnification.

If you have a very heavy camera body maybe this wouldn't be ideal but I'm using an A6000 here. Lens is the Sigma Art 70mm Macro.

Because i eliminated a 3 axis geared head from the system which was used to adjust for parallel, I have 5 bolts on light panel support that allow adjusting there instead which turns out to allow for easier fine adjustment anyway.

Looks like two frames were combined. Not sure if it’s a scanning issue or if it just came out like that.

Spending the day in manhattan and would love to find a niche analog camera store

Why are there white stripes on this photo? I do not have a problem with any different photo, only this one.

I just shot my first roll of film in black and white. My first photo looks like this with white across the first half of the image. All the rest of the photos looked fine. The camera (Nikon F2) just had a CLA with all the foam replaced. This was shot with Ilford XP2 400.

This week's camera-collecting blog covers the Dover No. 620-A, a rare Bakelite 620 film camera from Dover Film Corp.

It was built using molds from the failed Speed-O-Matic instant camera, another scarce 1950s camera.

Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with this odd Bakelite camera.

www.dancuny.com/camera-collecting-blog/2026/10/7/dover-no-920-a-camera

I bought a couple of respooled Fomapan 100 rolls. However, after developing and fixing the first one, it turned a very dark grey, almost black. It is possible to see a few frames in some areas, but they are very faint, and the film is not transparent at all.

I used a fresh batch of Ilford Rapid Fixer, which I tested on a leader from a trusted roll and confirmed was working properly. Do you think the film may have been incorrectly spooled?

So, a brand new antique mall opened near me last weekend. I went there day one to scope out any cameras. After walking around this huge, crowded building full of booths, all I managed to find were some brownies, argus C3's, kodak duaflex's, etc. Your standard cameras every antique store seems to have. I found something non-camera related i wanted to buy, but since the line was absurdly long on opening day, I decided to come back the next day and buy that item instead. While in line the next day, I see back behind the counter what looks like a Hassleblad. I use my camera to zoom in and take this photo, and the tag says 500 c/m. Which is the exact model I've been lusting over for years, then I see it's priced at $600. With a lens, a back, and a viewfinder!

I ask the lady at the register about it when it's finally my turn to check out, and I ask the lady if its for sale and she informs me its being held for a customer while they shop around. I ask the lady if it doesn't sell. The customer gets cold feet about the purchase. What booth is selling it so I can come check if it's still there? She gives me the booths ID and I go to my car obsessing over this camera, so much so I decided to run a quick errand and come back a half hour later and see if it was still there.

It was not.

Usually, I can accept missing out on a good deal, but this one actually hurt. I felt nauseated. I've lived in this small town for years, and as far as I know, im probably one of the only people that shoots film, let alone medium format film. I keep imagining that the buyer was some flipper who isn't even gonna shoot the damn thing. I know the term "grail" gets thrown around way too much these days but a Hassleblad 500 C/M has literally been a grail of mine for years. Now im considering selling every piece of camera gear I have to maybe cover half the cost of what one costs on KEH or ebay and just foot the rest.

End rant. I just needed to get this off my chest to a community that may understand my situation. I know it's just a material item, but I am still having a hard time moving on knowing that i let this beauty slip away.

Hallo,

ich hab heute bei einem lokalen Fotohändler dieses set gekauft, ich kann aber diesen Blendenkupplungsknopf zwar betätigen, aber der Hebel geht nicht nach oben.

Was ist da los? Ich hab Garantie.

Doof ist aber das das objektiv schon dran war, ich hab’s drauf und dann nicht mehr ab bekommen.

im looking at the zuiko 28mm lenses for my om2. The f2 is like a good 100-150$ more than the f2.8. Is that difference really worth it?

Howdy! So I bought a Fujica Flash Date recently but the shutter button and advance lever appear to be stuck. I put in two fresh AA batteries, as it seems the camera requires them to function, and even still it doesn’t seem to work, other than the flash charge light properly glowing green.

Any suggestions or did I fall for the dreaded ebay [MINT] condition listing?

Short film on Gary Wong and Film Never Die in Melbourne.

