The Walkabout Film Blog 2021
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Buckman with a Pentax K1000
2021/07/01 Buckman with a Pentax K1000 & Color Plus 200. At the same time I was walking around the Buckman Neighborhood with my Pentax IQZoom I also had my Pentax K1000 with me. It’s one of my favorite cameras to use, simple and fast with a basic but accurate light meter. While I was shooting TriX 400 in the IQ Zoom & used it to shoot homelessness in the area I loaded Kodak Color Plus 200 into the K1000 and used it to mostly shoot wall art in the same Neighborhood.
Buckman with a Pentax K1000
Buckman, Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax K1000 | Kodak Color Plus 200
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Buckman with a Pentax K1000
Buckman, Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax K1000 | Kodak Color Plus 200
Buckman with a Pentax K1000
Buckman, Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax K1000 | Kodak Color Plus 200
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Buckman with a Pentax K1000
Buckman, Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax K1000 | Kodak Color Plus 200
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Pentax Espio / IQZoom 150SL
The Pentax Espio/IQZoom 150SL. Thanks to @urbanadventureleaguepdx for this camera. By the time this camera was introduced in 2001 & had already made the switch from film to digital and was using a Sony Cybershot F505V. This camera pretty much represents the end of the line for point and shoot film cameras, it was a near top of the line end model, small, lightweight with a metal body selling for somewhere between $350 & $400 in 2001 ($500 to $600 in 2021 dollars). It has some nice features but a fast lens isn’t one of them F5.6-12 (38mm-150mm) Neither does it have a great range of shutter speeds (2s to 1/350th) but with such slow glass it probably doesn’t need anything faster. It’s not the kind of camera I would normally seek out, I much prefer the early AF Point & Shoots with faster lenses, where the flash isn’t on by default and you can manually set the ISO speed. It does represent a spot at the end of the point & shoot film camera evolutionary timeline though. Plus Chiyoko likes it ☺
The other Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax IQZoom (Espio)150 | Kodak TriX 400
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The other Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax IQZoom (Espio)150 | Kodak TriX 400
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The other Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax IQZoom (Espio)150 | Kodak TriX 400
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The other Portlandia 2021/07/01 | Pentax IQZoom (Espio)150 | Kodak TriX 400
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Beating the Heat with an OM2
2021/06/27 was the second day of our 3 day heatwave that broke our all time hottest temperature 3 days in a row with temps of 105F (06/26), 112F (06/27) & 116F(06/28). We didn't want to spend the whole day huddled in front of the portable air conditioner so we went for a quick early morning hike at Multnomah Falls. Arriving at 7:00am the temperature was already 80F when we pulled into the parking lot. Photos taken with my Olympus OM2 loaded with some circa 2005 Kodak Max 400.
Multnomah wahkeena Loop 21/06/27 | Olympus OM2 | Kodak Max 400 circa 2005
Multnomah Falls Lodge
Multnomah wahkeena Loop 21/06/27 | Olympus OM2 | Kodak Max 400 circa 2005
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Multnomah Falls
Multnomah wahkeena Loop 21/06/27 | Olympus OM2 | Kodak Max 400 circa 2005
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Fairy Falls
Multnomah wahkeena Loop 21/06/27 | Olympus OM2 | Kodak Max 400 circa 2005
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Wahkeena Creek
Multnomah wahkeena Loop 21/06/27 | Olympus OM2 | Kodak Max 400 circa 2005
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Pentax PC35 AF & some old Konica VX200
Some odds and ends taken on a Pentax PC35AF. I really like this camera and I thought the one I picked up on eBay was in good working order. It is in fact in good working order for 3 shots out of 4. About a quarter of the shots have some weird exposure problems. Match that with some 2007 Konica VX200 and you get some shots that I love and some that look like they should be in a cheap SciFi movie!
