Category Archives: film photography

Amazing shooting with Kodak Retina II using 2009 expired film

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Instax Magician

Shooting with expired film is fun. It always yields unexpected results. This time I have an added fun to use a vintage camera that I just restored. A few months ago I bought this Kodak Retina II at a discount … Continue reading →

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A peculiar incident on a Minolta 7s camera – Part 2

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Instax Magician

Here we continue to talk about the restoration of this peculiar Minolta Hi-Matic 7s that found me on its own.  If you haven’t read part 1, please read it first here.  Then you’ll understand why it is important for me … Continue reading →

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A peculiar incident on a Minolta 7s camera – Part 1

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Instax Magician

Every vintage camera begins with a story. Recently I encountered one. A vintage camera has come all the way to visit me. A few weeks ago I was searching for a rangefinder film camera for my friend. I visited several … Continue reading →

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Revisiting three old pictures taken with Canonet QL17

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Instax Magician

Some time ago I posted about the pictures I took with my Canonet QL17 (Took a year to shoot a roll with Canonet QL17 camera). When I look at the printed photos today, I realised something that I overlooked before. This … Continue reading →

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Daily pictures with Kodak Retina iia

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Instax Magician

This roll of film was taken around mid-18 to Jan-19, using my Kodak Retina iia. It was the first roll I put into this camera. The earliest picture was taken in the summer of 2018. I remember I wasn’t a … Continue reading →

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Take another year to finish a roll with Kodak Retina iia

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Instax Magician

I’m the type of slow photographer. This time I used more than a year to finish this roll of 35mm film. I still remember the first picture I have taken in Taiwan during X’Mas 2018. I just finished the last … Continue reading →

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Shooting 35mm film on Yashicaflex

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Instax Magician

Recently my friend has tried to use my 135 old Pentax camera that I brought online. It turned out the camera has some issues and she stopped shooting that roll. I have extracted the film out and tried to use … Continue reading →

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