Sundials • Newton, Iowa, USA

Rolleiflex 3.5 MX-EVS • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2025

#camera #film #analogue #photography #blackAndWhite #writing

http://shojiwax.com/2025/08/12/old-school-cool/

Old-school cool.

It is like when you buy a new car and then suddenly every second car on the road seems to be the same make and model.

I was recently gifted a new (old) film camera1. You can read about that here:

https://shojiwax.com/2025/06/19/my-new-old-camera/

Since then, I have definitely noticed more people out and about shooting with film. Perhaps not every second person, but enough for me to reassure myself: shooting film is cool2. And I am in the cool club.

The photo I present today is of a girl I spotted who had two cameras slung over her shoulders; a Canon AE1 just like mine, and a what I think is a Shanghai Seagull TLR3 Camera, made in China around 1958.

–ooOoo–

Heres the thing. A number of times now I have been taking a photo of someone out in the metaphorical wilds…sometimes they spot me just as I hit the shutter button, and I can see them processing the situation deciding how to react.

And then I wind on the film, klick-zzzink…and the second I do that, they go: Oh…a film camera! And there is conversation. And there is approval. It is like a street photography superpower.

–ooOoo–

I finally mustered the courage and changed the light seals on my new (old) camera, which all went down without a hitch. I was expecting a DIY catastrophe. I have form.

So now I am well into shooting my first roll, a test to see if I got it right. Whatever the outcome I will post the best and worst of the roll as soon as it is back from the lab.

1. Thank-you Tony…I owe you a beer or three. ↩︎
2. Cool yes. But it is totally irrational. The cost of developing my first roll of film will cost between $17 and $25 AUD depending in where I send it. Despite this there is something that makes film photography a value added experience compared to digital. IMHO. ↩︎
3. TLR = Twin Lens Reflex. The top lens is for the top down viewfinder and the bottom lens is for exposing the film. ↩︎

GrapheneOS Camera app version 86 released:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Camera/releases/tag/86

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24839-grapheneos-camera-app-version-86-released

srRAW 1.2 Is a Professional Cinema Camera Inside the iPhone

https://petapixel.com/2025/07/31/srraw-1-2-is-a-professional-cinema-camera-inside-the-iphone/

Les caméras de surveillance que j'ai ajouté sur openstreetmap sont bien détectées sur le site, mais sur l'appli osmand+ elles apparaissent comme "magasin d'appareils photos et d'objectifs". Il y a un bug ou j'ai mal paramétré quelque chose? #openstreetmap #surveillance #camera

https://www.alojapan.com/1342728/okinawa-trip-26/ OKINAWA TRIP #camera #DavinciResolve #Japan #Lightroom #Okinawa #OkinawaDestinations #OkinawaTour #OkinawaTravel #OkinawaTrip #OkinawaVacation #Sony #trip #ZVE10 #カメラ #一眼 #大阪大学 #旅行 #日本 #沖縄 OKINAWA TRIP [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Sorry. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Yeah. [Music] Heat. [Music] Yes, sir. Night. Camera: Sony ZV-E10 初めての動画編集（Davinci Resolve） #okinawa #vlog #trip #travel #

https://www.europesays.com/2312758/ Michigan firefighters help fight Canadian wildfires ##bcpoli #battle #BcWildfireService #blaze #BritishColumbia #Camera #CameronLake #Canadá #CANADIAN #cause #challenging #cppi #cppixbc #cppixbritishcolumbia #cppixvancouver #Crew #danger #evacuate #forest #helicopter #homes #life #media #OutOfControl #PARK #photograph #planes #press #QualicumRiverVillage #Regional #terrain #timber #VancouverIsland #victoria #wildfire #yyj

Photographers Build the World’s Largest Remote Observatory

https://petapixel.com/2025/07/11/photographers-build-the-worlds-largest-remote-observatory/

Light Transport and Constructing Images From a Projector’s Point of View - Imagine you have a projector pointing at a scene, which you’re photographing with ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/07/light-transport-and-constructing-images-from-a-projectors-point-of-view/ #digitalcamerashacks #photograph #projector #siggraph #camera #optics

GrapheneOS Camera app version 85 released:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Camera/releases/tag/85

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24772-grapheneos-camera-app-version-85-released

GrapheneOS Camera app version 84 released:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Camera/releases/tag/84

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24769-grapheneos-camera-app-version-84-released

Susie, the T-Shirt Wearing T-Rex • Austin, Texas, USA

Rolleiflex 3.5 MX-EVS • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2025