Pentax PC35 AF & some old Konica VX200
JFS - 2021/06/01 | Pentax PC35AF | Konica VX200 Super
Pentax PC35 AF & some old Konica VX200
McNeil Point 2021/06/20 | Pentax PC35AF | Konica VX200 Super
Pentax PC35 AF & some old Konica VX200
McNeil Point 2021/06/20 | Pentax PC35AF | Konica VX200 Super
Pentax PC35 AF & some old Konica VX200
St Johns 2021/06/24 | Pentax PC35AF | Konica VX200 Super © Chiyoko Meacham
The Zorki 4
The Zorki 4, I picked this camera up on eBay recently from a seller in the Ukraine, it’s the only Russian camera I own & I’m hoping it doesn’t set me off on another mad collecting spree ☺ Zorki cameras were made from 1948 to 1978 at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory (KMZ) near Moscow The factory also made Zenit SLR cameras. The original Zorkis were cheap Leica II copies but later models were considerably different. The Zorki 4 is perhaps the most famous of them all with a production run from 1956 to 1973 when it morphed into the very similar Zorki 4K which continued until 1978. This camera was made in 1966.
The one thing about most Russian cameras of this time is that you should never change the shutter speed before cocking the shutter, doing so can break the camera’s shutter mechanism. I was so worried about doing this that I’ve stuck a reminder note on the top of the camera!
St. Johns with a Zorki 4 & Astrum 100
2021/06/24: This was my first roll of film with my newly acquired 1966 Zorki 4. I forgot my light meter and so shot all using the Sunny 16 rule as best I could! I loaded it with a roll Astrum 100 film. I was a bit disappointed with the results to be honest but I'm putting that down to my lack of experience with the camera. Next time I'll be sure to use a light meter and I'll use something more forgiving like Kodak TriX400.
St Johns with a Zorki 4 & Astrum 100
2021/06/24: This was my first roll of film with my newly acquired 1966 Zorki 4. I forgot my light meter and so shot all using the Sunny 16 rule as best I could! I loaded it with a roll Astrum 100 film. I was a bit disappointed with the results to be honest but I'm putting that down to my lack of experience with the camera. Next time I'll be sure to use a light meter and I'll use something more forgiving like Kodak TriX400.
St. Johns with a Zorki 4 & Astrum 100
2021/06/24: This was my first roll of film with my newly acquired 1966 Zorki 4. I forgot my light meter and so shot all using the Sunny 16 rule as best I could! I loaded it with a roll Astrum 100 film. I was a bit disappointed with the results to be honest but I'm putting that down to my lack of experience with the camera. Next time I'll be sure to use a light meter and I'll use something more forgiving like Kodak TriX400.
Silberra Film
Silberra Film, Silberra is a new photo film company based in St. Petersburg, Russia. They offer quite a large range of B&W Film, some are just rebrands others they say are their own. More recently they started offering some color negative film. The stock is not made by them but they say it is custom coated for them and the boxes say “made in Russia”. What the film actually is remains a bit of a Mystery. Their listed distributor in the US is Blue Moon Camera. I purchased a roll of each off their website and it was shipped from Russia! It took a few weeks but the price and shipping was the same as buying from Bluemoon which I still would have preferred but they were out at the time! These are the photos from the roll of Silberra 50.
Olympus OM2
I shot the Silberra 50 with my Olympus OM2 & Tokina AT-X 28-85mm lens.
Multnomah Falls
2021/06/18: The first shots at Multnomah Falls on an afternoon in late June when for a few weeks the North facing Falls is bathed in afternoon Sunshine.
Mc Neil to Ho Rock 2021/06/20 | Olympus OM2 | Silberra 50
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Mc Neil to Ho Rock 2021/06/20 | Olympus OM2 | Silberra 50
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Mc Neil to Ho Rock 2021/06/20 | Olympus OM2 | Silberra 50
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Three short hikes in the Gorge.
2021/06/13: The weather forecast wasn't great for Sunday so we decided on three short hikes, one we hadn't done before and two that have changes sine the last time we did them. First was Punchbowl Falls Park at the confluence of the East & West forks of the Hood River. Next was the Wahclella Falls loop, we hadn't hiked it since the loop opened back up. Finally the Horsetail Oneonta loop which we hadn't done since the Oneonta section was recently opened again. We also stopped by the Bonneville Hatchery to say hello to Herman who is again accepting visitors after his long COVID isolation ☺ Since the weather was iffy I took along my Olympus XA which is easy to slip into your pocket if the rain got too bad!
