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I’ve been looking to review a Hanimex camera since I discovered that it was a Hanimex camera that captured my early childhood memories. I really wanted to find the same model camera, the Hanimex 35SE, but sadly, the only ones I could find were for parts only or untested. Throughout last year, I kept my ears to the ground and ended up at Kosmo Foto’s shop, where I saw a massive amount of Hanimex cameras available. After confirming that he could ship to Canada, I began to look more closely. While a 35SE was available, it sold before I could pull the trigger. So IRead More →

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A few years ago, I reviewed a rather interesting developer, Diafine. Diafine is a universal black-and-white film developer. Universal in that it will develop all films using a fixed set of development times, which also requires that the film be exposed at a specific exposure index. But what if you could make this even simpler? Well, that’s where the fine folks at Flic Film come into play with their Elementary Developer. Like Diafine, Elementary is a two-bath developer with parts A and B, which you use as separate steps, but you only have one exposure time for all films and no need to expose theRead More →

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When it comes to places I’ve photographed in my local area, the city of Brampton isn’t one I often visit for photography. Now, to be clear, I have made several trips to Brampton for photography, but mostly around Sheridan’s Davis Campus. But the historic downtown I’ve only visited twice, the first time was for a PYPS Winter Weekend and the second time to test out a new-to-me Olympus OM-1n. So when I was putting together a plan for this year’s 12 Months on Film, I wanted to include places I’d been only once or twice, and Brampton, though it didn’t make the initial cut, endedRead More →