Recent content by Ben Hutcherson

There’s a whole side study in that too in that for vehicles sold in both markets, some design features still tend to reflect left hand drive. A prime example are hood releases, which sometimes are still on the left side even on RHD cars. I’ve had two 1970s British cars, and still have one. The...

I think Apple actually surprised a lot of us(I'm a bit of an Apple nerd...) when they officially endorsed upgrade with a GPU swap on these systems. I took it as a tacit admission that the trash can really just wasn't doing it for a lot of users, and they basically gave official upgrades to these...

Why would you need to do that? Once you have installed a current OS, you can use it as your main OS for everything including editing provided that your software will run on the OS you're using.

Actually, spending a couple hundred dollars on a new GPU will let you run the current version of MacOS on a 2012 Mac Pro https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/ No it's not an Apple "endorsed" solution, but these old machines do keep trucking along. The dual CPU models in...

Looking at their current prices, 220 Aerocolor is a little less than double their 120 offering of the same(12.99 vs. 24.99). They are competitive with Catlabs, which is the other source of 120 Aerocolor I know of($12.90), and between the two I'd rather support Reflx. Their Vision offerings are...

Even among "quality" cameras, there are still some out there that rely on the Frame 1 marking. A lot of older Rollecords were this way-you advance until you see 1 in the ruby window, then press a button to start the frame counter. I regularly use Hasselblad "12" backs, which will work with any...

I agree and honestly I'm surprised the market for 220 isn't stronger. Even back when the major makers made it, it was almost always the more economical option. Kodak and Fuji use to charge about 1.5x the price of 120 for it-heck in 2016 or so I bought some in-date Velvia 100 out of...

The only way I’ve ever loaded 120 is to remove it from the paper first. I can’t imagine holding the film for proper loading on stainless with the paper in the way. I’m definitely a no clip fan. The only exception to that are Hewes 35mm reels, where I let the two “spikes” hold the socket holes...

Still a great camera and with some of the best color rendition Nikon has ever made IMO(along with the D3X). It's great as long as you have enough light to keep it at 400 or lower. It's also built every bit as well as the other single digit Nikons-maybe not AS well weather sealed as a D5 or D6...

I'm doing a bit of a freezer clean-out and have decided to let all the Velvia 100F I have go. First is 15 rolls of 35mm-36 in one of the old 20-roll pro packs. I've shot a few rolls out of this in the past year, and they were a bit muddy but otherwise looked fine. Always either refrigerated or...

And I think "practical monopoly" is a perfectly viable description. Fuji is the only maker as of February 2025 that compete with the quality of Kodak color film, but as I understand it they have all but exited the color negative film game(with current Fuji consumer negative being rebranded...

WIth a few notable exceptions(like between pre-bleach and bleach in E6, or for any use of a divided/two bath developer) it's pretty unusual that adding extra tempered washes will do any harm. I generally wash between bleach and fix in both E6 and C41, for example. I know that bleach carry-over...

I have a mix of Nikor, Kinderman, Omega, and whatever other brand(or undbranded) ones I've accumulated. Honestly, with 120, I don't notice much difference between them. Some of them do have distinctive film clips, but I don't really like any of them as I find they all tend to distort the film...

It's a fun way to shoot, but I will also caution you that if you want to get into 70mm, you're getting into a whole "ecosystem" that can be both exciting and frustrating. As someone who's been shooting 120 for 20+ years now, I was pretty comfortable with it. 70mm is just different enough that...

Short answer is that the back is not easily modded(at least that I'm aware of), so you are limited to Type II perf film. 70mm Type II is probably the most common perf style out there-it's 8 perfs/inch, the same as 35mm film, and the distance from the edge is the same as 35mm-basically it's like...