Expired Film Day – Konica Super SR 400

A few months back, I stumbled across a cache of long-expired Konica Film-In Panorama single use cameras on the ‘bay and bought three of them, hoping against hope that they were something like the excellent Konica WaiWai that I love so much. I planned to harvest the long expired film and shoot it in some …

Mineral Wells, with the LC-A

More than a month ago, for 127 day, I took a trip out to Mineral Wells, with a whole bunch of cameras, for a morning of hiking and shooting. It was a good workout, and a good time! Since then, I’ve felt a bit of malaise about photography, and I’ve taken a bit of a …

Nightime, Right Time

A quick follow-up to this morning’s Reminder… Here’s the same view, shot moments apart, by 3 different cameras, at 30, 45, and 60 seconds (all manually counted, and so probably not accurate…). On the left, the Cosina CX-2; in the middle, the Lomo LC-A; on the right, the Sears 35 R|F (Ricoh 500 G). All …

Kosmo Foto Mono at the Neighborhood Picnic

The weekend before Ramadan, the neighborhood got together for a picnic. Fun! About 5 minutes after it was supposed to start, I received a frantic call from brother Riyaz, one of the organizers. He was breathless. “Brother James… we need a photographer here… hurry.” I was happy to oblige, and, interestingly, I had just received …