Charlotte Davis, Author at Casual Photophile

October 6, 2021

The Beauty of Pen y Fan on Kodak Portra

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Charlotte brings us (and their Olympus XA4 loaded with Kodak Portra) on a hike for charity through the Welch countryside.

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February 3, 2021

Winter Explorations with a Pentax LX and Kosmo Foto Mono Film

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Charlotte shares her wintery day shooting the seaside with her Pentax LX and Kosmo Foto Mono black-and-white film.

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October 27, 2020

Battle of the Fujifilm 800s – Venus versus Superia X-Tra

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Charlotte compares Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 800 to Fujifilm Venus 800, two discontinued high speed color films (available in limited supply).

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June 20, 2020

All the Kolors of the Rainbow – Revolog Film, a Pentax LX, and Pride

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Charlotte shoots Pride with the Pentax LX and Revolog Kolor film, an experimental color negative rainbow splashed 35mm film!

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December 16, 2019

A Beginner’s Guide to Free-Lensing

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Free-lensing allows us to use our existing camera kit to approximate the look of a tilt lens without the expense of specialized gear. Here’s a beginner’s guide.

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Photography Technique

October 22, 2019

Ilford XP2 Super – The Film That Saved My Photography

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Charlotte remembers her first experiences with Ilford XP2 Super, the most accessible way to shoot black-and-white film today.

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July 24, 2019

Taste the Rainbow – Charlotte’s Adventures in Alternative Color Film

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Charlotte shoots some wild color film and tells us all about it in this rainbow-flavored writeup.

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June 12, 2019

Cleaning, Storing, and Repairing Your Classic Camera

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Unlike the digital camera market, which is saturated with brand new products and the support network needed to fix them, film cameras can be rare and precious and expensive to fix. That’s why it’s important…

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April 26, 2019

Where Have All the High ISO Color Films Gone?

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For my thirteenth birthday I was given a Canon Sureshot 105 Zoom camera and a booklet explaining, among other things, how to load the film, frame a photo correctly, and shoot without getting your fingers…

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April 1, 2019

Five Accessories Every Film Photographer Should Own and Use

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When I got my first proper film camera, a Cosina PM-1, for the grand total of £3 from a car boot sale, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had one…

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February 22, 2019

FilmLab App Version 1.1 User Experience

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FilmLab is an app for digitizing negatives quickly and easily, and I’ve spent the past few weeks testing its limits. It fulfills its intended purpose well, and future updates promise higher performance. For now, it’s…

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November 30, 2018

Camera Straps for People Who Aren’t Into Leather

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It’s almost a cliché – your well-brassed camera must wear an equally weathered artisanal strap, usually leather. Venture onto any fashionable camera site these days and we’ll no doubt find such a leather strap attached…

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Gear and Accessories

November 12, 2018

Olympus XA4 Macro Review – Great Things in Small Packages

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In 1985, my parents decided they wanted a small camera to take with them on holiday to Portugal – a hot and sunny getaway before the birth of their first child (hello) threw their lives…

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October 10, 2018

Alternative Processes – Shooting My First Solargraph

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I recently found myself wanting to pare back photography to its very basics. I started as most people do – the “one camera, one lens” combination. But after lugging my SLR all over town, up…

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Alternative Processes