Imagine my surprise when I receive an e-mail regarding my July 20, 2009 post Super Zoom is Ka-Boom. I spend a fair amount of my spare time shooting film photography. When I’m not shooting, I’m usually talking about or promoting the whole “Shoot Film” idea to friends or colleagues ad nauseam. Apparently my negative experience with the Kiron 28 – 210mm lens (for Canon FD) touched a nerve with ... [Read More]
Archives for 2009
I’m a lomographer and didn’t even know it!
Since digging my 35mm cameras out of storage last November, I’ve been spending most of my spare time shooting…and shooting….and shooting. While always striving to make perfect images, I’ve achieved (for the most part) the complete opposite. Yes, a few images in my on-line “Flickr” photo gallery are, in my opinion, pretty good. Most however, are a bit off-kilter, making me (to my surprise)—a ... [Read More]
They closed my Saturn dealership!
The NY Times recently reported: Saturn, one of three brands that General Motors plans to drop, has been running ads that tell skittish car shoppers, 'We’re still here.' But Saturn is getting harder to find. One of the company’s largest dealers shut down four of his six Saturn stores in Wisconsin on Wednesday. Yup, no kidding. Saturn shut down my local dealership here in North Jersey ... [Read More]
Goodbye, Analog Television
The United States Congress set June 12, 2009 as the final date that full power television stations can broadcast analog signals. As of June 13, 2009, full power television stations will only broadcast digital, over-the-air signals. Assuming that you currently have Cable TV, this means that old black & white or color TV you have in the garage or basement will not pick up a signal without ... [Read More]
Super Zoom is Ka-Boom!
My first and (to date) only photograph of fireworks is a summary of the lens that shot it – unspectacular. The lens is a Kiron 28 – 210mm manual focus f 4.5 – f32 with an FD mount for Canon SLR cameras. Can a lens manufactured in the 1980s with such a dreamy choice of focal lengths be as fantastic as you want it to be? I tend to be a bit romantic about older camera gear – only to find that ... [Read More]
Frisky’s Fifteen Minutes of Fame
I’ve decided this year to devote quite a bit of my spare time to the digital scanning of all of my photos. I started photography as a hobby sometime in 1977—so it’s conceivable that my one-year commitment may reach far beyond 2009. That combined with my frenzied picture taking as of late—has meant that so far—I’ve spent every free moment either scanning, snapping or uploading to Flickr.com. No ... [Read More]