March 2012

Impractical Photography, Part 3

Shot some photos with the Minolta Instant Pro and Polaroid 360 yesterday… This is the first time I’ve used the Polaroid Type 100 Blue film and found it very interesting and very blue. Sometimes the blue cast gets pretty overwhelming but I found I can get rid most of it …

Table Salt on your film?

The weather was perfect last weekend so I took my cameras out for a spin. Well, actually, I took several cameras but mostly shot with the Bronica ETRS and my new Zenzanon-PE 180mm f/4.5 lens. I had an Ilford Delta 400 on the attached back and shot it at ISO …

Impractical Photography, Part 2 (or a Minolta Instant Camera?!)

I came upon the Minolta Instant Pro while searching for reading materials about Polaroid photography. This is supposedly a Polaroid-made, Minolta-branded camera that uses Spectra/Image/1200 integral film. Polaroid later introduced this camera as Spectra Pro. Unlike previous Polaroid cameras, this model gives you quite a bit of creative camera controls; …

On Minolta Autocord, Part 1

I got a Minolta Autocord some 10 years ago but haven’t used it much due to it’s condition. The lenses are good but the leatherette were all cracked and peeling off. I decided to peel them off completely (except for the front cover) with the intention of replacing them at …

Impractical Photography, Part 1

I finally got all the needed equipment to shoot Impossible films with my Polaroid SX-70. Along the way, I’ve acquired another SX-70 (Sonar OneStep) to get a Polatronic 2350 flash. I’ve also had to get a “frog tongue” to protect the instant film from light—the Impossible films are sensitive to …