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In early October, I had the good fortune to attend a motorcar excursion on the Adirondack Scenic Railroad out of Thendara, NY. The faithful UPRR #2535 An absolutely awful shot of yours truly. I'm not sure why I was doing the "Is this thing on?" look with my Leica. Depth of field We don't… Continue reading Week 37 – Adirondack Scenic Railroad
The catching up continues, thanks to a pre-Christmas darkroom binge and the fabulous gift of a new laptop from Mrs. Mack505. Week 36 was shot in and around the Plum Island National Wildlife refuge earlier this fall. Pines Trail Pines Bench Pines Closed Sidewalk Wilkinson Vote Yes / Vote No Chevy Camera: Leica M3 Lens:… Continue reading Week 36 – Plum Island(-ish)
I have slowed my camera collecting recently and have even de-accessioned pieces which I don't care about. This spring I spent a few weeks watching a Craigslist ad for a Mamiyaflex C2, and when it didn't move I gave the owner a call. I have heard great things about Mamiya TLRs. At first blush I… Continue reading Week 22 – WOW!
Lately I find myself attracted to early automatic SLRs. My Canon T70 was a 99 cent eBay find which uses Canon FD-mount lenses, and it arrived just before we left for NYC. If anything happened to it in the Big Apple, I would miss the 50mm/1.4 lens more than the camera body. We took it… Continue reading Week 18a – More NYC
For Roll #18 we return slightly closer to the present. Last week Beth and I traveled to New York City for a brief couple of days. The first rolls back are HP5 developed at home. Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour. There is a couple in the center of the frame dancing. Camera:… Continue reading Week 18 – NYC
In contrast to my Dolly experience, I am very happy with the FM2 results. I have been shooting this camera for many years, so I find it easy to use despite its full manual control suite. Aperture is set with a standard ring on the lens and is visible in the viewfinder via a periscope/prism… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 21 results – Nikon FM2
The SRT200 is another favorite camera of mine. I enjoy the feel of shooting with it. My one complaint is with the focusing screen. It doesn't have a split image but merely requires bringing the entire image into clear focus. I find that in low depth of field situations I just can't get it quite… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 17 results – Minolta SRT200
My results with the pinhole cap on my Nikon FM2 were mixed. I remember it being sharper in the past, but I did most of my shooting without a tripod this spring. Shooting a pinhole on an SLR is a bit odd, as the viewfinder and meter are useless. I used my neck strap and… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 9 results – Pinhole Nikon
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Failure. My second attempt was just as bad as the first, with only one usable shot. I've ruled out any errors in my developing process by running another roll from a different camera at the same time. It came out fine. A bit of research tells me that these cameras were prone to this… Continue reading 52 Cameras – Week 6 results – Contaflex II
Notes from Mosquito Hill 