Camera Talk

Howdy all - My brother is trying to downsize these days; when we were down there for my dad's 85th last summer, he asked if I wanted any of dad's old camera gear. All 135 stuff, and a lot of it in kits I have no accessories/lenses for. However, there was a Hanimex 35SL in there that seemed in good s...

Yeah, I get that, and it's always been that way. The portraits are coming down off flickr. The rest of it (like someone needs a picture of my sourdough...) I don't rightly care much about. But if I'm pulling that stuff off flickr, I'd just as soon find a cheap, better, less toxic alternative. Which ...

Thanks, PF. Weird.

‘Morning all - Time has come. Want off flickr. Aside from the $75 annual fee that started at like $15, it’s become a cesspool. With the acceleration of AI and access to software, stealing images and modifying them to p0rn is now a large part of the activity there. My daughter’s Alma mater just scrub...

Hi, all - My daughter was home for Thanksgiving (son couldn't make it), so I pointed some cameras at her. The 4x5 setups, my first with an old Petzval in what must be five years, were very promising. However (ugh), the holders weren't loaded. Grabbed the wrong ones. Drat. The 5x7 holders, OTOH, were...

I will apparently need to start shooting 9x12...

International Film Buying Day is October 1st according to Flickr.

'Morning, all - Was up visiting my daughter at her new place in NY over the weekend. Some/most of y'all pretty much saw her grow up; she's on to the next phase now, jumped in head first. Anyway, her first apartment is in a circa 1820s farmhouse upstate. Has a wonderful wraparound porch, and the ligh...

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Fri Nov 07, 2025 6:14 pm

Excellent! I like this one better than the second. Again, impressive effect of tilt.

Thanks!

Weird. Lemme know if that works.