Saturday, August 4, was #DianaDay, the annual celebration of Diana cameras started by Denise over on Twitter. To celebrate, I took a drive up to Gainesville, TX for some fried pies and a walk around. Great plan, right? I think so… and it would’ve been too, except, well, read on.
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1970s Ricoh Compacts, part 2: the Sears 35rf
The Sears 35rf (not to be confused with the Sears 35|RF) is a Sears-branded variant of the Ricoh 500 RF, a compact rangefinder from 1980, and one of the last in the line of cameras that began with 1972’s 500 G. Like other cameras in the series (and I’m going to tire of writing this), …
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a cautionary tale
Sanger-Harris was a regional department store chain in Texas and Oklahoma, known nearly as much for the large mosaic murals that adorned the façades of its stores as for any of the clothes it carried. As a child, I remember being frightened of the mural at North Hills Mall—I’m not sure why—but I was shocked …
1970s Ricoh Compacts, part 1: the Ricoh 35 ZF
The Ricoh 35 ZF is a zone focus, shutter priority (and full manual) 35mm camera from 1976. With a 40mm f/2.8 lens, shutter speeds from 1/500 to 1/8 (plus B), and an ISO range of 25-800, there isn’t too much to worry about: set the shutter speed (1/250 or 1/500 in daylight), put the aperture …
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Corner, Irving, TX 2018
Misty Morning
Enter the Konica Wai Wai
Somehow, I’ve managed to be on Twitter at just the right time, twice, to catch generous offers from Dan K: first for a giveaway, through which I scored a bunch of different black & white films, some disposables, and some other stuff; the second to score 1 of 4 reloaded Konica Wai Wai disposables… I …
