I'm back

I am going to start posting again. I'll try to be more consistent now that I am home most of the time and not working. I retired last month and I've gotten a few new (to me) cameras I will be writing about. A couple use odd/unusual film sizes which ought to be interesting. I am also outfitting my old Burke and James camera to be able to do tintypes but that is going to be a longer term project as I need a few pieces of kit so I have to go slow due to finances. 

In the meantime, I have a couple of projects in the works. I am participating in the Shitty Camera Challenge ( https://emulsive.org/articles/the-anti-contest-contest-say-hello-to-the-shitty-camera-challenge ) which mostly seems to happen on Twitter these days. This month I am going to shoot this old Anscoflex I got off Etsy. It takes 620 film, which is just 120 on a different size spool. The film mechanism doesn't have any sprockets, which might be bad, but it also has a plate that holds the film flat which might be good? We will see.

The other project involves trying to recreate some of the photos taken on tv shows and movies with the same camera used in the shows. I am going to start with the new Perry Mason, which has ridiculous photos taken with a tiny Kodak Bantam. I was able to find one for under $20, again on Etsy, and film was even available so there will be a blog post on that sometime next month. The camera is adorable, and the spools of film are very tiny so I am kind of stupidly excited about this project. I'll try to get some photos of the camera and the film in the next blog on Thursday next week.