Month: October 2015

3 photos of my dog, Honey.

Inspiration, Teaching point

A roll of 120 film on the Mamiya RZ67 allows for exactly 10 photographs.

I used 3 of those frames tonight to photograph Honey — just because I love shooting the RZ67, and I hadn’t for a while, so I was itching… because good things happen when I pick up the RZ67.

(and Honey makes for a willing model)

More to follow.

(currently scanning the images… 9 out of 10 are worth keeping)

—Peter.

Burning a hole.

Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point

Prosophos - Burning a Shutter Curtain Hole

Yes, I did it.

I managed to burn a hole in my M3 shutter curtain.

After all of these years… this is a first.  I had read about it but never really worried about it.

As far as I can tell, it was caused by not having the lens cap on while I was outside in intense sunlight (at the Blue Jays game).  My uncapped lens likely focused the rays of light onto a small area of the shutter cloth and — voila! — a hole was created.

This is what the hole was doing to all of my film images:

(iPhone shot of a scanned image on my computer screen)

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Prosophos - Shutter Hole

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Fortunately the curtain can be easily repaired/patched.

Now I have to reconsider my w(hole) modus operandi for shooting.  I have been using my lenses with protective hoods and filters but no lens caps.

—Peter.

Love.

2015, Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica 35mm Summicron ASPH f/2, Leica M3, Portrait, Scanner - Plustek 8200i, Teaching point

Sometimes, you just have to hang on.

—Peter.

Love

Technical:  1/30 sec.

Technical #2:  My Leica M3 is broken (curtain issue).  I thought the (now sold) 50/2 Jahre was flaring badly, but the same bright spot I was seeing in its images appears in the centre of most of my images with 35 Summicron ASPH.  Bummer!  Thank goodness I took two quick images of this scene and this (second) image was okay.  Thank you also to my friend Mark (If Time Stood Still) for help with the diagnosis.