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To use the chart:
1. Find the focal length of the lens in question in the left-hand column.
2. Then look to the right to find the 35mm equivalent for that focal length when used with the film format that interests you.

Thanks to viewcamera.com for this chart. I use it all the time when checking out medium format gear.

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Miroslav Tichy

Tichy was an eccentric. He was held prisoner for almost a decade in Soviet labor camps just for that—being an eccentric, falsely accused of dissidence.

Upon his release in the early 70s he wandered his small town in rags pursuing his voyeuristic obsession with the female form by photographing women unawares in the streets, shops and parks, through windows and fences, with cameras he fashioned out of tin cans, children’s eyeglass lenses and other junk he’d pick up while wandering. 

Of his technical methods, Tichy has said, “First of all, you have to have a bad camera”, and, “If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world.”

He’s a camera. He’s my hero.

Camera Batteries, you need them

After doing a bunch of research on old film cameras I found that many need obsolete batteries. Sometimes they use disposable batteries that have been discontinued and outlawed. This can be a real problem because these cameras require specific voltages. No battery. No shutter. (Some cameras like my Nikon F3 only use batteries for the light meter. Many need power to fire the shutter. ) So before you buy a camera on eBay check this page out. It’s a chart that could really help.

Camera Batteries, you need them


(via Lomography Belair X 6-12)

This camera is damn attractive. Great price too for a new medium format camera with some glass in the lenses. But the examples of the pics taken with it haven’t really impressed me. Probably just a reflexion of how the photographer chose to use the camera. That and I’m not really a plastic Lomo camera fan…