This month, we thought we would jump in and discuss some of our favorite plastic medium format cameras; and share the ones that we love and the ones we are mildly curious about.

This episode is a bit more factual than normally what is allowed on the Pdexposures network, and unfortunately Amanda could not join us this month; but Rob and Simon Trudged on.

Forging a path through some uncharted territories.

For those of you who have never jumped into the waters of medium format, this is a much larger stock of film than the kind you may be familiar with; and is worth a try if you get the chance. Medium format cameras typically take a picture in a format that is 6×6, 6×4.5 all the way up to a super panoramic 6×25 image.

We started out with the perks and drawbacks of the classic Kodak Brownie. Keep an eye on these because they can be found everywhere and often times for a bargain. Kodak made these by the ton over a long period of time. And there are people using them to this very day with some interesting effects.

We then moved on to our favorite toy cameras; ones that almost everyone owns by now. There are Holgas and Dianas all over. These are simplest cameras that are still in production today.

Lastly we drooled over a camera that neither of us own, but we love for its retro glory. The Thunderbird, or Fujipet as it may be called. This thing looks like a toy; and had some questionable advertising in the past.

Sit back, relax and enjoy because this is a long one.

Featured image provided by Simon Ponder.
Featured music provided by Salmo and is the song “Rumeur sous la cascade nuee de gammares.”

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