Author Archives: James Cockroft
Hana descending a staircase
(after Duchamp)
vignetting and the LC-A
The LC-A is a groovy little camera: quirky and inconsistent, sure, but groovy nonetheless.
Frame 0
I probably could’ve looked this up somewhere on the internets, and I did, in the end, but I was curious how the FG handled frames 00 and 0. The LC-A meters and exposes them exactly as it does for every other frame on the roll, resulting in regularly achieving 39 or 40 exposures on a …
a digital interlude…
While I’ve been having loads of fun with film, I have another couple of projects in-progress or on hold, and it’s a shame to leave them all twisting in the wind. So, seeing as a new month is starting up, I’ll interrupt the film fest for this digital interlude. Happy Groundhog Day!
a brief vacation, part 3
After my rant last time, let’s keep this brief, shall we?
Flare and Ghosts
This is just a brief report on the Nikon 50mm 1.8 E Series, and its flare and ghost characteristics. This picture should pretty much say it all. Note also the thread and hair, left behind by the ‘lint-free’ glass-cleaning cloth. That’s what I get for trying to dry negatives with cloth… (I found a better …