Compared to ‘proper’ TLRs, specifically designed toy cameras are relative youngsters to the camera market. There are some TLRs that enthusiasts have adopted as toy …
20 Amazing Diptychs
To celebrate release of the Diana Mini and it’s half-framey-ness we thought we’d delve into the Flickr vaults to bring you 20 of the best …
The Massive Guide to TLR Cameras Part 2: Pseudo TLRs
In the first part of my TLR guide we covered the benefits of TLRs and the heavy-hitters in the TLR market. We were originally going …
Introducing Flickr Group Searcher and Flickr Favourite Searcher (with auto-code generation!)
This is my first post in two months..sorry, been incredibly busy at work! I’ve had my first week off since, well, I don’t know when! …
The Massive guide to TLR Cameras Part 1: The Rundown
In our first of a series of articles on TLRs, we run through the history of these strange beasts, why people use them, and a …
Review: Kershaw Penguin Folding Camera
May I present to you the 6x9 Kershaw Eight-Twenty Penguin. Released in the 50's and made in Britain, it was crap even back then. One shutter speed (or bulb), and a choice of two apertures, plus some dodgy manufacturing didn't leave me feeling confident of getting decent photos.
Holga: Plastic or Glass. The Shootout
Plastic or Glass, Plastic or Glass, it's that age-old question. In fact, since we started holgablog I've been emailed 4 times about it(wow! a whole 4 times!), we got twittered about it last night, and there must have been at least 20 discussions about it on Flickr. It's a burning question no doubt (although maybe not up there with "how do they make Maltesers?". Really now...how do they make them?).
The Resurgence of Instant Film!
This is our first article with super-duper-bonus-futuristic-mechanised-twitter-interactive-elements. The article was more experimental to see if the twitter community could get involved directly..it seemed to work ok! We should be experimenting in future with more twitter-interaction goodness. A fellow Holgablog writer, Derek, mentioned something interesting about the increasing popularity of the Polaroid.
Celebrating The Tour De France in Photography
The Tour De France 2009 is upon us. “So what?” shouts most of our readership, but persevere and I hope you will be rewarded! The …
Reading Google Map pointers from a MySQL database
As mentioned in my other blog post, you may be interested in how you can plot points on a google map using the google maps API, combined with a MySQL database.
The basic premise is that you have a MySQL database containing a series of latitudes and longitudes, and you need to read the latitudes/longitudes from the database and plot them onto the google map.
Hands on with the Holga 120 TLR
We received a Holga GTLR through the post today, and figured you might want a brief hands-on mini review in the time being until we …
The Massive Guide to TLR Cameras Part 4: Other TLRs
The longest geekiest part of our guide yet! Discover over 30 cameras you probably have never heard of, and decide for yourself whether to add them to your collection.