by John Crane | May 3, 2018 | Film Processing, Technical, Technical Features
One of the great joys of shooting and developing one’s own film is the ability to tweak and experiment. While it’s true one needs to be prepared to have experiments fail – it’s also true that when they succeed, it can introduce a new component...
by John Crane | May 6, 2017 | 4042n, 6 Things I Love About Shooting the F6, aerial photography, Custom Settings Menu (CSM), Slide Film, Technical, Technical Features
Above: From left to right: Mount Meeker, Longs Peak, Keyboard of the Winds, Pagoda Mountain and Chief’s Head Peak. At center-right you can see the very tip top of the Spear Head, a triangular slab of granite jutting up through the clouds from the valley...
by John Crane | Mar 24, 2017 | 6 Things I Love About Shooting the F6, B5 Extended Shutter Speed, Black and White, Custom Settings Menu (CSM), Technical, Technical Features
Out of the box the F6 is set to display possible shutter speeds from 1/8,000 of a second to 30 seconds. After 30 seconds the camera has the customary “bulb” setting, allowing you to trip the shutter manually (with something like the MC-30 cable release)...
by John Crane | Nov 11, 2016 | 6 Things I Love About the F6, Accessories, Black and White, CLS (Creative Lighting System), Technical, Technical Features
When the warm weather ends I clean out the shop from summer projects and get ready for some indoor fun through winter. This almost always turns up something interesting. This time it’s this antique STANLEY Thermos, complete with frayed, knit sock,...
by John Crane | Jul 23, 2015 | 6 Things I Love About the F6, From the Past, General Information, Mirror-Up, Technical, Technical Features, Uncategorized, Vintage Nikon
Recently I read a blog post from someone claiming Mirror-Up shooting was a hoax. A waste of time, something camera manufacturers dreamed up as way to add a new feature to the camera and charge more for it. A “Emperor’s New Clothes” hoodwink, if you...
by John Crane | Jun 10, 2015 | 6 Things I Love About Shooting the F6, Accessories, Custom Settings Menu (CSM), Technical, Technical Features
Have you ever wondered how to embed EXIF data into your film-shot and computer scanned images? Are you one of the newly enlightened 35mm film shooters recently in possession of your dream, quasi-vintage film camera (think Nikon F100, Nikon F5, Canon EOS-1V or Minolta...