I’ve been distracted lately and missed a few self-imposed deadlines. During the month of February the #BelieveinFilm Twitter community ran a redscale theme. I respooled a roll of Fuji 400 and shot it at 100 ASA in my Leica M3. I forgot to remove the yellow filter, so the first half of the roll has […]
Category Archives: Cameras
#PolaroidWeek 2014 – October 21
This week I am participating in Polaroid Week on Flickr and Twitter. I’ve been itching to shoot with one of my pack cameras anyway. Today I selected the Automatic Land 220 and loaded it with FP100c color film. My 220 is special in my collection. My grandfather bought it when he retired and took it […]
52 Cameras diversion – the Pdexposures challenge
The crew at the Pdexposures podcast have issued a challenge for the month of June: You have $20 to spend. Make it look good. Full rules are available at the link above, but in a nutshell you have to Buy a film camera Buy a roll of film Shoot Develop for a total of $20 […]
D’oh!
Rule #1 of photography: ALWAYS HAVE YOUR CAMERA HANDY. If you don't, you risk missing the shot or trying to do this justice with your cell phone: The iPhone actually did a decent job, but I can't help thinking the Canon AE-1 loaded with Portra 400 sitting in my hotel room would have […]
Disappointment and redemption
In my eBay travels I stumbled upon the Kodak Signet 50 recently. After a half day of shooting it, I was disappointed. It’s oddly put together, with the film advance lever on the bottom and an odd feel. The ASA setting is jammed, and I had begun to suspect that the selenium meter may be […]
Light (P366 – April 26)
4/26 – Beth & Cricket. I was experimenting with alternative lighting using a new flash slave adapter. This little $5 gizmo fires its flash when it sees another flash fire. It has lots of possibilities, and I highly recommend picking one up. 4/28 – First day with the new (to me) Minolta HiMatic AF2. I […]
Sunrise, sunset (P366 – April 28/29)
Jake Bouchard (@jbphto) from Old School Photo Lab issued a challenge recently. To paraphrase, “Everyone shoots sunsets. I want to see what the sun is setting ON.” Here you go, Jake. 4/28 – Sunset in Deerfield, NH. And the object. Nikon FM2, Kodak Ektachrome E100G cross processed. And for good measure, here’s sunrise […]
The scientific method
I’m not exactly happy with my results in the darkroom. My latest attempts at printing have been flat. I’m not having much luck boosting contrast to the levels I would like to see. I have been saying that I’m experimenting with my photography, but I haven’t been organized. I’ve been playing with multiple new cameras […]
The River
4/23 – cold & wet Bessamatic with Kodak Gold 400 In the rain 4/24 – Bridges Bessamatic/Gold 400
Foldex 20
One of my recent eBay finds was the Foldex 20. It’s a 620 roll film camera with a folding body and an 86mm fixed focus lens. It takes huge 6×9 cm exposures. 4/24 – Merrimack River. Foldex 20, Portra 160 My first attempts with it could be better. The red window caused a major […]
