Shooting OLD Cameras.. Fun, isn’t it! :-)

[star camera company]

The most enjoyment I get from Photography is using land enjoying equipment of bygone and distant eras. Old, Yes, Functional, Yes, a Challenge, Yes,,,,, But Goodness, the results can be awesome! Off to shoot the QRS now, hopefully bugs ironed out, and on a tripod (with a bubble level on the camera, hard to hold waist level, level!). I just grabbed working UR Leica #80. Sweeeeeeet.....a Photo showdown. QRS vs UR Leica! Same side by side comparisons! Hey, Fun! I’ll post images after I develop!

 

[star camera company]

Ahhh! QRS on Tripod! Biiiig difference! Developing next. UR ran out of film, got. a few though..

 

[petrochemist]

I like using old/odd lenses, but I generally prefer to use them on digital bodies (or shoot through the viewfinder).

If I get back into film it will probably be using some of the earliest processes - I have done some sun prints using the cyanotype process in the least year. Most of these early techniques are sufficiently awkward to use that I'll probably only print with them...

 

[Jeff15]

Some very interesting gear..........

 

[star camera company]

A few from the QRS

 

[Grandpa Ron]

I agree totally.

I just returned from shooting my 1960's vintage twin lens reflex. I had to cut 120 format to to 127. Another 8 shots and I will see how well I did. I manages to adapt my mom's 1940 Ansco box cameras from 116 film to 120 format. I have also shot a lot of 4x5 cut film in a 1910 view camera I restored.

Going back to film was quite a hoot. Nothing make you feel dumb like forgetting to advance the film or miss-reading the light meter.

The next challenge is learning to print them .