Week 40 brings me to a partial roll, finishing some Portra in the Mamiyaflex which Mrs. Mack505 started on vacation. We had occasion to be in Providence overnight in November, and the weather was typical Rhode Island fall: cold, gray & wet. It was still wonderful to visit college hill again. Thayer St bus tunnelContinue reading “Week 40 – East Side”
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Minolta Uniomat – week 41 results
The Uniomat is a bit of a contradiction. It feels heavy yet delicate to me. The film advance is a smooth, single stroke lever. The meter moves an orange pointer in a window on the top plate, and the exposure ring adjusts a green needle to match it. The shutter fires easily, with a smoothContinue reading “Minolta Uniomat – week 41 results”
Week 24 Results – Minolta 600si
I confess I was lazy this week, shooting mostly in full automatic mode with a bit of aperture priority when I was working with depth of field. The 600si is a tank of a camera. I haven’t weighed it, but it just feels heavy in spite of its mostly plastic construction. Occasionally it would refuseContinue reading “Week 24 Results – Minolta 600si”
52 Cameras – Week 5 Results – Fujica ST605
The ST605 was a nice camera to shoot. Focus was a bit stiff, but it improved with use. The lens is missing its plastic ring to indicate focus distance, so depth of field was always a guess. With a maximum f=16, max shutter speed of 1/700 and 400 ASA film there were some situations inContinue reading “52 Cameras – Week 5 Results – Fujica ST605”
52 Cameras – Week 1 Results – Leica M3
The Leica is a dream to shoot. Many writers have sung its praises; I won’t try to outdo them. It’s solidly built but not too heavy; nothing feels plastic or cheap because nothing is plastic or cheap. It’s over 50 years old yet still functions like the day it left the factory. I defy anyContinue reading “52 Cameras – Week 1 Results – Leica M3”
(Not So) Wordless Wednesday #11
The scene: a famous central Florida amusement park. The time: dusk on a hot July evening The setting: your intrepid blogger and his family stand in a milling crowd of thousands, awaiting the nightly fireworks show. The lights go down, the music reaches a crescendo, and thousands of people raise their digital cameras to theContinue reading “(Not So) Wordless Wednesday #11”
