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Scanning For Sprockets [Revisited]

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Friday, October 2, 2009

A while back I tried to explain how to get sprockets holes from your toy camera negatives scanned to a digital file correctly. My text and images where not entirely the best method to explain it so now finally I have produced a long overdue tutorial on how to use your scanner software to scan [...]

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Diana, Holga – Oranges, Apples, Horses, Courses?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

A few queries have come through my inbox over the last couple of years and I’ve seen quite a few discussions regarding the differences between Diana and Holga toy cameras and which is better. Let me state right now that value judgements like ‘better’ really are subjective markers and what is good for one person [...]