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Me at f/1.4


Olympus Trip 35

Seated
The other old camera I picked up recently was an Olympus Trip 35. It’s a zone focus point-n-shoot that’s disguised as a rangefinder. Basically, it’s the ancestor of the XA series.
I’ve put one roll of film through it (Kodak Portra 160nc) and am pleased it so far, although I must admit having more trouble focusing [...]

GR2 B&W

Among other things, I’m finding that the Ricoh GR2 Digital makes a nice digital b&w camera.

Canon A-1

I started shooting film again about a year ago as a challenge and an experiment after years of digital-only shooting. A year later my film work is still going strong, if less prolific than my digital work (which makes sense, considering). Of course, in that time my inner-camera-geek as come out and my collection of [...]

Ricoh GR Digital 2

Picked up a new point-n-shoot last week. A Ricoh GR Digital 2. I haven’t owned a small digital camera since my last Canon digital Elph died a few years ago. I wanted something small to carry around at times when the DSLR is a bit much, but I don’t want to have to shoot film [...]

That new camera smell

Canon EOS 5D w/EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM (digital color)
So yeah, a week ago my 40D was soaked in a freak water glass accident. I cleaned it as best I could and It worked for a few frames, but then locked up with the dreaded Error 99. It’s gotten wet before, this time was [...]