When I first picked up a camera with serious artistic intent I was learning on film and using an old Konica (circa 1970-something) that I inherited from my father. Everything works on the camera and the lens, except the internal light meter. So using the automatic exposure setting wasn’t even an option. I was found walking around my college campus with a vintage camera (and mind you, this was before vintage cameras were cool) and a little external light meter. I kinda loved it.
I still shoot film now. In addition to that old, reliable Konica I have a small, but growing collection of toy cameras. In an age of digital cameras that have settings upon settings that you can customize it is nice to remember that a camera is really a simple machine. In fact, you can build a pinhole camera out of cardboard.
This month I tested out my new La Sardina camera and two rolls of film. The top three images are from a roll of Lomography XPRO Chrome – 100 film that has been cross processed. The bottom three images are from a roll of expired Fuji Superia – 200.
Enjoy!
(To see a few other film images see my film album here.)
