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How to Open 35mm Film
Once you get past the snapshot phase of photography and want to improve your photographic work, you may want to learn to develop your own film. Developing 35mm film isn't the difficult alchemy that you...
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How to Transfer Photo Negatives to Digital
Scanning a picture onto a computer is a good way to preserve the image. Printed photographs that are scanned tend to lose picture quality, though. Scanning negatives into a computer is a good way to...
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How to Scan Disc Camera Negatives
Released in 1982 as a low-cost alternative for photography, Kodak's Disc film was one of the easiest to film formats to load. Film negatives were stored around a plastic rotating disc, which came...
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How to Open a Canon A-1 Camera and Load Film
While photography has largely transitioned from film to digital technology, film cameras remain popular among professional and amateur photographer alike. While many people prefer the convenience and...
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Nikon N65 Instructions
The Nikon N65 (called the F65 in Europe and Asia) is a 35mm film SLR that Nikon released in 2000. It runs on two CR-2 batteries. The camera can shoot 2.5 frames per second at shutter speeds between 30...
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How to Look Up Serial Numbers on Canon 35mm Film Cameras
You can locate serial numbers for Canon 35mm film cameras by turning the camera upside down. Look for the number on the base plate of the camera, close to the tripod screw. Depending on the date and...
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How to Develop Kodak Advantix Film
Not everyone uses digital cameras. Some people prefer film to digital and continue to use advanced photo system (APS) film to take pictures. Although digital photography is today's norm for taking and...
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How to Process Super 8 Film
Although Super 8 film has gone out of fashion as a home movie format, there are still plenty of filmmakers and enthusiasts who choose to use it. While it is simple to send off your film to a photo lab...
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How to Use Asahi's Pentax K 1000
The Pentax K1000, which was originally named the Asahi Pentax K1000, is a traditional film SLR camera. As of 2010, most photographers are more familiar with DSLRs, which stands for digital SLR, than...
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How to Change the Film Speed on a Canon AE1
When using film cameras, it is always important to make sure the camera is set to the proper film speed. Following these few simple steps will prevent improper readings by the light meter that could...
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How to Take a Double Exposure with a Canon Rebel 2000
The Canon Rebel 2000 is a film SLR camera. As of 2010, most users are more familiar with digital cameras than traditional film models, so there may be a steep learning curve while transitioning. This...
View ArticleHow to Use a Nikon N4004
Nikon released the N4004 in 1987 as one of the first Nikon single lens reflex (SLR) cameras to have a large hand grip on the right side, which is a design that Nikon continued to use for more than two...
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How to Replace the Focus Screen on a Canon AE-1
The focusing screen is one of the most important aspects of a single lens reflex (SLR) camera's function, as it serves to focus the image seen through the viewfinder. Short of zone focusing (based on...
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How to Turn on a Canon Rebel 2000
The Canon Rebel 2000, introduced in October 2001, is a model in Canon's popular line of entry-level 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) cameras. Canon continued to use the name "Rebel" as photography moved...
View ArticleHow to Take the Lens Off a Yashica Elecrto 35
The Yashica Electro 35 was a fixed-lens 35mm rangefinder film camera that gained tremendous popularity from its introduction in 1966 until at least the end of the 1970s. The lens is not...
View ArticleHow to Use the Canon EOS Rebel K2
It may come as a surprise to some that the world's largest camera manufacturers still make film SLR cameras. The digital age has its roots in film cameras like the Canon EOS Rebel K2, a professional...
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Nikon N2000 Instructions
The Nikon N2000, also known as the F-301, is a 35mm film camera originally produced in 1985. The device's features include an F bayonet-style lens mount, a 0.85x magnification viewfinder, speed...
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How to Make Long Exposures on a Canon AE-1
Photographers use the Bulb exposure setting on film cameras to bring low-light environments, such as city skylines, to life or to create artist, blurred images of fast-moving subjects. The Canon AE-1...
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How to Un-jam the Hasselblad
The Hasselblad 500 series camera is one of the most reputable in the world of medium-format photography. Produced from 1957 until 1970 by the Swedish company, Victor Hasselblad AB, the Hasselblad is...
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How to Repair a Canon AE1 Jam
The Canon AE1 is a 35mm film camera that was widely used throughout the 1970's and 1980's. The camera came in a variety of versions including the basic AE1 and the AE1 Program. While the camera was...
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How to Use a Nikon F-301
The F-301 was Nikon's first single-lens-reflex camera that offered an integral motor with auto film winding. With the F-301, you can take continuous shots at up to 2-1/2 frames per second, or single...
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How to Get the Negatives From APS Film
Advanced Photo System or APS film may have been a step forward in traditional film when Kodak introduced it in 1996, but it quickly was outdated by the advent of digital photography. APS film produces...
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How to Repair a Pentax ME Super Camera
Released in 1977 by the Asahi Pentax camera company, the Pentax ME Super was a compact, relatively advanced single lens reflex (SLR) camera. Although marketed toward the novice or amateur photographer,...
View ArticleHow to Price My Old Canon Camera
Canon generally is considered one of the big three single-lens reflex cameras used by professionals and amateurs alike, along with Nikon and Pentax. There are higher-end cameras such as Leica and...
