Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Cameras everywhere
I've come to enjoy the look and feel of old cameras. My digital ones are great for learning exposure, experimenting visually, and fast subjects (roller derby and rugby) but I have to say that since I started shooting some older cameras with film, it has been fun to see how good my eye is at judging exposure by guessing and then checking with an exposure meter. It started out humbly enough with finding 5 old cameras while poking around in antique stores in Church Hill, TN and Kingsport, TN with my mom, and has since grown into a never-ending treasure hunt for "new" and interesting old cameras. When I find one that I fancy, I ask to see it so that I can check things such as shutter speed and aperture movement as well as if it folds (if it is a folding camera) do the bellows have holes in them, is the glass reasonably clear, does it have a spool with it (although this isn't as important now as it once was). I have also found some film that I really like, and while it may be a little more expensive since it is an import, the company also makes sizes that most other manufacturers have stopped making. All the film is black and white but it does an excellent job with the midtones.
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