Kent Shafer

Nikon F, Kodacolor II.

From a couple of weeks ago, Kodak Tourist, re-spooled T-Max 100, PMK Pyro.

Cables

Sunbathing

Waiting for the train to Hogwarts

Great fun as always—thank you Marc.

I may have missed it but didn't see any reference to Nikon on any of these pages, including the dealer ads. There are plenty of ads for Leica and Contax but no Nikon. That seems odd given that, according to this CameraQuest article, the Nikon S was produced from 1951 to 1955 and was a good seller in the U.S. Maybe the U.S. sales didn't get going until later in the production run.

Yashica-Mat LM with Spiratone wide angle attachment.

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Farmall

My first pet was a turtle named Farmall.

Two shop doors on the wharf in Nantucket Harbor. Leica IIIc, Summitar, Ektar 100.

Two from a couple of weeks ago in Sconset, Nantucket Island. Leica IIIc, Summitar, Kodak Ektar 100.

1/100 @ f/5.6

1/200 @ f/11

Nantucket.

Nikon F, Portra 400.

300mm f/4.5 Nikkor-P Auto, 1/1000 @ f/11

300mm f/4.5 Nikkor-P Auto, 1/1000 @ f/11

600mm f/5.6 Nikkor ED with AU-1 focusing unit, 1/1000 @ f/11

Kodak Retinette IA, Tri-X, PMK pyro.

Returning the bottles and cans

Fresh produce, low prices, poor selection

My very first camera was an Ansco Lancer. With two shutter speeds, two f/stops, and scale focusing, it was a small notch above the simpler box cameras of its day. Unfortunately, it hasn't survived 30 years of storage in a damp basement, though I did get another one recently and hope to shoot a little with it at some point.

Here are some 127 pictures I made with it during junior high years.

Uniroyal Plant, Detroit, 1969, as seen from Belle Isle

The plant was closed in 1980, purchased by the city in 1981, and razed in 1985. Though various plans have been floated for redevelopment of this riverside property, environmental contamination resulting from over 100 years as an industrial site has been a stumbling block.

Calumet CC-401, 215mm f/6.3 Caltar lens, 1/10 at f/45 on GAF Versapan developed in D-23.

Pemaquid Point, Maine

Same equipment, 1/2 sec. @ f/38

I'm still having fun scanning my old, nearly forgotten 4x5 film.

Cold River, Massachusetts

Calumet Gowland Pocket View Camera, 90mm f/8 Wide Field Caltar Lens, Kodak Ektachrome 64 Professional, 1/8 @ f/45

Nantucket Harbor

Calumet CC-401 4x5 view camera, 90mm f/8 Ilex-Caltar lens, Ektachrome 64 Professional, 1/4 sec. @ f/32

Gentleman photographer's desk, 1983.

Calumet CC-401 view camera, 215mm f/6.3 Ilex-Caltar lens, Ektachrome 64 Professional, open shutter and f/45, 16 pops from a Sunpak 522 flash through tracing paper.

I've been sorting, culling, and sometimes scanning old film. Trying to get my life a little better organized, which may be hopeless.

This is the Brant Point light on Nantucket back in 1983. Calumet Gowland Pocket View Camera and 90mm f/8 Wide Field Caltar lens on 4x5 Ektachrome 64 Professional film, 1/8 sec. @ f/38.

A contemporaneous note says I spent about an hour fooling around with the camera movements and then waiting for a boat to come along. Meanwhile my wife waited sitting on a log, reading, in the rain.

Sign at a local gas station. Who even knew there was such a thing‽

Coolpix P7000

From a while back, recently scanned. Calumet CC-401 4x5 view camera, 215mm Ilex Caltar lens, GAF Versapan developed in D-23.

From a few years back. Calumet CC-401, 215mm f/6.3 Ilex-Caltar, GAF Versapan.

Getting a little tired of the cold, so here's one from last summer.

M3, 50mm Summicron, yellow filter; Ilford Pan F Plus 50; PMK Pyro

We recently adopted another retired racing greyhound, Louie. He's three. His color is referred to in greyhoundland as "white with black ticking."

D800E, 24-70 f/2.8 AF-S @ 70mm, ISO 2000, 1/1000 @ f/4