I went to Texas to shoot the Pentax 17 against my Nikon F3 and find out once and for all if half frame holds up. What followed was four days of mystery soft focus, a fully ruined roll of Ektachrome E100 slide film, and a hard lesson about reading the manual before leaving the house. Then I drove to Colorado to fix everything. Here's what I actually found out about this camera.

This blog documents my long-awaited quest to finally shoot Kodak Aerochrome, the legendary false-positive infrared film that turns living landscapes into surreal pink dreamscapes. From the history of Aerochrome to filter experiments and chasing the perfect shot in Yosemite, it’s a deep dive into why this rare infrared film stock feels more like a photographic event than just another roll of film—and why the hunt is half the magic.