@chadhill.bsky.social
Archaeologist, photographer, dilettante. Primarily posting nerdy analogue photography BS: 110-8x10. Photography = catharsis. Co-Winner, 2022 #ShittyCameraChallenge - InstantRegret (Avatar is the dad from the awesome kids book “Pokko and the Drum”)
😄😄 thanks!!
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Black and white photo of a memorial arch in the distance surrounded by trees.
National Memorial Arch (1917), Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 2026
Western Camera Magazine Cyclone No. 2 (3.25x4.25) falling plate camera (1897), Arista rc grade 2 paper negatives.
#BelieveInFilm #papernegatives
Agent Cooper: “Diafine, I’m holding in my hand, a small box of Tri-x”
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Pixel mode closeup photo of a bearded man making a funny face.
A slightly less weird pixel mode portrait of a bearded man.
Low quality (because it’s the Charmera) regular color photo of a bearded man in a hat holding a 130yo camera on a tripod.
Another portrait of the same man holding a different camera.
Papa, Valley Forge 2026
Charmera
More portraits by daughter, enjoying the charms of the Charmera on an astonishingly gorgeous evening.
#BigDayOut
Thanks! ❤️
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Low-fi high-contrast stereo pair of a reconstructed log hut.
Soldier’s Hut, Valley Forge, Philadelphia 2026
Charmera, Pixel filter stereo pair
#StereoPair
Photo of a bearded man in a hat in the ground glass of a 130yo viewfinder.
Vf portrait of me, by daughter!
28.02.2026 23:19 — 👍 31 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1Yes! Will send you a pm!!
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Yes. This was made to shoot glass plates and you CAN get glass plates for it.
But it’s pretty pricey to shoot a full “magazine” of plates!
I shoot it with photo paper and make paper negatives. Still makes awesome photos but waaaay cheaper if shooting 12 exp!😅
I could cut up film. Just havent! Only slightly trickier than paper. I have the locations marked by tape so I can do it by feel with my paper cutter.
But it's still hard to beat the cost effectiveness of paper. 🤷♂️ And Id have to process in trays in the dark, too.
I quite like the look of paper.🤷♂️
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28.02.2026 18:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Made for glass plates, but ive yet to shoot it with plates (though both Zebra and J. Lane/Pictorigraphica will make the custom size it takes). I just shoot it with paper for paper negatives. Pro - super cheap to shoot a full magazine. Con - Paper is slow so I am limited to timed exposures. 😅
28.02.2026 18:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Super high frame rate for the 19th century: 1 frame per second!!! 😱
Pew-pew-pew!
Todays carry (one of).
The awesome falling-plate Cyclone (1897) box cam. Loaded with 10 sheets of paper for a day of adventures with daughter.
#BelieveInFilm
A perfect camera.
28.02.2026 15:17 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is the way.
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A PA road sign that says “crum creek” next to a creek. In black and white.
Crum Creek, Philadelphia 2024
Ricoh Auto Shot, Rollei IR (@100)
#BelieveInFilm
Zebra makes dry-tintypes? Hard to nail, but when you do they do give that visceral feeling of true tintypes.
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I would post an example, but I wouldn't want to compare something Ive shot to the above! 😅🥰
Text reading: “It's the biggest thing to happen to photography since the SLR, brought to you by Flickr. And you're in on the ground floor.”
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ yup. They also said:
28.02.2026 02:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I have not attempted to check if it bears any resemblance to correct. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
28.02.2026 02:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Spotmatic held in my hand. As the sun disappears.
The top view of the super tak lens showing the hand lettered distance scale.
Today’s carry.
Spotmatic with super-tak 50 1.4. I’m not sure what happened to the lens that the previous owner had to re-label the distance scale. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Loaded with fun but tricky expired bulk loaded ortho-lith.
👀👀!
28.02.2026 00:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bearded man in a hat carries a survey instrument and wears a backpack on his back and a small hip pack in front.
Yeah, it’s great! Not much padding; but carrying in front is pretty safe. And then it’s reachable even with lots of other gear/encumbrances in the way! I stash a ziplock in case of rain! 😄😅
Sorry, I had only realized this was an older thread after I responded!! 🤷♂️🤷♂️
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27.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I like the p17 as a +1 with other compact cameras. So more often than not it’s the second camera in a peak design 6l.
Sometimes it’s my primary camera carried in a Patagonia black hole mini hip bag (that I’ll use to carry various small p+s cams in a more accessible way).
A black and white photo of a woman standing in the doorway of her house.
Neighbor, Philadelphia 2026
Ricoh Diacord, Rikenon 80 3.5, Delta 100
#BelieveInFilm
Very cool. Thanks for posting that!
I have a bunch of Lupex loaded up and keep trying to get out to shoot it!
An iloca stereo on a tripod.
Yes, ha ha ha, yes!
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