by Johnny Martyr I take some shit from other film photography bloggers for writing for Petapixel. The consensus is that we want to keep film photography blogs within our community. And I can respect that but I also like the idea of letting the rest of the photographic world know that film is still alive... Continue Reading →
by Johnny Martyr In a feat of classic salesmanship, Dan Tamarkin, owner of Tamarkin Camera in Chicago, posted a video of himself standing on top of a Leica M6 on the business's Instagram feed last week. The Leica M6 35mm rangefinder camera was built between 1984 and 2002. It has been in headlines recently because... Continue Reading →
by Johnny Martyr Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to use their aged or damaged Leica equipment... In 2019, I posted the aptly titled 2019 Leica Repair Tech List. Since then, I've dealt with some other techs and a few shops, sadly, have closed their doors. So here's an updated list for the new year,... Continue Reading →
By Johnny Martyr You might have noticed that all your favorite film bloggers are closing out the year with a list of their top three film cameras of 2022. Though I'm late out of the gate, I didn't want to be left out! I figured there's still time to make a contribution to this fun... Continue Reading →
by Johnny Martyr Photography is all about combining the right light, lens, film and developer to convey the emotions that you want to evoke. One of my recent favorite combinations is a bright scene with my 1979 Leitz 50mm "Tiger Paw" Summicron, Kodak Tri-X at box speed and HC110b. It's sort of an over generalized... Continue Reading →
by Johnny Martyr Ever since I was a young art student visiting museums on class field trips, I enjoyed buying postcards that depicted the work of my favorite artists. Most people cannot afford original prints of famous photographs, and who really wants to display large prints that are anything less than original? Small postcard sized... Continue Reading →
Recently, a fellow film photographer posted a hastily-taken snapshot of an envelope of loose negatives. They stated that a well-known and well regarded lab had scratched all their negatives. It wasn't clear if the problem was just how the negatives were packaged, causing a potential for scratches or how bad the scratches, if any, were.... Continue Reading →
My wife and I operate a small local photography business and we often joke about the sad fact that we are out taking other families' portraits so often that we never take any of our own. The walls of our house are filled with memorable candids that Stephanie and I have taken of our kids... Continue Reading →
Regardless of if you own a Leica, own 50 Leica's, wish you owned a Leica or don't give a shit about Leica cameras, the prolific camera maker's recent announcement of a new film camera is important news for the film, and maybe even the photography community as a whole. Last year, I published an article... Continue Reading →
I thought it might be useful to do a blog about a lens that I just sold on eBay this week. It was a Nikkor 135mm 2.8 AIS that I'd owned and used fairly sparingly for probably around 15 years. It was a useful lens but nothing I was ever in love with, hence the... Continue Reading →
The Thoughts & Photography of Johnny Martyr 