Archive - Camera Clara

Kodak Ektar 100 review: the "negative slide" film

A not so much technical review of the Kodak Ektar 100, with tasty pictures.

Jul 6 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

The difference between incident and reflective light meters

And why it's important to understand this.

Jul 1 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

June 2026

Working techniques for dealing with film warp

Nothing more frustrating than having trouble scanning warped (or cupped/curled) film.

Jun 29 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

EmberFilm: a first look at a new negative conversion app

Watch now | One developer, a lot of features, and AI that never leaves your laptop

Jun 24 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

47:51

Brooklyn Botanic Garden on 6x6

If you like flowers and color science that only film can get, check this out!

Jun 22 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

Cars, coffee, Leica, and a roll of 800T

Shooting Rétromobile New York's first Cars & Coffee at the Leica Store in Meatpacking, on a Leica M7 and tungsten film in full daylight.

Jun 19 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

About photographing people in social disadvantage

Rather than asking "Is this a good photo?", ask "what does this person gets from it?" If the answer is "Nothing", don't shoot.

Jun 18 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

9:44

The night NY lit up in NY Knicks colors

The Knicks won their first title since 1973 on Saturday.

Jun 15 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

The backstage of the New York Public Library, on CineStill 800T

I got the rare chance to go to backstage, and took some nice and exclusive shots for you!

Jun 15 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

Leica APO-Summicron-M 90mm f/2 ASPH

A film shooter’s take along with a complete technical dive deep.

Jun 13 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

The ratio is the massage

What shooting 6x6 taught me about formats, rules, and how it reconnected me with Marshall McLuhan's massage, I mean, message.

Jun 11 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

Reflections about film and digital: what film asks of you that digital never did...

Listen it in your preferred podcast player (or Substack).

Jun 10 • Raf Lopes (CameraClara)

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