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.Continue reading “Three 6 X 6-Shooters”
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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 12Continue reading “Shooting Square with the Rolleiflex 2.8”
Black, White & Fuji GSW 690
I don’t want to overstate this or put too many words in this post. Just a few examples of TMax 400 from my recent shoot with the new to me Fuji GSW 690. The camera is probably close to 30 years old, originally designed to take pictures of tourist groups in Japan. The stunning characteristicContinue reading “Black, White & Fuji GSW 690”
Pistons on the Square (Old Film Camera Pictures) November 16, 2024
I carried two cameras to Pistons on the Square two weeks ago. One was a Fuji medium format digital and the other was a 40+ year old Olympus 35mm SLR. This posting features pictures taken by the Olympus OM4 with the OM 50mm 1.4 lens from 1983.
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