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2018: The Year of Shooting With Old Iron

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Gary

Part of my collection of heavy metal, screw-mount SLR cameras.

I’ve never been a photo-project kind of guy. There’s obviously nothing wrong with focusing one’s creative energy that way, it’s just never been my thing. At the same time, I find myself falling victim to the tyranny of choice and muse about joining the one-camera/one-lens brigade. But I know I never will. I just have too many cameras that I like to shoot to ever really be happy in that box. So here’s my compromise—a year using one type of camera and one type of lens. Continue reading →

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2017 Camera of the Year

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Gary

Another year of film shooting, and this year’s most frequently used camera is . . .
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Favourite 2017 Images

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Gary

Government House, Victoria, B.C. (Camera: Pentax ME Super; Film: Kodak T-Max 100)

Here are my picks for the best photos I posted in the past year. Continue reading →

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Favourite Cameras: Ricoh “35” S

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Gary

When I found this camera in a thrift store, I wasn’t sure it would ever work well enough to see film again. It was in sorry shape. The lens assembly was loose, the shutter was gummed up to the point of being completely non-functional, and the aperture ring barely budged. But it had “good bones,” as they say in the real estate world, so I offered $20 for it, which the clerk eagerly took—a little too eagerly perhaps! Continue reading →