Écorce D’Arbre Lumineux

iPhone 4S; 1/120 @ f/2.4, ISO 64.

Imagine if your color perception was so acute, you could see colors others couldn’t.

Giant Tires

Giant Tires, Hawthorne, NJ
iPhone 4S, 1/580s @ f/2.4, ISO 50

First Impressions: Kodak Signet 35

1950’s Kodak Signet 35 Rangefinder

I finally got around to shooting with this flea market find from last summer. Perhaps it was overshadowed by the Konica IIIA I purchased from the consignment shop in Wiscasset, which I gave first dibs. Pershaps it was because I knew it was in working order. Whatever the reason, the veil of mystery was lifted this past weekend.

Sunrise

Sunrise.
Nikon D90, Nikon AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 16-85mm f/3.5G, Raw, Processed in ACR.

A Lone Wild Strawberry

Wild Strawberry, approximately1/4" in diameter.
Nikon D90, AF NIKKOR 20mm f/2.8, Nikon BR-2A Macro Reversing Ring.

Bullseye! Results of the First Brownie Bull’s-Eye Test

Got my pics back yesterday, and was somewhat pleased and confused all at the same time.

Bye-bye, Walgreens

I discovered that there’s a Walgreens en route to my daily work commute, so I decided to stop in. Turns out they do one-hour C-41 film processing right on the premises, just like most Walgreens locations. So, I wanted to compare them to other labs I've used to see if their photo discs are burned at the same image resolution.

Bullseye! The First Brownie Bull’s-Eye Test

Finally, I’m getting around to testing my flea market find of last summer…

New Addition: Polaroid Colorpack II

On the way back from my usual Sunday morning walk, I stopped off at a yard sale and scored a new Polaroid to add to my growing collection. 

Being that pack film is still available, this was an exciting find, and a bargain at five bucks. I’ll probably order some film and shoot with it just to say I did. 

I was quite a fan of Polaroid back in the day when I would use type 55 4x5 film with my 645 back in a home-made pinhole camera. The cool thing was, I could swap it out for a 4x5 film magazine loaded with negative film or paper. Sadly, those days are over. Or are they?

It occurs to me that I could cannibalize the Colorpack II and convert it into a pack-based pinhole camera. But that would be a shame to do to a working camera. Then another thought; an NPC 35mm Polaroid back. 

There are quite a few of these out there, and because they use only a fraction of the 3-1/4"x 4-1/4" image area, they don’t command a particularly high price in the market. I could easily modify one and build a pinhole camera around it. 

Another approach would be the Pinholgaroid. The Polaroid back for the Holga does not yield a full-frame exposure, a waste in my opinion. But, the back and the camera can be easily modified in such a way to make that so. And since a Pinhole Holga is only about fifteen bucks, gutting it won’t be too painful.