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Well, summer seems finally to be here, although we still
have been getting an amazing amount of storms. I've never
seen so much lightning. Sunday was extra-nice, though
cloudy, and I took a walk to test out my grandfather's Kodak
Flash Brownie Six-20 camera that I just retrieved and bought
some T-Max 620 film for (although every internet source I
could find claims 620 film, which was basically 120 with a
thinner spool, was discontinued in 1995, B&H seems still to
be selling it, although it does look hand-wrapped in aluminum
foil, and the inner wrapper did say 120, so that may clear up
that particular mystery). Much like Polaroid, there seem to
be entire internet cutures dedicated to Brownie cameras and
lots of other things, including single-use flashbulbs, which
are still being produced, but only in Ireland (really).
I enjoyed shooting with the Brownie, which was produced
in the '40s and '50s, because there's no way to control the
exposure (a quick survey of websites has people saying things
like, "I think the shutter speed is between..." or,
"aperature probably about..."), so for me I just looked
around and figured I'd get a better exposure on a cloudy day
with 400 film instead of 100. I have no idea, really, if
that's true. I'll share some pictures when I get them
processed and you can be the judge.
I am always happy to shoot in black and white, however.
In fact, this picture makes me wish I shot Nathan DuPree in
black and white:
Also, here's the first look at one of my black and white
shots from Paris this past May, where I went for a few days
after leaving Cannes. The woman on the left is definitely
not with the band:
Oh, what's one more:
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