My GOLDEN HALF – a Camera Review

Golden Half: what's in the box
Golden Half: what's in the box

The GOLDEN HALF is a 35mm half-format plastic camera. I discovered it recently while browsing through some alternative camera sites, and since it takes odd 18x24mm pictures (that’s two in the space of a “normal” 24x36mm negative), I decided I had to have it.

After 4 weeks and several rolls of film, here’s my two cents.

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Going Home

After an eventful 2 weeks in the Sunshine State, we’re hopping on the next plane outta here and coming home. We’ve had enough now. After all, it wasn’t just a holiday, it was hard work. I haven’t counted the amount of pictures we shot, but we’re going home with roughly 10GB of digital data and …

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Miami Beach Huts Project, Day 7

To say it in the words of the deceased King of Pop: THIS IS IT! Ahead of schedule, we’ve finished the entire run of Lifeguard Towers on Miami Beach today, from South Pointe to Bal Harbour. We’ve covered the longest stretch today so far, after yet another beautiful 5am start. Sunrise over the ocean is …

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Miami Beach Hut Project, Day 4

We were just reminiscing over breakfast at Paul’s on Drexel: it’s going really well here down south. Even with the occasional thick cloud cover and scary thunderstorm, we managed to cover a long stretch between 15th and 46th street over the last couple of days. This means of course getting up at 6 or earlier, …

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