Category Archives: photography
Seeing the world through my viewfinder.
The Anthony Wayne Bridge

[Taken 24 Feb 2011 | ISO 400 | 50mm | Kodak 110 film]
A.K.A. The “High-Level Bridge,” downtown Toledo. Another shot from my Pentax Auto 110.
While researching this camera online, I’ve learned something important: since the manufacture of 110 film cartridges was never standardized, film manufacturers could choose whether or not to remove a notch on the cartridge that some cameras (including this one) used to identify film speed. Since the camera misreads the 400 speed that I use, and exposes it like 100 speed, all my photos are slightly overexposed.
When I test my wide-angle lens, I plan to manually remove the notch on the film cartridge and see if that makes a difference in the exposure.
Tall Skinny Caramel Macchiato

[Taken 20 Feb 2011 | ISO 400 | 50mm | Kodak 110 film]
The return of Photo Thursday (after a brief hiatus) features the return of the Pentax Auto 110 SLR — this time, with a longer lens than the standard 24mm.
Lions’ Heads
Probably won’t be taking this camera out again. Read on to find out why.
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Starbucks Product
This was the first outing for the Ricoh 35FM, and I enjoyed photographing with it. I ended up with some good photos, but no really amazing ones. That was partially on purpose; I tend to avoid taking unique shots on a test roll, just because I’m not sure if anything will even come out. I should probably rethink my philosophy there…
Overall thoughts: This camera is very automatic, except for the focus and film speed. I might take it places where I’d be hesitant to take my Lomo LC-A (since it’s getting older and slightly fragile), but not if it involved very low-light situations. Indoors by a window = OK. Indoors by lamplight = not OK.


