By Johnny Martyr If you've read my blog 5 LTM 50's for $500 or Less, you will have some idea how deep a rabbit hole I've gone down, searching for the perfect Leica-mount 50mm lens. Despite a belief that you don't need to spend a lot on a Leica mount 50mm, I eventually found it... Continue Reading →
I'm often asked, if you shoot on film, how do I get my images? I explain that I scan the negatives and edit the files digitally. Next the photos are uploaded to my website where they can be viewed and downloaded as if they had been shot with a digital camera. "Isn't that cheating?" Well... Continue Reading →
I visited Paris, France in 2022 and recently again in 2023. For night time and indoor photography I shot Kodak Tri-X at 1600. To continue my theme of "don't just shoot film the way influencers tell you to," I figured I'd go over the different ways I used Tri-X on my trips and some other... Continue Reading →
This morning, while enjoying a coffee and doing my social media routine, a message popped up in my Instagram inbox. All that the message said was "Hey!" If only more people were so succinct! Intrigued, I responded "Hey to you too!" Now, I have been using Instagram for a few years and have made 577... Continue Reading →
By Johnny Martyr We tend to take them for granted but camera bags and what we put in them, besides our actual cameras, can make or break a shoot. Regardless of if you're a hobbyist or a professional photographer, film or digital, or both, you never know when some small item might just save your... Continue Reading →
by Johnny Martyr My wife and kids were kind enough to indulge my photographic interests obsessions by exploring some cool camera shops during our recent stay in Paris, France. Here in Maryland, United States, camera shops are an endangered species. And the few that remain are very different than what we discovered in Paris. In... Continue Reading →
by Johnny Martyr Shooting 3200 ISO film may seem like little more than putting a faster film in your camera and setting the ISO dial accordingly. But it's not that simple. There are a lot of differences in how film handles in very low light, and indeed, how to handle film that has been shot... Continue Reading →
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 →
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