Look man I may be tired and out of it and emotionally aching but that doesn't mean I won't still casually fix the f-no/o-no ring that I just noticed is installed 180º wrong on a Pen F 150mm I was given a while back

From the archive. 2021. Kodak Hawkeye 2A Model B, FP4 Plus

Ooooh it's been a while since I was added to a fun new list

Finally down to the last eight frames in the Gothic F. Tomorrow, probably.

The newest of my ‘small’ canvases (24x36”) is still available, btw. ‘Communion,’ oil on canvas, 2024

So is the fun way this site is breaking today because of pancakes, or waffles

The funeral home that buried my grandmother and I expect to handle my grandfather sells branded apparel, and, that's dark even by my standards

I was just thinking this morning how the message conservatives walked away with from The Matrix—a movie by trans sisters that ends with RATM literally telling you to get woke— is that women and "the jews" are keeping men down. Truly impressive lack of media literacy.

"Swordfish" is the only one to have gotten any part of the process right because listening to "High Voltage" by The Frank Popp Ensemble really does making coding better

Today's lens bonus is the interesting (and really quite good) 50-90mm f/3.5 telephoto zoom for the Pen F. One of two zooms made for the half-frame SLR, and the much more common of the two. This one I CLA'ed myself.

Reification 5: Blank Is The Stare I Have Perfected For You #TheChickenSkullReification

Instead of just telling me any funerary info for my grandfather, my mother has made it into another narcissistic power trip so she can be angry about how I haven't asked. So, I get to creep on my aunts' Facebooks and the funeral home they used for my grandmother until I see it posted.

Is the Heliar-type Ektar lens on the Medalist II worth the price of entry? Yes, yes it is.

Kodak Medalist II "The Cobblestone", FPP Dracula 64 (Svema 64), IR 72 filter

come on in, have a seat

My wife *playing Pokopia*: It's not a fucked-up human it's a human-shaped thing Me: Sure, and that's -not- a John Carpenter movie?

oh did i almost get through an easter without reposting The Ultimate Giveaway remember to sow your resurrection seed

"White Castle as a trauma response" seems like one of those sad statements...

Omg the White Castle had a mumbling human instead of the AI

Beetle Butt Mamiya C33, cross-dev XP2 yadda yadda?

Return of Godzilla was brought to you by Pentax. All you Pentax nerds go nuts, this one was for you.

OK, I can be a little brooding. As a treat. ... If poor Cassie thought death would be the end of me pointing cameras at her, she was wrong

Is it pictures?

Uff just had my first “I’m not broken because I don’t like being around family; I don’t like being around family because I’m not broken’ thought and I’ll be over here dealing with that

*Me, watching any old Godzilla movie, thinking about AI stans insisting you need tools like AI to make movies while the same model jets explode for the third time*

good afternoon, nerds #coffeeandcameras #shittycamerachallenge #kodak

With Return of Godzilla we have made it to the first notable size increase

I like how no one at Umbrella even pretended like they weren't the baddies. I'm surprised there wasn't like an after-hours mustache-twirling club for employees.

Today's walkzilla will take the Medalist II to Ft Ben for some infrared, then back for Godzilla 1985

Keystone Pentax Auto 110, Lomography Tiger

Cafe du Monde Mamiya C33, 135mm f/4.5, XP2 Super @ ISO 100 as b&w, HC-110 1+49 20ºC 5 min

When I talk about the rate at which I burn through film and how shooting it more helps me improve more than the slow and frugal approach does, please know that's not a criticism or pressure on any of you who're budget-strapped and can't justify that. I was in that boat for a very long time myself.

Not willing to be outdone by Leica with its inconveniently-located tripod bushing, Kodak put -two- differently inconvenient bushings on the Medalist. Lucky for me though, I found this old DJI plate that is a -perfect- fit to give me a centrally-located clamping point.

OH DPReview, it's always analog April over here in the land of blue skies

Every Easter I mean to make it without posting anything just to be sacrilegious but then every year I can't help remember this old diptych where it looks like Jesus is going to straight up murder a kid and here we are

I like it when I'm using strong ND or IR filters on my cameras because it's like they're rolling with tinted windows like proper pimps

I'm sure you're all tired of hearing about Mamiya C-series TLRs by now, so, as a treat today we're going back to the Medalist II as my hyper-focus.

Time for the annual listen

The Sibling Rivalry Mamiya C33, 135mm f/4.5, XP2 Super @ ISO 100 as b&w, HC-110 1+49 20ºC 5 min

MUPPET TRENT REZNOR: what have I become / my swedish friend? SWEDISH CHEF: ervie wurr ye durr gurrs awerre en de ern

Cafe du Monde Mamiya C33, 135mm f/4.5, XP2 Super @ ISO 100 as b&w, HC-110 1+49 20ºC 5 min

Black Lion Mamiya C33, 55mm f/4.5, XP2 Super @ ISO 100 as b&w, HC-110 1+49 20ºC 5 min

Big Birdz Hot Chicken (62nd and Allisonville, Indianapolis)

BTS of the process.

A couple frames didn't come out beyond the two I expected, so, feh to that. But the ones that did all look good and that cross-developed pulled XP2 still looks amaze

Six frames on the Mamiya. Can I plow through and finish the other half in the studio on this rainy, difficult Saturday? We'll find out!

Well that got... contraption-y

Bender Photographic 4x5, E Suter Aplanat B No 5 (rapid rectilinear). 360mm f8. c. 1892, Ilford FP4 Plus #BelieveInFilm #LargeFormat #FuckingScheimpflugPrinciple