Wednesday, July 20, 2005

I have gotten all nostalgic for shooting pictures on (gasp) film. I have a funky little camera made my Lomo that I love,

so I dragged that out of exile, as well as my Ricoh Shotmaster and my Lomo Action Sampler
(4 shots per frame, in sequence). I have also gotten in an ebay frenzy and got a really cute vintage 35mm camera made by Argus (a beige version of this camera was in a Harry Potter movie):



I also just won a Fujica ST701 SLR to replace my much-loved Fujica from whenI was a pup. Somebody stole it and it made me not want to take pictures for a long time. On top of that, my Dad is sending me his old Pentax SLR, which is a thrill beyond thrills. I found out yesterday that Dad is slipping and is on his way to The Home, so I think my stepmom will be the one sending it when all this upheaval has settled down. I'm not going to mention it for a while - priorities do not involve sending me an old camera right now.

So, all I have to do is remember to actually CARRY one of these millions of cameras and I'll be in good shape. I keep missing really good pics - saw a shot of a sailboat floating in front of pink sunset-tinged fog in the bay on my way home - spectacular. I would have had to get offa the bridge to take a picture, though, so I guess that will have to stay a mental snapshot.

I have a digital camera for this kinda stuff:

CAMERA SUTRA

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