Monthly Archives: July 2010
Photo Shoot Practice – Olympus 35 RC
Today I decided to take some shots of my Olympus 35 RC, a compact fixed lens rangefinder from the 1970s. To take these shots, I was using a very basic “Strobist” set up with a Canon Speedlite 430 EX flash mounted on a stand firing through an umbrella camera left. I also used some white [...]
Market and Sansome St
Last night I developed a roll of Fuji Neopan 1600 that was in my Voigtländer for a while. This photo was taken in San Francisco last month sometime.
Olympus XA Review
One of my favorite 35mm cameras is my Olympus XA. Introduced in 1979, this camera is part of a series of cameras (along with the XA1, XA2, XA3 and XA4) but it is the only one of the series to use a rangefinder focus. The Lens is a Zuiko 35mm f:2.8 lens and is completely [...]
New Lens Hood For the Voigtländer
Yesterday I got a new lens hood for my Voigtländer 35mm F/1.4 Nokton shown here on my Bessa R4A rangefinder. Hopefully this will reduce lens flare and increase contrast in the photographs.