Truck cropped.

Did a crop on this. Most of the time I just post full frame shots with zero crops but I wanted to move this truck over a bit and lose the van on the right hand side. This also throws the pic in line with the rule of thirds.

Truck B&W 1000px

Taken on '74 Canon, B&W and levels via Picasa.

First roll on Praktica L2

A few weeks back I bought a 1976 Praktica L2 with a 100-200mm zoom lens, a 28mm lens, a 135mm lens and a 50mm lens for 35 bucks. The first roll I shot on it was the expired Agfa 200. The camera is pretty basic and does not have a built in light meter. So using the Sunny 16 rule I shot these pics. All in all they turned out well. I told the photo guy at shoppers to do no corrections so for an exposure test project it was a success. The shots themselves are nothing to write home about but its the exposure of each shot that was more important to me.
B&W via Picasa

Dusty Robot

Taken on Canon G10, in camera B&W, 1 second hand held exposure.

Edward takes a peek

Taken on Canon G10

Buzz update.

Ok i thought buzz was scary at first but i believe it only shows your location with a gps phone when you actually send a buzz. So if you are at a great coffee shop and you buzz about it on your phone that would show on google maps if your gps location services are on on your mobile device. I am liking it now. I was just confused at first.

Art Deco

Snapped this on my iphone. I love this building.

Is film expensive?

I thought I would answer a question I have been getting a lot lately. This blog is mostly film photography on vintage/old and toy cameras, although the more I shoot the more I am finding that I enjoy using vintage cameras, cameras that are over 20 years old.

Back to the question. No shooting film is not expensive. Most people who have old cameras classify them as junk now that they use digital. So this means there are lots of vintage cameras out there for sale. Last week I bought a 1976 Praktica 35mm camera with four lenses for 35 bucks!

I usually take my film to Shoppers. I find they are just as good as any other lab and most likely the cheapest, and it keeps me out of Walmart, which is always a good thing. To develop a roll of film and get the shots put on cd-rom costs me three dollars. Yes I said three dollars. As for the film itself I can get 3 rolls of 24 exposure for 10 bucks at Shoppers so thats roughly 3 bucks a roll, but I have been buying rolls of expired Agfa iso 200 for 2 dollars a roll from my local camera shop.

So as a hobby I think its safe to say that film photography is cheap and is also 10x more fun then digital!