If you’ve not read this previous post so far give it a skim: Best film scanner: Canon 5D Mark II vs Drum Scanner vs Epson v700 You will see what level of (very high) quality you can expect using a digital camera as a scanner, as long as you setup everything nice and properly aligned …
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Review: Pocket Light Meter for iPhone
The software house Nuwaste studios produce an app very interesting for everyone still devoted to film photography that own an IOS capable device, say an iPhone or an iPod Touch. It’s called Pocket Light Meter and it does exactly what it sounds. It’s a very functional light meter that you can carry in your pocket …
FEM: Film Equivalent Megapixels
How many megapixels does film have? And I mean: for real, not the bazillion that the “experts” ascribe to it. The complete and yet unfulfilling answer is: depends. Mostly by ISO and by the format size, both of the film and the digital sensor. Because two, for example, 12 megapixels sensors are not equal if …
Big prints for cheap
Graflex Speed Graphic stripped and restored Let’s say you wanna print big, really big. Big like wall size print. Maybe you shot landscapes, or maybe you follow the Christo’s footprints and you want to wrap the Colosseo in a picture of yours. So you start shopping for the best top grade digital cameras out there, …