Bringing It All Back Home

Pentax PZ-70 - Bargain Brilliance From The 90s. Bringing It All Back Home returns with another bargain combo from the mid-90s - The Pentax PZ-70 with its kit 35-80mm lens. Included: a look at its ergonomics, value, metering, as well as getting around the limitations of the KAF2 kit lens. Also, a custom recipe for developing Kodak Eastman's Double-X. flickr link: https://www.fli

Analog Combo - Legacy Pro L110, Pentax 6X7, TMAX 100. Season 5 Episode 12 is all about getting stunning results with matching the beauty that is the Pentax 6x7 Super Multi-Coated Takumar 2.4/105 lens with Kodak TMAX 100 b&w film - and a tiny amount of HC-110. This episode includes: Why the cheapest Pentax 6X7 camera bodies (with plain prism) may be the ultimate medium format hi

Analog Combo In The Snow - TMAX 100, Rodinal, RZ67. Season 5 Episode 11 is all about chasing the golden hour morning light the day after a snowstorm - and the gear that brought it all together. Topics: Mamiya RZ67, Rodinal R09, Kodak TMAX, as well as the small stuff that helps keep it from falling apart. Also: digital: Sony A7RIII, SONY FE 28mm 2.8.

The World Turned Upside Down. Bringing It All Back Home returns for a new episode, Season 5 Episode 10 - using an ultra-wide manual lens at a polar plunge, developing mishaps, learning from mistakes, and addressing the catastrophe in Los Angeles. Topics: Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D for Nikon, Nikon F2A, Pilar Plunge, agitation mishaps during developing, I Dream Of Cameras

Portfolios & Prints - What To Do With A Year's Worth Of Photos? The year is almost over & you've got loads of photos - what to do with them? Bringing It All Back Home wraps up 2024 with an episode about exploring three options for where to go next: sharing a curated image gallery through Adobe Portfolio, using a well-reviewed printing service such as Nations Lab, and finall

Bringing It All Back Home Season 5 Episode 8 is a look back on the year 2024. What went well? What came up short? Top 3 film choices, all-round best developer, a survey of hits & misses, as well as some ideas for 2025. Topics: Kodak films, scanning, Wildlife & Surfing photography, Night Sky & Landscape, Wildwood Crest Motels, Portraits with Portra, and more. https://dr

Magic Light: A Portrait Shoot By A Ghost Forest. Season 5 episode 7 is a behind the scenes look at a fall foliage portrait shoot down near Dennis Creek, South Jersey, also known as Jake's Landing. Three film cameras, one mirrorless digital, a wonderful model ,as well as exceptional golden hour light filtered through pine trees and Atlantic white cedar, — plus testing out how well

My 3 Days With The Fujifilm X100VI . Bringing It All Back Home returns with a review of the brilliant but unobtainable Fujifilm X100VI. Thanks to lensrentals.com I was able to test one out as well as discover the actual sensation of using the most hyped - and Tik Tok trendiest - camera of 2024. Does it bring joy? Is the lens any good? Is it worth the wait? Tune in to Season 5 Episo

Bringing It All Back Home returns (Season 5 Episode 5) for an exploration of the mechanical workhorse that is the legendary Nikon F2. An engineering masterpiece that supports the best manual focus lenses Nikon ever produced. On this episode: comparing it to the original F, its fun factor, weight and feel, prism finder options, and why you should consider this the best Nikon camera

Season 5 episode 4 is all about the Hasselblad 500 C, from mythical medium format wonder - to actually holding one in your hands. My First roll, first impressions — and of course a few gratuitous recordings of ... THE SHUTTER.