Industrial decay. Fujifilm XT2 w/16-80mm f/4 XF WR.

Do any of my U.S followers have need of a SensorPush remote temp and humidity sensor with WiFi Gateway? This system enables you to get alerts if things fall beyond limits. This is a leftover from the sale of our second home. For free. DM me if interested. Great for monitoring darkroom conditions.

Today's short photo outing with the FujiFilm XT2 and the 16-80mm f/4 XF WR.

Does anybody out there want a free Ever Ready case for a 6x9 folding camera? I have two available. I don’t use them. The leather and stitching are in good shape. Here are photos. Send me a DM if you want one of them or both. U.S. and followers only.

I recall some folks here were interested in the Kodak Retina. My local shop just listed a Retina IIIc in good working order for $80. Here is the link. www.natcam.com/products/kod...

My local shop has just listed an exc condition Nikon FE2 for $250, which is a fair price for the FE2. Here is a link. www.natcam.com/products/nik...

Here are the final numbers on my film archives scanning project. The time period covered was 1976-2008. I scanned 3402 photos using my Epson V800 and SilverFast. Of those, I shared 443 favorites with my wife and our daughters using a Shared album in Photos. What a relief to have this project done.

This month’s 10-Minute Challenge is Klimt’s Woman in Gold. I‘ve seen this amazing painting in person. It’s stunning. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I'm on the last 12 scans for my year long pre-digital archiving project. It feels so good to be finally at the finishing line.

National Camera has gotten in some pretty wild cameras in the Film Point and Shoot category. Here is a link to the web page. www.natcam.com/product-cate...

Seems the bot accounts are active all of a sudden. For some reason, one of my recent comments got picked up by a couple bot accounts. The bots made random comments that didn't quite make sense. When I looked at the accounts they show a ton of random one-line comments. BLOCK!

The folks behind Flickr MODE have some "Why Minneapolis" text on the website. I have to say that I agree with everything they've written about Minneapolis. I'm proud and pleased to call it home.

It was a full house today to hear the former Director of the FBI, James Comey, at today's Westminster Town Hall Forum. He didn't pull any punches. Nikon Z7II w/Nikkor 24-70 f/4S.

Taking an informal poll. How many of you would have preferred to get an edit function rather than save a draft? I'd much rather have an edit function. I suppose people responsible for the social media posts for an organization would like to have draft functionality.

A film photographer works here. HP5 at box. Olympus OM-1n. #FridayFavourites @ilfordphoto.com

I’m getting down to the short strokes on my archive scanning project. Should have it done in the next few days. I’ve already done my slides.

A little about us for #TLRTuesday. Yashica Mat 124G w/yellow filter. HP5 at box. HC-110e for 8 min at 20C.

Loaded up the classic with some Foma 200, one of my favorite emulsions in 135.

I'm not known for neatness. Olympus OM-1n. HP5 at box. HC-110e for 8 min at 20C. #BelieveInFilm

Airstream reflections. Olympus OM-1n. HP5 at box. HC-110e for 8 min at 20C. #BelieveInFilm

A film photo from the Minneapolis Camera Meet Up gathering of yesterday. Olympus OM-1n w/35mm f/2. HP5 at box. HC-110e for 8 min at 20C.

Another D700 photo from the camera meet up. I love how that pop-up flash with -2EV of flash comp provides just enough fill.

It was another great Minneapolis Camera Meet Up Group get together today. I really enjoy these gatherings. It's nice to be able to geek out on cameras with people that won't be bored to tears. D700 w/pop-up flash.

I can tell my priorities as I'm working on scanning my pre-digital archives. Photos of people or our houses or campsites, those I scan. Those are of interest. Scenic photos for the most part don't get scanned.

Playing around with the out of focus rendering of the 35mm f/2 XF WR FujiFilm lens on the XT2. F/stops: 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8. I'm not super critical. I'm happy with this. What I don't like are super nervous out of focus areas (28mm f/2.8 Z I'm talking to you).

I have a high tolerance for noise/grain. Whenever I hear someone say they wouldn't shoot above ISO 1600 or 3200 with some camera, I take that with a massive grain of salt. This photo was made on my XT2 at ISO 6400. I don't find the noise at all objectionable. This is with noise reduction off in LR.

Can any of my followers help out here. I seem to recall that some of you have fixed bad shutter curtains.

My long exposure experiment in tonight's Ash Wednesday service didn't pan out. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

I just learned something about SilverFast. If you rotate the image of the tray after doing the Prescan and then use the film frames feature, it finds them in the proper order. It always works top to bottom, left to right. I used to get so annoyed with how it numbered the frames.

