I know, I know … at one point I was gung-ho on achieving a super-panoramic stitched shot by capturing several consecutive photographs on one roll of 120 film. I named the project Buena Vista Panorama, based on an anecdote my Grandma Betty told me. She and my Aunt Elaine were traveling on a European trip,…
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Blogs with photos that were taken by my Pentacon Six TL medium-format camera.
The Zodiak lens – it’s ะ, not B
I guess this Pentacon Six TL camera is now an official part of my arsenal, in that I’ve just acquired my FOURTH distinct attachable lens for this bad boy. In addition to my Carl Zeiss Jena Biometar 80mm f/2.8 lens, my Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 65mm f/2.8 ultrawide lens, and my Meyer Optik Gรถrlitz 500mm…
Read MoreSometimes you see a doctor. Sometimes you NEED a specialist.
I shouldn’t ignore this. I shouldn’t try to work around the problem. I shouldn’t just ignore it and hope it heals itself. You know that “I hope it heals itself” never works. It never heals itself. It just gets worse. I thought I could see my regular person to fix the issue. And he looked…
Read More90 Minutes of Moonlight
I’ve previously achieved breathtaking star trail photographs, and I’ve also captured solar and lunar eclipse photos. But my goal this year is to snag a “moon trail,” in which the moon’s travels through the sky are captured on one single frame of film. This is difficult. You’re asking a camera to stay focused on a…
Read MoreThe Congregation of Carissima
Sometimes you work on a project and you think there’s a goal in sight. And suddenly … without warning … you’re taking a different route. Robert Frost points to the other road and say, “Take this one, it’s less traveled.” I shall explain. Last month, during my Hamilton College 40th reunion, I took some of…
Read MoreThe Pentacon Six TL walks through Congress Park
Come hell or high water, I’m going to make this Pentacon Six TL medium format film camera go through its paces. And with a roll of AGFA Aviphot infrared film in the chassis, and an R72 filter on the lens, I went to Saratoga Springs’ Congress Park for a few shots. And let’s start with…
Read MoreChecking on the Toll Gate Ice Cream store
The Toll Gate Ice Cream parlor was once a happy place in my life. It was a stop for homemade ice cream and tasty fried foods, all in a quiet, peaceful atmosphere. The building sat at the confluence of New Scotland Road and Route 140 in Slingerlands, and even in my adult years I could…
Read MoreComparing a Biometar to a Flektogon to an Orestegor
Unlike my Nikon camera bodies, where I can transfer lenses from one chassis to another without any problems, my Pentacon Six uses proprietary lenses. Now if I want to put a Pentacon lens on a Nikon camera, there’s an adapter for such a connection. But I can’t put Nikon gear on a Pentacon camera –…
Read MoreThe Pentacon Six does the Hamilton College Chapel
I brought several of my film and digital cameras with me on my 40th college reunion two weeks ago. Rather than let everybody sit in the car and just go from Albany to Central New York and back, I wanted to give all of the cameras a chance to shine at one point in time…
Read MoreIt’s not a gun case. I promise it’s not a gun case.
When I purchased my Meyer Optik Gรถrlitz Orestegor 500mm f/5.6 telephoto lens for my Pentacon Six TL camera, I thought it was a nice addition to my photographic arsenal. I soon discovered that it is a very HEAVY and BULKY addition to my photographic arsenal. I could do barbell curls with this thing. Build up…
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