Thursday, May 28, 2009

Testing testing


A couple months ago I got a great price on a used Bronica ETRS medium format system on eBay. Yeah, it's a film camera. Purists of the digital age normally ask "why do you want to be using a film camera?" "You can get the same results with a digital camera."

Well, I got into photography back in the late 80s, so in my case it was Minolta cameras with Kodak B & W and Fuji color reversal films. Color reversal? Huh? Just a fancy name for slide film. Remember those carrousel projectors? Some young folks probably don't understand a word I'm saying.

Anyway, I use digital cameras for 90% of my work nowadays, but still shoot film just for fun every so often (35mm and medium format), and honestly, film has a different "feel."

The picture above is from the first roll I ran through the Bronica. I really liked it, not really because of the subject, but because of the nice contrast and extremelly shallow depth of field. It really has a different look than what you normally get with a DSLR, or a 35mm camera for that matter.

You be the judge.

Picture taken with a Bronica ETRS with 50mm f/2.8 Zenzanon MC lens on Tri-X 320.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Vera's Veil at 4th & B


Vera's Veil recently played at 4th & B in downtown San Diego. This is one of my favorite pictures from that evening.