Apple Photos Clean Up tool is amazing. This photo scan from 1996 had a nasty piece of dust across P's eye and nose. Clean Up in Photos handled it with no troubles. Lightroom Gen AI remove made a hash of it on all 3 options. I'll show what Photos did and then in the next post what LR did.

Got hit hard this month, so I’m selling off a bunch of camera gear. Bluesky followers get first dibs before eBay, please DM me if you’re interested in anything listed, prices can be negotiated. USA buyers only, first come, first served. I’ll be responding to DMs as soon as I can. (1/6)

And now to bore you with more of my bread photos. I had three not so successful batches in recent weeks using a new recipe, so it was nice to get back on solid ground with my tried and true sourdough bread recipe.

When I'm done with this project of scanning my pre-digital film archives, I'm going to do a deep clean and reorganizing of my office/studio. The mess is driving me crazy, but I don't want to take the time to work on it until I've finished this project. Here's a photo from 1994.

Yes, a photographer lives here. FujiFilm XT2 w/35mm f/2 XF WR.

I'm pre-visualizing a long exposure photo that I would like to make during this week's Ash Wednesday service. My vantage point would be from above in the tech balcony. I hope to make a long exp photo of the administering of the ashes. I'm imagining a stream of spirit-like people. I'll report back.

Valentine’s Day roses. It is possible to get pleasing out of focus areas with the X-T2 and the 35mm f/2 XF WR lens. This was at f/2.8.

Yesterday I made bread and today I baked. Soon I’ll be eating this bread. Yum! Fujifilm X-T2 with 35mm and 23mm XF WR lenses.

Here is the update on my test of the FujiFilm 23mm and 35mm f/2 XF WR primes lenses compared with the Nikkor 35mm and 50mm f/1.8S primes. The short story is that the differences are minor. Lens info is in the Alt Text. Here is a link to the higher res files. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

If there is one developer that changed my mind about home-developing and black-and-white photography, it's Kodak HC-110! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkq... #filmphotography #photography #kodak #youtube #believeinfilm #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm

I'm starting a new post regarding my testing with my FujiFilm X-T2 against my Nikon Z7II. All photos were shot at f/8. The lens used on the X-T2 photos was the 16-80mm f/4 XF WR. The lens used on the Z7II photos was the 24-70 f/4S. I will post three sets of pairs. The first two are at 35mm equiv.

Here are the photos that show the difference in sharpness and contrast between the photos made on my Z7II and the X-T2. I've downsized the Z7II photos to the X-T2 resolution. I won't point out where I see differences. These diffs were evident on the prints. The lenses are noted in the Alt data.

To help me decide if the FujiFilm X-T2 could be my travel camera I'm making some 13" x 19" prints. I shot the same scenes on my X-T2 and Nikon Z7II with similar lenses. The print resolution is 307 PPI for the X-T2 and 423 PPI for the Z7II. If the X-T2 prints are to my liking, I may have my answer.

I just realized I never posted any photos from this walk. I mostly used zone focusing. Kodak Retina IIIC w/35mm f/5.6 lens. Tri-X rated at 800. HC-110e for 12:45 at 20C.

Getting our steps in at the Plymouth Community Center. Kodak Retina IIIc w/Tri-X rated at 800. HC-110e for 12:45 at 20C.

Checking in to see if anyone has recommendations for Yashica Mat 124G repair. Tagging @jimgrey.net because I know he’s a great resource on camera repair techs. My 124G has this strange behavior of forcing me to release the shutter twice on the first frame before I can wind on to frame 2.

Sending my beloved Nikon FE2 off to Jim Holman at Intl Camera Techs for some TLC. The meter is off by +1 EV. I hope to use this camera for many years to come, so I figure it deserves some maintenance. He did great work on my F3 and OM-2n. Got his name from @jimgrey.net.

A photo from the last gathering of the Minneapolis Camera Meet Up group. I pushed Tri-X to 800 for this roll. Can’t say I was crazy about the results. Kodak Retina IIIC. HC-110e for 12:45 at 20C.

So as not to forget how sharp the standard 50mm Retina-Xenon lens is, here is a photo made on the new-to-me Kodak Retina IIIc (small c). HP5 at box. HC-110e for 8 min at 20C.

Here's another photo made on the Retina IIIC with the Retina-Longar_Xenon 80mm f/4 lens.

I took my Kodak Retina IIIC out to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden today to practice with the new-to-me 80mm f/4 Retina-Longar-Xenon lens by Schneider-Kreuznach. Setting focus is a two-step process. I did well with it. HP5 at box. HC-110e for 8 min at 20C.