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Olympus Pen-F with Nikon 85mm f:2 Nikkor Ai
The ex-newspaper lens that I got a number of years ago and used until the focus got too loose for my comfort. I had the lens CLA'd at Advance Camera Repair in Portland earlier this year, and it works like a charm
K&F Concept NIK-M4/3 lens adapter
Tap & Dye leather strap
Leica M3 showing off its Tap & Dye strap.
Memorial Day
Eugene, OR
iPhone 11
Hasselblad 501CM
Zeiss Planar CFE 2.8/80 T*
Ilford Ortho Plus
HC-110, 1+31, rotation
Sunday Film Shooter
Canon L1 with 8.5cm f:2 Nikkor-P.C at Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle
HSS
Happy Sliders Sunday
Olympus Pen-F
Olympus 12-100mm
FUJIFILMX100S 23mm
, October 18, 2015.
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As much as I love using the Olympus Pen-F, there are those days when I'm glad I hung onto the E-M1 body.
What's in my camera bag this week.
We're out of town for 5 or 6 days this week and I decided to put a small film outfit together.
Kows SIX with 85mm for 2 1/4 square and the Konica Auto-Reflex with a Tamron 28-70 Adaptall lens for some half-frame shooting. I put my new Tap & Dye strap on the Konica to give it some breaking-in time.
Cameras, meter, and film all fit in this old small Tamrac bag.
Shot with ...
Olympus PEN-F
Sigma 30mm f:1.4
My new Tap & Dye camera strap arrived today. It's a great strap, and what an amazing presentation! Rarely has the packaging of an item ever struck me like this one. A big shout out to the folks at Tap & Dye!
Rolleiflex 2.8/f | Kodak Portra 400
1958 Nikon SP. Just back from a CLA, sporting a new lens hood and a fresh roll of Ektar. Get out there and shoot!
Few people value, and a lot of people don't even use, their camera strap. But it can keep your expensive equipment safe, ensuring that you come home with pictures. It can also steady your camera by taking away hand shake, resulting in sharper pictures. Adjust the strap so when you look through the viewfinder it is snug around your back. With your hands on the camera, gently push it away from you, putting tension on the strap, then press the shutter.
Even some of the best pros have dropped their cameras, which is a very expensive ordeal. That need not happen if you make it a habit to wind the strap around your wrist as soon as you pick it up. Of all the pros I've watched, only Annie Leibovitz does it--because she herself once dropped an expensive camera.
I've had one of the better straps fail me twice, both times on intense photo trips half way around the world. Fortunately, by some minor miracle, both times the camera was in my lap and there was no damage. So I decided I would get the best made and most secure strap I could find. It wasn't cheap--but still a very small fraction of the cost of the equipment and travel. This strap is hand crafted by Tap&Dye.
Tap&Dye--0558--main-COMP--6x8-9--name
Tap & Dye Dark Amber Beeswax neck strap on my OMD
New toy: Fujifilm X100S and Tap & Dye Legacy wrist strap
