Camera Talk

Ah, the joys of FSU cameras. An iffy shutter, light leaks that I can't figure out where they are coming from, and I think I burned the curtains.

FED Zarya, I-26M, Kodak T-Max 400


Salem, VA WWI Memorial by br1078phot, on Flickr
The cannon had to be rebuilt after some drunk ran it over in the middle of the night.




Catalina by br1078phot, on Flickr
I almost bought a hardtop version of this for my first car.




It Wouldn’t Be Red Oktober Without This by br1078phot, on Flickr
Though I tried to eliminate it, that pesky light leak is there in many of the frames of this roll. Some judicious cropping usually compensated for it. Then it looks like I just burnt the shutter on this frame. About every frame after this had those tell-tale bright spots in the center. I was shooting this through a chain link fence, and probably aimed at the sun while poking the lens through.




Hopped Up by br1078phot, on Flickr





False Signal by br1078phot, on Flickr
I'm so happy this one came out as planned. This stack hasn't seen smoke in over three decades, but a passing cloud was handy as a stand-in.

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PF

Nice going, Phil,

All nice images, but you did best on the last one. The cloud could have fooled me.

I always enjoyed using my Feds and Kievs, although they were fairly maintenance-intensive. I got better results with the Kievs. But even with them, I spent hours chasing down light leaks. I became a fairly confident Kiev repairman.

Keep on shooting!

Best,
Dennis

Thanks for being part of Red Oktober.