Film Photography Podcast – Episode 133 – October 15, 2015
The internet radio show for people who love to shoot film! FPP in Ann Arbor! A3C3 Camera Club! Argus Museum! Film Ferrania Update! New 55 Update! World Toy Camera Day! Argus Autronic and More!
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Show Notes
Film Photography Podcast – Episode 133 – October 15th, 2015
Show Notes By: Alex Luyckx
Coming to you from Ann Arbor Michigan it’s the Internet Radio Show for people who love to shoot film! Joining Michael Raso in the satellite studio today is Leslie Lazenby, Mat Marash, and Mark O’Brien! Topics on today’s show include the FPP Ann Arbor Photowalk, the Argus Museum, the A3C3, updates from New55 and Film Ferrania, World Toy Camera Day, and the Argus Autronic 35! Plus lots more, so stay tuned and stay caffeinated!
Meet Michael Raso, see his Super 8 film, Get some hand-rolled film!
You have one more chance to check out Michael Raso’s 1989 Super8 horror anthology “The Basement” that’s right on October 25th at 8pm join Michael Raso at the Midtown Cinema (250 Reily St) in Harrisburg, PA! And if you email podcast@filmphotographproject.com before the event and let Michael know you’re coming he’ll have a special gift of hand rolled 35mm film from the FPP! Midtown Cinema FaceBook Event Page here!
Film Ferrania Update!
Mark has an update for us from Film Ferrania. After their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign they’ve been running into some difficulties but continued to move forward. The good news is that now they have the big chillers in place and are waiting on the government to inspect and accredit them so they can get started with the testing of their first Chrome emulsion (similar to the Scotch Chrome 100 film). You can continue to follow along on their website!
FPP @ Ann Arbor
Back on October 3rd the FPP and the Ann Arbor Area Crappy Camera Club (A3C3) hosted an awesome old school photowalk. People came from all over North America to join in the filmtastic fun! Like any event there were a lot of people behind the scene to help out. From the Camera Mall hosting us early in the day and the Argus Museum at the end. Leslie was behind all those beautiful nametags and the whole gang put together the goodie bags which had film from the FPP Store, Ultrafine Online, and free processing cards from The Darkroom!
Several members of the A3C3 helped lead the groups through the city and pointed out some of the sites. If you want to see some photos check out the FPP Page on Facebook or search Flickr for “FPPAnnArbor2015” and if you’re uploading images tag them with that as well so we can see your take on the event.
Night shoot! One thing that the gang that stuck around after dark was head out to do some night photography in the downtown with all the neon lights it was a playground for Tungsten balanced films like the Kodak Vision3 500T! While Mark kept his camera on a tripod, Leslie suggested that a monopod would work well. Michael and Mat just shot handheld in program mode pushing the 500T as far as their camera would let them!
The photo walk’s day portion ended at the Argus Museum (pic above by Mark O’Brien). The museum is unique as it’s housed in the original Argus Building where the cameras the museum is dedicated to were manufactured. In fact Mark got to speak to Cheryl, the museum’s curator. The museum was started in 1987, Cheryl explains when the founders purchased a large collection of Argus material from Don Wallace, and recently expanded their collection with a gift bringing the collection up to around 6,000 which includes cameras, prototypes, military sights, and print materials. In fact if you want to do some research the museum holds a large quantity of files from the Argus Company that you can arrange to view. You can see more about the museum on their Facebook Page or see how you can help/donate to the museum through the Washtenaw Historical Society website.
New 55 Update! Mat has another update from another successful Kickstarter, New55! The gang over there have been plugging away at continuing their research and development of a new version of the iconic Polaroid Type 55 film. For those unfamiliar Type 55 was a unique 4×5 instant film that produced both a positive print but a useable negative. While they’re at a 40% fufilment of their Kickstarter rewards they still need some help and you can easily support them by purchasing some of their products, such as their R3 Monobath Developer, 1SHOT single sheet 4×5 negatives (using their beautiful Atomic-X material), even a t-shirt, and if you’re quick there may even be a pack of their New55 Postive/Negative instant material as well. Best part most of the money goes into helping the New55 project. You can keep up on things by visiting their website.
FPP Super Friend Brian Reynolds writes in with some pinhole feedback. Brian’s an avid user of the Lensless Cameras (which you can get from viewcamerastore.com). He’s an avid fan of Pinhole Photography and is a subscriber to the Pinhole Journal produced by the folks behind pinholeresource.com. In fact Brian has made his own pinhole exposure calculator which you can get at his website: http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/photography/pinhole/pincalc.html
This weekend is World Toy Camera Day and Mark fills us in. WTCD is an annual event that celebrates the use of toy cameras. Those plastic cameras with little to no manual control often of questionable build quality but are well loved. It really can be anything, a Holga, Diana, FPP Debonair, even a simple 110 or a Polaroid Taz/Barbie camera! Take a plastic Instamatic camera and put 35mm into a 126 camera and shoot sprockets. The idea is to just get out there and have fun. You can find more about WTCD at their website or share you photos on the Flickr Group! In fact the A3C3 produced a book “Monochrome In My Pocket” that was shot by the members of the club using simple B&W Single Use cameras. You can still pick it up online at lulu.com!
An Argus Camera for Ann Arbor
Leslie has a rather odd Argus camera to share with the gang. The Autronic 35 was one of four in the Autronic line. It’s not a pretty camera, it’s boxy, sharp, and not very robust. Produced in the 1960s the camera features a 50mm f/3.5 lens and range finder focus. And while a fully automatic camera you can set things manually…if you can figure it out. Aperture and Shutter speeds use their own unique labels and the focus has the flash Guide Numbers on it which is pretty brilliant but thankfully being a range finder isn’t a hindrance. The gang agrees it’s very much a ‘what were they thinking’ camera.
That’s it for us, but we’ll be back in a short two weeks with more show! In the meantime you can write us by email or send us goodies by the postal service. W-mail : Podcast@FilmPhotographyProject.com or write: Film Photography Podcast PO Box 152 Butler, NJ 07405
Also interact with the whole community on our FPP Flickr Group or FPP Forums.
Don’t forget about out giveaways! http://filmphotographyproject.com/giveaways
Our show opened up with a track from JJ Fischer’s band The Derby Girls! Closing out the show today is the unreleased halloween Pink Delicates track “That Dead Girl”!