Polaroid.
With a little adjustment.

Looking at this again I realize how bad the focus is on the picture above,

It doesn't make much of a difference I just thought I'd point that out.

My new friend here is no longer lonely it's got a new mate.

50mm 1.4 (first and only 1.4 I own so far for any of my cameras) it's really nice as far as i can tell.

The focus is very smooth which I love. In a week or two I might have some negatives to prove or disprove this.

I also know that the other apertures work in stop down mode.

ENJOY!

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I just checked my email and it said I bought something, I guess my offer of $75 on a Canon A-1 with 50mm f/1.4 lens went through (i just wanted the lens) Never thought about how good AS IS could potentially be, We'll see the condition when it arrives but I have a few Ideas what I might be able to do.

Going here might be a good idea if it's decent. Either trade-in for more than $75 or put in the money to get it repaired.

I think that was a great mistake that I just made, I hope it works out!

Now back to ebay to cancel any other bids hanging around!

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Fuji Medium Format here

Why? I always forget about Fuji, they're not one of the makers of DSLRs that make it over here so don't hear much about them and basically forget they make some pretty amazing cameras (not cheap though).

Also Google Shopping might have some better results

I'll try to be a little more creative tomorrow (or next time)

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I developed an interesting roll of film the other day. There might be a few favorites up here, but there are some really odd ones too.

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Canon FD lenses under $100 here

Why? My new FD mount camera, A-1, would like a new lens eventually.

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So how excited were you when you read that The Impossible Project has finally developed color shade film? Yeah i wasn't that excited either, mainly because I didn't own a polaroid camera much less a SX-70.

First thing I did when I got on the computer, I went to their site and bought a pack of the color shade film! yay! I also got the 100 sx-70 film. I wanna be a pioneer, how can I resist a potential discount on future purchases?

total cost: $66
or really: $77 with shipping

Then... i hopped on over to Ebay... a daily activity of mine... looked for the least expensive, working, and decent looking SX-70 camera I could find.

Total cost: $85 (as long as it works what's it really matter)

Here's the real question... which will arrive sooner?

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Four rolls of film developed today. B&W, proudly loaded the film on the annoying metal reels (without too much trouble), mixed the chemicals (basically) and developed the film by hand (can you develop B&W film in a machine anyway? well I wouldn't).

One old film from maybe April. I think from cape cod.

Roll from action sampler (didn't get a lot but that's ok)

Roll shot this weekend with Diana Mini (hope I can figure out how to align and scan that)

One more, just don't know what of. I'll let you guys know when I have some pictures scanned and up.

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it's a problem, it really is a problem. I love cameras, and I really just want to own every new camera I see or read about, but as usual that's not the point. I want to own a polaroid, I think that most photographers that have any interest in the analogue world really do want to own one. It's just my opinion though. Here's the other problem, I can't afford one, I mean who really can afford a pack of film that costs around $1 a picture or more. I like the route of a little less than $2 a roll of film (cheap B&W).

Let's pretend that's not a problem, which is a bad idea because if it wasn't I'd go out and get one or more of every type of polaroid camera. So let's say I can afford the film.

Do I go find some cheap working 600 camera?

Do I go find a not so cheap but probably better SX-70?

Do I go for a spectra camera (which i know nothing about)?

Do i go find a really cool film type 100 camera (fuji makes film in this case but the cameras aren't as new and it's the peel-apart film)? this could be if i decided to go for a polaroid holga back (holgaroid!)

There are probably other options out there also.

We'll see what happens.

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If you're like me, which I assume you are since you've made it this far on the internet, you love some aspect of photography if not simply snapping away at everything around you. For me I love cameras, I love looking at cameras I love planning what camera to buy next, I love learning about all the thousands (or maybe just hundreds) of different types of cameras that are out there. Loving something like that is never enough, you have to share it with the world, at least I think so.

That's basically my goal, to share with the world the many different sides of photography, I'm still new to this so I can't really say i have a bias, film or digital, but who really is that interested in learning about new stuff. I like the old stuff, made new. I love to write about my experience with photography, though it's not all that exciting very often. I'll be entering a new life filled with photography and art (on an academic level) very soon and I'd love to share with all of you what my cameras and I can show you.

Lomography is a part of someone's life, hopefully, if the own more than a handful of cameras (though a handful would probably only be one camera). Share it with the world, those around you and those who live across the world that you'll probably never meet. if you live to shoot, you're a Lomographer, you don't need a holga, Diana or a LC-A, you just need film, passion, and persistence.

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