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Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 01:40PM ;)
Got a new toy the other day. It was sitting on a table full of old Blackberrys and inkjet printer parts at the UNC Surplus Warehouse. I didn't find the workbench I was hoping for, but for $35 I picked up a little Canon Rangefinder I had never seen before, which seemed to work in all the right places (aperture, shutter, focus). The light meter wasn't functioning, and though it did for about five minutes after I added a new battery, now it's back to not working. No worries. When I'm outside on these brutally hot summer days, the Sunny-16 Rule works just fine. In other situations, I can use a separate light meter, or much more likely, the Lightmeter App on my iPhone. Took a couple rolls before really knowing how they might turn out or if they would at all. Got those first two rolls developed, and I'm quite happy to report, the little bastard does a fine job. It feels nice in the hand, small, but with a solid heft, the shutter is all but silent, large film advance lever, fixed 40mm lens, just wide of standard (perfect), opens to f/1.7. The inside seals were rotting, a sticky mess that was once some form of foam, so I cleaned those out. Judging from the film, if I don't want light leaks, I'll need to find something to replace those seals, but for a little while at least, I like them. The very first roll of black and white that came out of it was so good, so infused with the magic of hot summer days and hazy beach evenings, that I'd like to share just about the whole damn roll with you here. Starting with my new favorite photo of all time, of my sister and wife on Holden Beach, NC...
And the rest, go ahead and click on the thumbnails for the slide show.
Reader Comments (1)
Great pics Leon. I love how the minute anount of light leakage adds to the picture. looks like yall had a great vacation.