On camera stewardship and when to move on

A couple weeks ago, while I was picking up my Minolta XD5, I dropped off my Olympus XA2 at Advance Camera for a clean, lube, adjust, commonly abbreviated in the camera world as a CLA. I've had the XA2 for three years, but only got around to getting a CLA until now. I figured now...

New 35mmc post: Night/Low light shots with the Olympus XA2

If you've been around here long enough, you know that I really like my Olympus XA2 camera. One of the things I really like about it is how easy it is to take longer exposure shots with it. I can get some great low light and night pictures with this small little camera! I've written...

Introducing the Olympus XA into my camera stable

I already went ahead and got the fancy Gordy's camera strap for my Olympus XA! This month marks three years back into film photography. When I got back into it, I thought I'd be only attracted to big, bulky, metallic cameras like my Minolta Hi-Matic 7s and Minolta SR-T 101. And I am still attracted...

My top three film cameras for 2022, and why

I'm not much of a joiner when it comes to internet stuff. Y'know, whatever "thing" there is to do on the internet, the thing that's shared amongst your Instagram/Twitter/What have you friends, usually prefaced by a "figured I'd give it a try." Recently it's been the whole "you rendered by AI". I just can't get...

Houston!

Hey folks. If you hadn’t already figured out via Flickr or instagram, I’m in Houston, Texas. We’re down here to visit Emee’s family for Thanksgiving, though due to the expense and nightmare of traveling right at the holiday, we came early (Thursday) and are actually leaving on Thanksgiving Thursday. Now Houston is definitely not a...

Lomo LC-A: Acquiring the cultiest of cult cameras?

If you take a look at my flickr, you'll see that the album with Olympus XA2 photos has (as of 26 Sept 2022) has 1,882 photos, more than any other camera I've owned. It is the second oldest (to me, not in actual age) camera in my collection, so I'd shoot it more than cameras...

Pepin-Minneapolis 2022 Trip, Part One: The train ride out

The view of the Rockies from the dining car, as the Empire Builder crests Marias Pass in Montana. 12 May 2022. Olympus XA2/Kodak Portra 160 Here is Part One (of a planned three) posts about Emee and my trip to the Midwest for the Lake Pepin Three Speed Tour. We took Amtrak's Empire Builder out...

Oregon Coast Bike Tour 2021: The photos

Camp at Beverly Beach on the morning of Day 4, 14 Aug 2021. Olympus Pen EES-2, Fuji Sensia 100 Why yes, I took a bunch of photos during my most recent bike tour! And yes, most of them were on film. I decided to bring two of my smallest cameras along with me: my Olympus...