Kodak Max Versatility 400 - A Low Cost Negative Film that Worth a Try

 

Today I'm gonna share this negative film , Kodak Max Versatility with 400 iso. Though it is not as well-known as other consumption level negative film under the name of Kodak like Ultra Max 400 , it still worth a try for film lovers. And yes, I mean it.

Canon FD 135mm f/3.5

Needless to explain, you know that this is an entry level lens when you lay your eyes on its maximum aperture of f/3.5.

In 70s - 80s, it is not an easy task to look for a 135mm prime lens which got a smaller maximum aperture.

However, you miss a treasure if you judge Canon FD 135mm f/3.5 by this aspect.

It comes with a fairly good performance compare with its low price.

Praktica MTL3 - A different mindset of camera design from the eastern

Praktica MTL3 came to my collection to satisfy my desire of M42 mount.

Just like a lot of novice analogue lovers, I hop on the cart of M42 recklessly after I found that treasure vault.

As the greatest value of M42 mount is came from the variety of lenses, I grabbed a M42 mount camera body with a price as low as possible.

That's how I met Praktica MTL3.

Praktica MTL3 x Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 x Fujicolor 100

The M42 mount is a popular screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to SLR camera.

It was first used in Zeiss's Contax S of 1949.

Since there were no proprietary elements and production difficulty on M42 mount，many other manufacturers used it.

This has led to the valuable lenses heritage we found today.

Kodak Ektar 100 - World‘s Finest Grain Negative Film

Set slide film aside，Kodak Ektar can be seen as the glory of Kodak (at least in the film can be found nowadays.) That's the reason Kodak printed "World's Finest Grain" on the boxes proudly. In the same time, its price also high enough to scare film shooters.

Canon FD 100mm f/2.8 - A flexible telephoto lens of FD mount

At the age of film while the quality of zoom lens are not so reliable,

SLR always come with a 50mm one as a kit lens.

When it comes to the point to acquire the second lens, users face the options whether to get a wide angle lens or a telephoto lens.

Olympus 35SP - The Great Sword among the Seven Swords of Japan Rangefinder

In the heyday of Japan compact rangefinder, Olympus 35SP is the flagship model of Olympus rangefinder camera. It was even selected by as one of the 7 most classic Japan compact RFs - The Seven Swords of Japan RF.

Kodak Portra 160 - A flexible medium format negative film

I have some kind of feeling that I have shoot numbers of Kodak Portra 160 in medium format.

Well, that just a wrong feeling as I found that I have only shoot 1 roll of Kodak Portra 160 recently, except some of my very early photos taken with Diana F+.

Results of this film quite made me surprised. So I just wrote it down and shared with my fellow film lovers.