Released in 1999, the Konica Hexar RF is the most advanced analogue M-mount rangefinder camera ever made, far surpassing the Minolta CLE and all of Leica’s analogue cameras that came after. Let’s have a closer look!
Update January 12, 2026:
After the first publication, several people noted that the colours were off, so I reworked the colour conversion for all the images.
This time I used the Negative Lab Pro software for conversion.
What you see now are the updated versions.
In my previous articles, I explored two of the most classic and iconic black-and-white films: Kodak Tri-X and Ilford HP5 Plus. Now I turn my eye to a classic colour negative stock — Kodak ColorPlus 200.
This film is said to be based on an older emulsion technology, one tracing back to the 1970s and 1980s (Kodacolor II / Kodacolor VR). That actually makes it older than Kodak Gold, which many already consider to have a vintage look. So this one should offer an even more vintage feel. Let’s have a look at the images.
Continue reading Analogue Photography: Part 5 – Kodak ColorPlus 200 at Nostalgic Car Show
Tübingen is a nice town about 40 km south of Stuttgart in southern Germany. If you are a regular reader you will surely have come across pictures taken there in one of my reviews. This time I was only using a film camera and various films from the golden to the blue hour.
After getting back into film and starting the Analogue Photography series with the iconic Kodak Tri-X, I turned to its European counterpart for this round — the equally legendary Ilford HP5 Plus. Long favored by press photographers, photojournalists, and enthusiasts who needed a reliable workhorse, HP5 Plus has earned its reputation as a versatile and forgiving black-and-white film.
For this installment, I chose a location much older than the film stock itself — a historic engine factory that felt like the perfect match: the Pythagoras Hot-Bulb Engine Factory.
Continue reading Analogue Photography: Part 4 – Ilford HP5 Plus at a Historical Engine Factory
I already had a look at Fujichrome Provia 400x and this time we will have a look at its predecessor, Provia 400F, another “half-Tungsten” higher ISO slide film.
Processing (E-6) was done at ProLab in Stuttgart, scanning was done by one of our readers via a DSLR. The pictures you see in this article are from one roll.
Continue reading Analogue Adventures – Part 46: Fujichrome Provia 400F (expired)