Tag: film cameras
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Operation Thin the Herd: Nikon N2000
I took my Nikon N2000 on a nature hike as I decided whether to keep it or sell it.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Pentax H3
I take my Pentax H3 out for a spin. It’s wonderful.
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Why won’t this thing fire? …oh.
Photos of times I peered into a camera wondering why the shutter didn’t fire, when it suddenly fired.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Pentax KM
A Pentax KM, a 55/1.8 lens, some T-Max 400, and an afternoon photo-walk with my son. Perfect!
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Operation Thin the Herd: Canon TLb
The Canon SLR I like best by far: the 1974 Canon TLb.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Rollei A110
My tiny Rollei A110, which takes 110 film, gets its turn in Operation Thin the Herd.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Canon AE-1 Program
My Canon AE-1 gets its turn being evaluated. It acquitted itself well at a car show, but merely acquitting itself isn’t necessarily enough to clear the bar to stay in the collection.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Nikon N90s
Sometimes a person needs to just get out and shoot for the joy and fun of it. At such times, a great choice is an auto-everything SLR and a zoom lens. The Nikon N90s is heavy and has more features than you need for such a day, but its very robustness means it will likely…
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A prizewinning photojournalist’s battered Nikon F3
Here’s what a Nikon F3 looks like when it gets heavy use by a photojournalist. And not just any photojournalist, but Carol Guzy, who won Pulitzer Prizes for her work.
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Underexposed selfie
An underexposed selfie from a historically significant camera: the first autofocus 35mm SLR. Meet the Pentax ME F.
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Operation Thin the Herd: Olympus Trip 35
I took my Olympus Trip 35 on a couple suburban photo walks.
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People in the early 1950s bearing cameras
Vintage early-50s Kodachromes of people holding cameras — common cameras then and now.