Pistons On The Square
The third Saturday of October is five days from now. It’s important to me because every third Saturday, of every month, classic cars from Austin and the surrounding area make the trip to the square in Georgetown, Texas. When the weather is good, cars start arriving before 8AM and by 9AM there are hundreds of…
Experiment with the Fuji X-H2
The Fujifilm X-H2 is a new camera to me and I am still learning the controls and functions. There are many differences from my previous camera the Fuji X-T4. This posting is about using the new camera with an old lens that I just acquired, the Konica Hexar AR 57 1.4, a manual focus lens…
What is an Escaramuza? Think Female Rodeo Queens of Mexico!
We spent the first 10 days of June In San Miguel de Allende – our home away from home. One of the highlights of the trip was going to the Escaramuza on Sunday, June 8. I really didn’t know what to expect – and, I was most pleasantly surprised. Here is a great article I…
Another Day, Another Lens
Two days ago I added pictures from the Fuji/Pentax lens testing. I have a second telephoto lens that I have not used before. This is the Fuji GFX 50S with the Pentax 135 3.5 attached. The package is very light and unassuming, and I think quite versatile for street and portrait photography. I am including…
Beautiful Katie
Kathy and Meshack in the 2012/2013 timeframe. Going Multimedia This was taken several years ago at a dressage event while she was waiting to ride. So pretty… This is my first attempt adding audio and creating a podcast type experience with my weblog. I am going to add audio to my pictures and written stories…
Fujifilm GFX & Adapted Pentax Lenses
I conducted a short photography experiment yesterday. I adapted two 60 year old lenses; one a 21 mm and the other a 200 mm M42 lens (designed for the Pentax Spotmatic). I shot a couple dozen pictures with my Fuji GFX 50S medium format camera. When you nail the focus, this combination of camera and…
Three 6 X 6-Shooters
I want to share some recent pictures I have taken with my 6 x 6 medium format film cameras. I have a Yashica Mat 124G (1974-75 timeframe), a Rolleiflex 2.8D (1956) and a Rolleicord Vb (1966). I’ve owned the Yashica Mat 124G the longest, but it is the most recently manufactured of the three cameras.…
Shooting Square with the Rolleiflex 2.8
I shot a test roll of black and white film in my Rollei 2.8D last week. Test roll because the last time I shot a roll of film with this camera the results were sad indeed. Utter failure is a better description. I don’t know the cause, but only one exposure survived out of 12…
Pistons on the Square – the Ides of March
The Ides of March is March 15 and marks the anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar at the hands of his friend Brutus in 44 BC. No such event this year as it was a gorgeous morning in Georgetown, Txas. I was out with my Nikon D850 and a single lens – the Tamron…
Expired Kodak Portra 160NC + Rolleicord Vb
I took some time last week to shoot a test roll of Kodak Portra 160 NC that expired in 2005. The film had been preserved in a frozen state for over 20 years but I wasn’t sure what I’d get. I set the meter on my iPhone for ISO 80 instead of 160. It is…
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