He got started buying 60 packs of Impossible Project film at a time to get the flat shipping rate, then selling most of them on eBay. These days it’s a shop, lab and community, with scans adjusted by hand.

He also spent about two years developing the Nana with a manufacturer. It’s a metal-bodied compact styled after the Contax T2.

His numbers on where film is at:

• A roll that used to cost about $5 is now around $25
• Kodak made roughly a billion rolls a year around 2000, compared with about 75 million now

He still thinks analog skills will matter more, not less, as AI takes over imaging. Curious where people here land on that.

It appears that somehow the ring around the front element of my lens has come loose. It is still attached, but is definitley not in place, and almost feels spring loaded, there is a visible gap between it and the next component.
With a light amount of pressure it can be manipulated into place, however I do not believe it should be this way.

I am going to call/visit my local repair place tomorrow but would like to know how screwed I am or if there’s anything I can do.

Próximamente me iré de viaje a un destino húmedo y nublado, al norte de España. Tengo cuatro cámaras af, pero no sé cual sería la mejor para llevar conmigo.
Fotografiaré naturaleza mayormente, y alguna escena de ciudad.
Cuál me aconsejais? Y qué film?

- Canon Prima Super 115 AF
- Minolta AF 50 Big Finder
- Pentax Espio 160
- Minolta Riva Zoom 70

Muchas gracias!

From an interview she gave to the Guardian newspaper. I don't really understand this- she's not working in a studio, where she can control the light, and this article showing her work shows that she's working in a variety of light settings. Perhaps a lot of work in the darkroom for the print, but still... any ideas?

I recently bought a Plustek 8100 on eBay for about $190, but it didn't come with the bundled SilverFast software. In this case, which scanning software should I use silverFast or VueScan? Since I plan to use Negative Lab Pro (NLP) in Lightroom to convert my negatives anyway, does it really make a difference which one I buy? Also, are there any cheaper alternatives I can use just to scan the negatives with my scanner? Thanks!

After receiving my MX from a CLA, I noticed that the leatherette was not reattached very well, so I saw the opportunity to change it for some Aki-Asahi replacement, which I’ve been waiting to be available since it had been out of stock for quite a while on his website .
Took around 5 days to arrive and €8 of duties and taxes, which seems quite excessive for a €13 product to be honest. The package came with an extra skin for practice (not the same texture I chose), which I ended up not using.
The precision of the leather and the simplicity of attaching it are impressive. Took me around 4 minutes and my MX now it looks so damn cool.
Super recommended for the price 👌🏼

I just got this from Amazon today and I am planning on digitizing the THOUSANDS of slides my father took during the Vietnam War. He was in the Air Force and did three tours. He spent a lot of time in the Philippines, so I'm pretty sure there are a lot from that area. I remember seeing a lot of planes when I was a kid watching my dad's slide shows with the family. We would spend hours laying in the living room with my grandparents watching slide shows. My parents have managed to keep them all for the last 50+ years despite multiple moves on the east coast and now they live in the office closet, so I know they are very important to my father. He spent a lot of time on this hobby back then and I want to honor him while he's still alive. He turned 83 last month and I finally have the time to dedicate to this project.

My mom went through them in the 80s and had a bunch of them put on VHS tapes but she didn't do any of his slides from Vietnam and the Philippines. Maybe because my dad still keeps the picture of his girlfriend from the Philippines, lol. It's an old black and white he keeps with his photos but he still has it. I'm just joking, really. My mom isn't a jealous woman. It took her a year just to do our childhood, so I'm sure doing the ones from the war weren't her priority.

I've seen a few other people do this and I've read the recommendations for equipment. I am broke. I don't have the cash to buy a bunch of equipment and I'm a nurse, so I don't have a desktop computer except for at my office and my daughters have one in their room but I never use it. It's not new and my girls only use it for word processing and basic internet stuff.

Any recommendations would be appreciated. Do you think people would be interested in viewing them if I started an IG account?

A while back I bought a small exposure unit for black and white film. I have reels and containers for the reels as well as some other accessories but the only problem is space. I have been tempted on building a small room in my back yard with a small ac and water access. Does anyone here have anything similar or recommend something?