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This past week we had a bit of a tragedy in the yard. A storm brought down a large pine which grazed the 1963 Ford/ALF. It was a freak thing; 2 feet one way would have been a complete miss, 2 feet the other would have crushed the cab. The body isn't totalled, but it… Continue reading Pickup
The Meikai EL is a Japanese toy camera c.1963. I was initially undecided whether to classify it as a toy camera or merely a cheap one. You will notice the plastic around the viewfinder made to look like a selenium light meter. If it has fake features, it's a toy in my book. The EL… Continue reading Week 40 – Meikai EL
My last two rolls of film were utter failures. Both were expired, but they were from batches which I have shot before without issue. For some reason, both Tri-X and redscale have failed me this week. Fear not, I will re-shoot in time to review the cameras in question. On a related front, a third… Continue reading Frustrations
The Plastic Filmtastic is a nice, light toy camera. The shutter is easy to fire with a nice click, and it lends itself easily to artistic double exposures. I was impressed with the performance of my old roll of Lomography CN400. I left the film edge with identifying marks in some of my images. I… Continue reading FPP Plastic Filmtastic Debonair – week 39 results
This week I felt like a toy camera, yet something large. I chose the Film Photography Project's 'Plastic Filmtastic 120.' According to the folks at FPP, this camera was made in an unknown factory overseas years ago and was recently discovered in a warehouse in upstate New York. It has a 60mm f8 plastic… Continue reading Week 39 – FPP Plastic Filmtastic 120
Shooting with the SX70 was fairly easy. The camera is held at an odd upward angle in order to keep the lens perpendicular to the ground. The split image focus was easy to work with, although it is located near the bottom of the viewfinder instead of in the center. I soon discovered that even… Continue reading Polaroid SX70 Model 2 – week 38 results
In 1972, Edwin Land and his Polaroid Corporation introduced a revolutionary camera. The SX70 was potentially the iPod of its time, a whole new way of doing things. A press of the button produced a color image with no photo lab, no timing, no cracking and peeling. The picture simply happened automatically. It wasn't cheap,… Continue reading Week 38 – Polaroid SX-70 Model 2
Coming up on today's episode of What Were You Thinking? EMS Edition: A dispatcher confuses the medic crews, A diabetic takes his insulin and goes out for the day without eating, Texting and driving almost kills a man, A coworker loses his temper, And I make a poor first impression. Stay tuned!
In fine Kodak fashion, the X-15 was a camera for the masses. Wind, point, shoot. There are no settings to concern a photographer. The only choice was whether to use a flash or not. I found that I worked through a 12-exposure roll very quickly once inspiration struck. It's a shame new film cartridges are… Continue reading Instamatic X-15 – Week 37 results
In 1963, Kodak introduced the Instamatic for its 126 cartridge film. Instamatics were produced in one form or another until 1988. My X-15 was produced sometime between 1970 and 1976. It is a simple plastic viewfinder camera with no options. Although Instamatics were primarily known as snapshot cameras, 126 format rangefinders and even an… Continue reading Week 37 – Instamatic X15
Notes from Mosquito Hill 