After the sixth shoot and with the help of great friends there was an upbeat optimism in the air. As I scanned the negatives and slides there were numerous blanks, some double exposures and then totally overexposed frames. One camera came out completely blank despite testing it prior to the start of the project. There…
45 Pentax Spotmatic with 35mm Takumar f3,5 lens and expired Kodak Gold 100. Another reliable SLR which is easy to use and Spotmatics are just tireless. 46 Konica IIIA with 50mm f1,8 Hexanon lens and Kodak TMax100. This was an unexpected find on an auction site and what a brilliant viewfinder with a quirky shutter…
34 Leica IIIF with 50mm f2 Summitar and EfkeKB14 (1992). Sharp and prone to flare but the viewfinders are not the easiest to focus. These collapsible lenses make these cameras so much more portable. 35 Hasselblad Xpan with 45mm and Kodak TMax100. This exceptional panoramic 35mm camera has been a steady companion over the…
22 Nikon FE2 with 75-150 zoom lens and expired Fuji NPH400. Another classic 80s Nikon which was a kind gift from a colleague Piet Koornhof 23 Nikkormat EL with 24mm f2,8 and Kodak Gold 200. Bought this in mint condition in the late 90s. Never used it much but a reliable and solid SLR….
12 Holga120N with 60mm lens and Ilford HP5. Also a new black fantastic plastic camera that creates a unique look. One day I just put an African emblem on the front – a why not camera and fun experience. 13 Fuji GSW690III with fixed 65mm lens and Kodak Tri-X. Bought this new many years…
First eleven of 55 cameras that were used and a short description of each and the image captured. 1 Mamiya 7ii with 65mm lens and Kodak Ektar 100 film 2013. Certainly one of my favourite cameras. Super quiet, great build and exceptionally sharp lenses and large 6×7 negative. 2 Mamiya 7ii with 43mm lens…
With several tripods and extra cameras arriving on my doorstep the next shoot was lined up. The space was quite crowded now with cameras all over and finding them in the dark never mind triggering the shutters and then closing them after the splash and flash, was still the major obstacle. This was our third…
After the spectacular Sunday night – spectacular in it’s failure and spectacular in the project now becoming a reality with a bunch of passionate people on board, the creative ideas came through fast and furiously. We needed to construct a frame to contain the water so Tyrone and myself measured up some PVC piping and…
It was a cool Sunday night and we were all ready for not one or two but three different shoots! The first one was the Man in the Middle and Tyrone was going to lie in between two large black plastic sheets of which one had a small hole for him to pop his head…
This photographic project was constantly modified in my mind. I had accumulated a number of cameras over the years having received my first camera, a Nikkormat FT3 from my Dad on my sixteenth birthday. Regrettably I traded it when I upgraded to a Nikon FE which thankfully I still have. The majority of the cameras…
Man in the Middle 