Three Short Hikes
III) Bonneville Fish Hatchery
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Olympus OM2 & JCH Streetpan 400
Olympus OM2 I took a chance on this “going cheap” on ebay Olympus OM2 and it worked out as everything is in fact in working order even the light meter. The camera was introduced in 1975 and was produced until 1979 when the ON2n came out. I really enjoyed using the camera, the selection between manual or aperture priority modes is quick and easy to change between. Apparently it was also the first camera to have a TTL direct metering system. The disadvantage of the camera being it’s not mechanical & will not work without batteries but at least it uses the more commonly available SR44s. Fingers crossed the electronics hold out for a few more years!
JCH Streetpan 400Olympus OM2 I took a chance on this “going cheap” on ebay and it worked out as everything is in fact in working order even the light meter. The camera was introduced in 1975 and was produced until 1979 when the ON2n came out. I really enjoyed using the camera, the selection between manual or aperture priority modes is quick and easy to change between. Apparently it was also the first camera to have a TTL direct metering system. The disadvantage of the camera being it’s not mechanical & will not work without batteries but at least it uses the more commonly available SR44s. Fingers crossed the electronics hold out for a few more years! This film turned out to be a big surprise for me, reviews of JCH Streetpan 400 are somewhat mixed online. Commonly given advice is to shoot at 200 instead of 400 to cut down on the super contrast levels and after looking at sample photos online that's what I did. It’s still plenty “contrasty” at 200! The film was introduced by Japan Camera Hunter (Bellamy Hunt) It’s known that it’s Agfa stock, either aerial or traffic surveillance film (speed camera film used in Germany). What there does seem to be debate about is whether or not there is a finite supply or not? Belamy maintains this is fresh film stock put back into production by Agfa to be sold as JCH Streetpan. Others say it’s Agfa Aviphot Pan 400s (Aerial mapping film) which is the same as Rollei Retro 400. I haven't shot any Rollei Retro 400 yet so I can’t comment. I can say that paired with my Olympus OM2 shooting at 200 I really liked the results & have already purchased a few more rolls.
On yer bile!
PDX Mostly China Town - 2021/06/10 | Olympus OM2 | JCH Street Pan 400
Nepenthes
Nepenthes, one of four sculptures by artist Dan Corson, installed along Northwest Davis Street in Chinatown in 2013
PDX Mostly China Town - 2021/06/10 | Olympus OM2 | JCH Street Pan 400
Go by Train.
PDX Mostly China Town - 2021/06/10 | Olympus OM2 | JCH Street Pan 400
OM10 & Lomo CN100
I finished off the roll of Lomo CN100 in the OM10 with some garden Macro shots.
My OM10 & Lomo CN100 paired with my Zuiko Auto Macro 50 for some garden Macros.
Papaver orientale
Garden Marcos | Olympus OM10 Zuiko Macro F3.5 50mm | Lomography CN100 | June 2021
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Sassafras tzumu
Garden Marcos | Olympus OM10 Zuiko Macro F3.5 50mm | Lomography CN100 | June 2021
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Calycanthus 'Venus'
Garden Marcos | Olympus OM10 Zuiko Macro F3.5 50mm | Lomography CN100 | June 2021
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1981 OM10 & 2020 OM-D 10Miv
2021/05/31 Memorial day Chiyoko & I drove up to one of our favorite places in the Mt. Hood Wilderness, Wahtum Lake. There are multiple hike options of varying lengths from here one being the PCT which passes along the Lakes South Shoreline. There are also multiple peaks within hiking distance including Indian, Chinidere, Tomlike & Green Mountains. Today we were planning on keeping it simple with a loop hike up & over Anthill, around the still snow covered North side of the lake. Lunch up on Chinidere Mt. then back via the PCT cutoff trail. Photos were taken with this Olympus OM10 loaded with Lomography’s Color Negative 100 film & a Tokina AT-X 28-85mm F3.5-4.5 lens.
1981 OM10
Wahtum Lake 2021/05/31 - Olympus OM10 - Lomo Color Negative 100
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2020 OM-D10 Comparison
Wahtum Lake 2021/05/31 - Olympus OM-D10 - Digital Comparison
1981 OM10
Wahtum Lake 2021/05/31 - Olympus OM10 - Lomo Color Negative 100
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2020 OM-D10 Comparison
Wahtum Lake 2021/05/31 - Olympus OM-D10 - Digital Comparison
1981 OM10
Wahtum Lake 2021/05/31 - Olympus OM10 - Lomo Color Negative 100
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