Recent content by pbromaghin

The “decisive Moment” is just a marketing phrase.

You make a great ghost!

It didn’t happen suddenly, but over a few years I found myself shooting mostly Mamiya C TLRs and leaving 35mm at home. So I rounded up a pretty complete outfit and mostly stick with that. Mamiya designed a surprising amount of flexibility into the accessories so I use it for almost everything...

He did not say he had ruled it out until after it was suggested.

And now for an unwelcome suggestion- have you considered a light maze with no door at all?

The 6x6 version of that camera was my entry into medium format. I now use a very similar voigtlander 6x9 in the same way as you have described. For that kind of use, which doesn’t require high precision, there are really no drawbacks to the Novar lens, scale focusing and popup framing. It is...

The 180mm and 250mm use the larger diameter filters, too.

Spooling off a 400’ roll and saving a few bucks felt like being part of an underground movement. It was fun while it lasted to take advantage of confusion in the marketplace, but it’s over. Kodak is now strong enough to restore order to its product mix and coherence to its distribution. I’m...

Never seen it completely empty before. A place I would like to visit.

A photographer's photograph. We all love it, but most people would wonder what's so damned special about it. Please post a scan of the print!

My beloved granddaughter, Hurricane Alyssa, plays in the middle school orchestra.

Wasn't she on Dallas?

That ain't Texas. Steering wheel is on the wrong side.

One turn of the crank isn’t enough to get to the start of the film. I want to say it should be more like 3. Google “120 backing paper” and you will see that the first number is almost as far from the arrow as the arrow is from the beginning.

Looks like a cartoon forest. Very cool.