Olympus Stylus 120 and Friends

Original Post: 01DEC2017

As my previous posts show, I don’t usually post too many personal life images. Although as of late I look at what I have been photographing and it only makes sense that I should start adding a few.

I am still using Fuji C200 film stock. I do have some other film that I haven’t gotten to but will. I just have a large amount of C200 film that I have to run through.

The Olympus Stylus 120 is a great pocket camera with a zoom range of 38mm-120mm. The size is perfect, really, it is a small golden compact camera the size of a pack of cigarettes that fits into any pocket or jacket pocket. You do lose some quality when you zoom and you lose some of the flash range when zooming but if you use it at the 38mm mark you get great shots with and without the flash.

I only took two photos during the day with this camera, I’ll post my favorite of the two. 

The focus was on the glass of the camera and not the dog because it works off of bouncing infrared light off objects, anything behind glass will not be in focus. Still, I like the feel of this image and it makes me happy to look at it.

Now lets get into the night shots. This was what I was using this camera for mainly and as you will see, the next blog post will be the same. Maybe even the one after that…

I’m not sure if the grain in this image is due to the processing chemicals being a little over used or if it is due to the camera not being as sharp as I would like it to be. Either way, I am happy with the image. As you can see the flash fills the space perfectly and doesn’t blow out the highlights. I will have to pass another roll through the camera to make sure that the grain is coming from the C41 chemicals that I used or the camera.

I promised a personal image and here are more than I promised.

I hope you enjoyed the small glimpse of the people in my life and I. The people that have been the subject of my photography and enjoy it. A shoutout to my selfie buddy Amanda who has been here to help me develop and scan the film! We have been adding a selfie with every night out.

The feel of the film is from the emulsion but I do a little fixing up in post. The little editing I did was in Lightroom and that was just to adjust some of the highlights but since these are basically .jpeg files, there is not much I can do with out damaging the image.

Overall, I really enjoyed this camera and I look forward to using it again.

The next camera is the Ricoh TF-500. Another gem of a camera.

Until next time Paisanos,

Konik C35 EF

Original Post: 07NOV2017

Update: This post was written when I was scanning with a box and my digital camera. That is the reason I talk about the images being soft.

I would like to start by saying that this was not the best experience. I was pretty hyped up to use this camera as it was one of Andy Warhols favorites but it was really disappointing. A lots of the shots were out of soft, not sharp at all, regardless of me being at the right distance from the subject and the lens. It wants to look like a rangefinder but it is far from it. You kind of have to guess your distance to your subjects and set it on the focus ring. If the images were a little bit sharper I feel I would have loved it a lot more. Maybe I need to give it a second chance.

Here is one of the images that I would have loved if it wasn’t for it being soft.

If the image was a bit sharper you would have been able to distinguish more of the fall colors from the trees.

Here is a shot of my great friends Robert and Amy, still really soft.

I’m not too upset about it I guess. I kind of do like the softness in the sense that it gives it a certain feel. This would not fly though if I was shooting for a customer. Which I really don’t so I don’t know why I am so concerned.

I do have a select few that I do love, even if they are a bit soft.

The first one is from the same day that I went hiking with my friends.

The image appeared to be slightly better in focus around the bumper nearest to the camera and it just has this mobster kind of mood to it and I enjoy it.

Another is of a tangled mess of seaweed.

This one is Instagram worthy for me. I love the lines that lead into the braid of seaweed, even though it is a bit soft and difficult to distinguish.

Overall I would give this camera a 4/10 and maybe I will give it a second chance. But for now it will stay in its case and in the stack of other camera.

Look out for the Canon AF35MII pictures. As soon as I have another roll to develop with it I will have them ready. I also ordered a scanner which should be arriving next week. At last I will have nicer looking scans.

P.S.

Minolta AF Tele with Fuji C200

Original Post: 02NOV2017

This is a wonderful camera. The Minolta AF Tele is a 35mm point and shoot camera that be used by anyone and it was an amazing experience to use it. I want to say more but it is a really simple camera. I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

I think this was expired film too, I’m not too sure. But out of the cameras I have used in the past few film rolls, this one has been my favorite. Another picture.

I just love the colors and the focus is exactly where I wanted it to be. If you can get your hands on one of these you will not be disappointed. I paid $4.00 at a goodwill. There is no losing at the price.

This is the picture I just shared on my Instagram. I noticed that I wanted to keep the full size of the image without having to crop it. One last picture.

This was a Vital in Bellingham. It was such a fun time to watch these athletes compete. The only problem was that earlier in the day I had lost the shutter release button and I had to fire the camera with a paperclip.

Over all a wonderful camera and I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I am going to try my best in making a portfolio on this website but I ran into some issues last time I did that. Hopefully I get to make it later on.

Till next time my Paisanos,