Update on the ‘Play’ toycamera book!

Composing with Images Press is very excited to release the cover of Play! A Collection of Toy Camera Photographs, edited by Jody Shipka with Nic Nichols…

It is truly an international effort. 100% of proceeds will go to the Marine…

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The LC-Wide : Part two…

First off a reader mentioned that the correct name is the LC-Wide, that does sound like a rapper or something, but we’ll go with it for today. Now where did we leave off yesterday? Ah.. how does it shoot. There…

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Lomo LCA Wide : First thoughts…

It’s been a while coming, but we’ve finally spent a few weeks with Lomo’s LCA Wide. For those who followed our Facebook antics from New York City… Yes, the camera now works fine. For those of you who weren’t privy…

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120 Film in a Brownie Bull’s-Eye 620 Camera

Recently a friend and phenomenal photographer lent me an old Brownie BullsEye. The camera is one hefty hunk of 1950′s bakelite beauty.

But here-in lies the old discontinued film problem!

A couple months ago I explained…

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Argus 75 Camera Flowerpot

I alluded last month to my Argus 75 TLR camera’s tragic demise. Well, here’s the gory tale.

On a recent trip to Pakistan the Argus 75 was my toy camera of choice. I took it trekking with…

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LC -A RL & Wide Angle Lens (the last roll…)
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In this week’s processing delivery was a random roll of Rollei Crossbird that must have been sitting for a few months.. Shot in Chinatown, San Francisco earlier this year, it included the soon-to-be-replaced Wide Lens on the LC -A. Enjoy.…

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Ode to the broken LC -A Wide Angle Lens…
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Before you even hit the email button, this is not a rant about shoddy Lomography products. Just a small, multi-part tribute to the best thing they ever made, the LC -A Wide Angle lens. I used mine non-stop for several…

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Toy Cameras & Wild Animals…
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Gripping images of the African Savanah can be a little difficult with a Holga. Looking to sneak up on those Zebras? Get that shot off quickly, by the time you wind to the next frame the’ll be long gone. The…

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A Spaceship landed in Delaware…
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If you’ve ever made the trip to the Delaware beaches, chances are you’ve driven past the Eagle’s Crest Aerodrome. Dotted with a few old Cesna’s and maybe the odd Piper Cub, this little airport would be a great spot to…

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Using 120 film in a 620 camera (the lazy way)
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Disclaimer: this story has an unhappy ending.

Since I started in with toy cameras people have gone out of their way to dig up old relics and hand them over. It’s like, “Oh, you enjoy using crappy film cameras?…

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The Streets…
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The crazy month continues here at the shop… we’ve been getting ready for the launch of ‘Four Corner Store at Brandywine View’ which will feature all of the great stuff from our online store, plus some exclusives for the Chadds…

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This week in Redscale…
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I don’t know who the first person was to figure out that loading the film back to front in the camera gives you wild red tones, but Cheers to whomever was the first to ‘RedScale’ a roll of 35mm. I…

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