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How to Scan 35mm Film Pictures for Full HD
Full high-definition video has over 1,000 lines of horizontal resolution. This is more than twice what standard-definition video provides. However, 35-mm film, by comparison, actually has more than...
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Types of Radiographic Film Artifacts
Radiographic film artifacts are densities or areas of darkness that can impede X-ray interpretation. Errors can occur at every step of the development process. A main component of film artifacts is...
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How to Thread a Bell & Howell 253A Projector
If you or a family member ever owned an 8mm film camera, you probably have a box of old film reels sitting around the attic somewhere. Unless you have a projector, it is not possible to watch this...
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How to Convert Photos to Full Spectrum
Cameras are designed to block certain parts of the spectrum of light, such as UV rays and infrared rays, when you are taking pictures. However, allowing for the full spectrum to be utilized in...
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Vivitar V3800N Instructions
The V3800N is a 35 mm camera manufactured by Vivitar. Basic use of the camera is relatively straight-forward. Before beginning, take the time to familiarize yourself with the camera and its components....
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The Disadvantages of Film Cameras
As technology has progressed, film cameras are becoming less common. Major manufacturers, including Kodak and Nikon, have spoken publicly about winding down their film camera production. Most people...
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Camera Definitions of SLR & ISO Terms
The field of photography has a lot of acronyms such as SLR, ISO, DSLR, RAW and more. Decoding some of these terms and how they relate to the real world of photography often gets confusing. The Internet...
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How to Read Aura Photography
The aura is believed to be an electromagnetic field that surrounds living things. The aura used to be perceived only by those who were "gifted." This changed with the advent of aura photography in...
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How to Take Apart a Pentax K1000
The Pentax K1000, produced by Asahi Pentax from 1976 to 1997, was a fully mechanical single lens reflex camera. Using only one LR44 battery to power its light meter, the camera was operated manually...
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Instructions for the Nikon N90s
The Nikon N90s is a 35mm film single lens reflex, or SLR, camera designed for amateur, but skilled, photographers. Sold during the 1990s and early 2000s, it cost between $700 and $1,000 new. Although...
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Cameras in the '50s
Photo cameras saw major improvements in the 1950s. For the first time easy-to-use cameras with adjustable settings and a range of options were available for the average amateur or the budding...
View ArticleHow to Make a Polaroid SUN660 Work
The Polaroid Sun 660 instant-film camera possesses many of the features of a single-lens reflex (SLR) film-based camera, such as a sonar-based automatically focusing lens and an integrated low-light...
View ArticleNikon N50 Instructions
The Nikon N50, also known as F50, is a 35mm film single-lens reflex camera released in the 1990s. The camera supports auto focus lens and has a built-in flash. The camera could be set to manual focus...
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Ways to Reduce Parallax Error
In photography, parallax error occurs when a picture is not framed as it was seen through the camera's viewfinder. Parallax error is common in any type of camera where the viewing window is separate...
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How to Make a Photo Enlarger
Making your own photo enlarger may be cheaper than buying one, and has the added advantage of allowing you to use lenses which you may already own, instead of buying specialized enlarging lenses. All...
View ArticleCanon AE-1 Vs. AL-1
Released in 1976, the Canon AE-1 was the first 35 mm single-lens reflex camera to use a central processing unit, or CPU, as its primary control mechanism, making SLR photography easier for amateurs....
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Cameras of the 20s, 30s & 40s
Primitive cameras, called camera obscuras, were in use as long ago as the Classical Period, when ancient Greek and Roman artists used them to create images on the walls of darkened rooms. It wasn't...
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How Does Algebra Have an Effect on a Photographer?
Algebraic equations are used by a photographer to ensure she gets the best shot possible. Though algebra is not the only form of math used in photography, it is an important one, because it has to do...
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What Is an Instamatic Camera?
Instamatic cameras were a series of cameras produced by Kodak for more than two decades, starting in 1963 and ending in 1988. Kodak Instamatic cameras used either 126 or 110 cartridge film, which was...
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How to Develop 120 Film at Walmart
Developing 120 film at Walmart requires some self-initiative. This type of film was first introduced in 1901 by Kodak. Today, it is not widely used and remains mostly the domain of professional...
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Photographic Silver Recovery
Developing any type of photographic film--35mm, X-ray, etc.--leaves deposits of silver in the fixer during processing. If poured down a drain and into the water system, the silver can become toxic to...
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How to Dry Fire a Pentax 6X7 Camera
The Pentax 6x7 camera looks like a standard 35 mm single-lens-reflex camera body that's been using steroids. This medium-format camera produces an image measuring 6 centimeters by 7 centimeters in size...
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Definition of an Analog Camera
In essence, the simple definition of an analog camera is "not digital" -- a camera that captures images on film rather than with a sensor that creates a digital image. Over the history of photography,...
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How to Date a Canon A1 Camera
The Canon A1 camera is one of the classic camera bodies in the history of photography, and was produced from 1978 to 1985. A favorite of hobbyists and film camera beginners, the A1 is also very popular...
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How to Transfer Super 8 to a Computer
Super 8mm is a film format used on older film movie cameras. The format provides a slightly higher resolution than standard 8mm yet not as large as 16mm. If you have reels of old super 8mm film...
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