Canon AF35ML. The weird lovely thing.

I found it on internet auction while browsing compact cameras category. Slightly recently bored of HDVDSLR and tired of manual focusing with rangefinder I hit "Buy now". Got it for less than $20.

Camera is perfectly described by Ken Rockwell.
Some facts: one of the first autofocus compact cameras, winder, great 40mm/f1.9 lens. Not very lightweight, however almost pocketable. Could be handy in street photography but it's not due to noisy winder and "slow shutter" (<1/30 sec.) warning beep. And, while hanging on the neck strap it is positioned vertically which forces you to rotate it to frame correctly almost each time. However I like it very much. It releases me from all that DSLR buttonology and lets me think about a shot, not technology. Brings back simplicity. Hopefully will be good everyday companion. First roll of Kodak BW400CN is out, developed and scanned, and looks great to me.

Here it is: Canon AF35ML.

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Color / No Color

The Decay - opening footage put together

Some HDR timelapse shots from last year put together, not to let them be lost somewhere on HDD. In fact no much light and coherent idea exists here. However the main subject remains and I hope that the story of The Decay will continue in some next months. Stay tuned!

Spot Subaru IKEA, 20120105

Just a documentation :-D

Yashica Electro 35 GS - continued

Watch in HD on Vimeo!

Yashica Electro 35 GS - Back to analog roots

A lot of analog photografic stuff hangs in various places of my home. Last weeks or so I pulled out great Yashica Electro 35 GS camera to make me feel photography in analog way :-).

The camera dates back to 1970, it features fast Color Yashinon 45mm/f1,7. Fast, sharp lens, aperture priority automatic exposure, overexposure and slow shutter speed electronic warnings, silent shutter sound - really great and simple tool for street and candid phototography. Below some fresh results.



More details about the camera soon...

 

A Decay

“Clearly I am drawn to decline, decay, to everything that is not as it could or should be. Whatever stops in half stride because it lacks the strength or will or imagination to continue. Whatever gives in, gives up, does not last, and leaves no trace. Whatever in passing stirs no regret or reminiscence. The present imperfect.”

Andrzej Stasiuk, "Travelling to Babadag".  


I have this quote in my mind very often. In fact this is the reason of 50% of snaps of my cameras. Here below some shots of one of ruined classicist palaces of central Poland I visited last spring and where I am going to return to collect more photos.

EOS 7D and some glasses