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Campbell Mountain Diptych #2

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Gary

Penticton, B.C.
(Camera: Olympus Pen; Film: Fujicolor 200)

You can find my review of the Olympus Pen half-frame camera here.

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Day’s End

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Gary

Penticton, B.C.
(Camera: Olympus XA; Film: Kodak ProImage 100)

The Olympus XA is legendary. Here’s my review of this classic.

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Campbell Mountain Diptych

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Gary

You can find my review of the Olympus Pen half-frame camera here.

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Forest Floor

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Gary

Campbell Mountain, Penticton, B.C.
(Camera: Olympus Pen; Film: Fujicolor 200)

You can find my review of the Olympus Pen half-frame camera here.

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One of the great joys of living in downtown Victoria was running into friends when I was out and about. For some reason, I ran into Paul often. Probably that’s because we both gravitated towards thrift stores — Paul in search of undervalued antiques, me in search of undervalued film cameras. It was always a treat to catch up with him. (For those who don’t know, Paul is very talented and accomplished artist.)

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Huts and Hills

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Gary

Near Geysir, Iceland.
(Camera: Olympus OM-1n; Film: Ilford Delta 100)

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Half-Frame Cow

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Gary

Metchosin, B.C.
(Camera: Olympus Pen-D; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)

Inspired by the announcement of a new, plastic “Kodak” Ektar H35 half-frame camera this week, I loaded some film into my Olympus Pen for the first time in ages. And I dug this photo out from the archives. It was shot with my other half-frame Olympus, the Pen-D.

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