I love these cameras. Bought one a few years ago during my previous film phase and still use it today. In fact, I bought a second so I can load one with black and white and one with color film.
I’ve written before about why I like them so much. Today, it still boils down to the fact that for around $50 I get a full-frame, weatherproof, sharp prime lens camera.
In 2005 I sold a nice Leica M6 TTL with a mint Summicron ASPH 35mm to some random stranger on eBay. Last week I corrected that mistake by buying another M6.
Leica M6 TTL with 50mm Summicron Why would I do that? Hasn’t everyone “gone digital” by now? Sure, I’ve gone digital – twice, at least. Lemme ‘splain.
I went digital, the first time, in 2003. A few months later I became fascinated with rangefinders and bought a Canon Canonet.
So Polaroid is officially ending production of instant film this month. I’ve not used a polaroid camera since my grandpa let me play with his back in the 70s. It’s still a little sad to see it go. If you’re at all nostalgic for instant film, watch this video about the SX-70 camera. It’s long but fascinating.
Found via Photoinduced.com.
Reading a Stephen King novel is something I haven’t done in quite some time. With my recently renewed desire to read, I thought I’d give it a go with Duma KeyAt 600 pages it’s not a short read. I love the characters and creeping sense of dread King invokes, but in the end it didn’t amount to much more that an inconsistent ghost story. Let’s say 3 out of 5 stars
It happened under the kitchen table at my grandmother’s house. I don’t know how old I was. Young, though. Everyone was leaving for some boring grown-up event and I begged to stay home. They let me.
With the house empty, I had no choice but to go exploring. In the attic I found a chest full of dusty old books. The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, and a few scattered textbooks mostly.
Can we all agree right up front that the MacBook Air is the thinnest, sweetest-looking laptop ever conceived by man? Yes? Good. That’s what I think too.
In addition to its oh-so-sexy look and feel, many geeks claimed that the original Air was plenty fast for every day use. After reading every review and blog post I could find, I bought one back in June. For the first month, I pretended that everything I’d read was true.
Jess getting "Daddy" tattoo. 2006 Grand Rapids, MI A couple of years ago Jessica decided to move into an apartment. I didn’t make much fuss about it since I expected it to last at most six months. That was about right. It was a disaster, and she was back home in no time.
Last night she did it again, and this time it feels like the real thing. Her job makes sense now.
Tom, John and Frank were the three brothers who lived in the house directly across the street from me.
One day we decided to build an airplane. A real one. This was probably 1976, which means I was 12 years old.
I grew up on a dead end street. Behind my house were infinite orchards. Behind the houses on the other side of the road was a long steep hill ending in something that may have been a river, but was more likely just a creek.
Remember the first time you heard _Welcome to the Jungle_ or any other song from _Appetite for Destruction_? Me too. Goddamn, that was a good day. Hearing _Chinese Democracy_ for the first time today may not be quite the same thing, but it’s a good thing just the same. It’s been a long time, Axl.
I’ll admit it, I’m a huge Guns and Roses fan. I like the strong, hard, simple tracks.
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