Monday 20 December 2010
Le dix-neuf – Through the viewfinder of a Pentax ME Super
I thought I would go straight to bed today. Without dropping by to say hello. Oh yes, I thought of my very favourite blanket and the quietness of the snow-coated night ahead.
What I didn’t think about was that, no matter how long was my day or how tired I feel, the cab driver who is, more or less, safely taking me home will always make me smile. He will sing like there was no tomorrow, he will rant about the latest game of his favourite team, or he will make me swear three times that – no – I am not Billie Piper.
So well, since today started with a picture of the smallest apples covered by snow taken with my beloved Pentax ME Super, it seems evident to end the day with a special feature about this special camera.
I got it back in 2008. Another summer day. A lovely vide-grenier [garage sale] in Fouras. After a difficult start – and by difficult, I really mean a blank first roll – I started to fall in love with it.
This camera might be my favourite. And it shows. Just a short year later, it’s spent so much time in my bag or around my hand that I’ve had to tape it up together.
It’s the perfect camera when I want to slow down and take the time to see – or more accurately, notice – the beautiful things that surround me.
Especially with the 50mm f/1.7 lens. A gem. Or perhaps, even more fitting a description, a dimestore diamond.
At the moment, I’m only using Kodak Gold film and I became best-friends with my picture-developer-boy. But things I’m really hoping for are trying new films and developing myself.
I also really want to use it more for food photography because the results always feel so right.
And yet, I somehow, almost exclusively use it for often-overlooked everyday-details. I remember a movie where the girl would pretend to take pictures to lock memories somewhere safe. Well, this is my very own memory catcher.
Good night my little monsters.
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Monday 20 December 2010
You’re tempting me to dust off my Pentax K1000. Love that camera. I also love your animated gifs. So cute!
est said something sweet:Monday 20 December 2010
beautiful, definitely makes me want to try pentax!
noelle {simmer down!} said something sweet:do you color correct the pictures though or does the washed out feel comes from the pentax using kodak gold film?
Tuesday 21 December 2010
I have a confession- I don’t even like sweets that much. I just subscribe to your blog because I love the design and graphics. So envious of your talents in this department!
holly said something sweet:Wednesday 29 December 2010
I use an olympus OM10 and am fudging my way through several rolls of film. I’ve just moved to London and wonder a) do you use a flash? and b) do you know a trustworthy place to get my photos developed?
merci!
luciano said something sweet:Saturday 1 January 2011
hello
MERDE QUOI §
je vous laid te la fer en anglé, mais va savoir wellington ou nelson se sont interposés pour la défense de la langue british et quand d’aussi éminents personnages avec autant de morgue (pour des anglés c normal, me seble-t’il)t’interdisent l’usage…
que faire ?
aussi je me contente d’une langue que je connais un peu, en plus de l’araméen courant, le sybillin classique et l’aparté de corridor, pour te dire :
continue si tu veux continuer
cesse si tu veux cesser
aime si tu veux aimer
*
pour ce qui me concerne, et relatif à la dernière proposition, si tu sais où mon coeur va :
JE T’AIME aujourd’hui, demain comme hier
bises ma fille
luciano
salma said something sweet:Saturday 15 December 2012
hello.
i am salma.
i am iranian.
i am glad to write to you.
by until hi!!!