and a couple jail shots with the leica iiif, summitar w/ yellow filter, tmax100, rodinal 1:50, pakon scan
the grind stone in the back is from Davey Crockett's homestead in Lawrence County (the one in front isn't) and is 1 of 2 that he had. The other is known to be out there, suspected to be at the state museum. Some of you Texans may appreciate that little history lesson (remember the Alamo!).
Hope I don't bore everyone from these. The next stop was at the Garrett House. As was told, every small town has the rich person's mansion. This was that house, in private hands for private functions (weddings and such). Beautiful old home with gorgeous interior with fine antiques.
m5, vm 35 color skopar with orange filter, delta400, id-11
Well, back to some c-41 from around the house. Leica IIIf bd, canon 28/3.5ltm, Fuji superia xtra 800, soupled at home, pakon
The puppy, Howie. A T total terror of a dog...but we love him
behind the house, through the trees to the construction site
lookin' for arrowheads
last light of the day bouncing off the sky illuminating 2 of our dogs graves. RIP Cleo and Barbie
a piece of McCarty pottery. My wife was given a piece as a wedding present by my folks and this was a b'day present to my wife from my mother the year before she passed http://www.mccartyspottery.com/ So I believe I will have to add to my wife's small collection at some point.
It is a big heavy camera (all variants, the 67, 6x7 and the 67 II) however I love it. It is of course a very large SLR and handles like one.
I bought cheaply to start with, a 67 with Mirror Lockup ('MLU') and a customised bar-handle on the shutter-release side, something that worked for me but probably reduced my initial purchase cost (from a Japanese eBay dealer).
Using MLU is a pre-requisite in my book for minimising vibration and I was later tempted to splash out on a P67II with its much more sophisticated metering system and a more handy location for the MLU control.
I bought the classic custom handle that goes onthe LHS, however later sold that and I find I can live with the handling of the newer P67 II without the size, weight (and kudos) of the wooden handle. An Op-Tech wide webbing strap fits securely to the original camera fittings and makes it OK for shoulder-carrying.
I have enjoyed the results from both the cheap first buy and the more expensive P67 II. I have sold off the earlier body. I believe the earlier meter is a simple centre-weighted affaor however I had no exposure probelms with mine and the image quality obtained from both camera bodies has been identical.
A huge factor in my enjoyment is the high quality / relatively low price of almost all of the P67 system lenses. The Pentax Forum lens database has proven a very reliable source of information for me. I try to purchase the later SMC versions of the lenses, as for many of them those versions are rated higher (and are often lighter).Pentax Forum lens database:
my wife likes to hunt for arrowheads so we scoped out a new spot last weekend. I of course entertained myself shooting film. Canon A1, 50/1.8 w/ orange filter. Shot what I thought was kentmere 100 but really 400 (forgot to label my cassette I bulk rolled) so over exposed 2 stops but pulled slightly due to reduced development times. HC110 dil h, pakon scanned. Negs were dense but scanner handled it all fine.
(remember the Alamo!).
