30 year old camera, meet Hobbyist.

MarkRMarkR Registered Users Posts: 2,099 Major grins
edited January 19, 2007 in Holy Macro
For Christmas I got the coolest present ever: a Canon FTB with 50mm f/1.8 lens. It's about 30 years old, give or take, thread here: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=49995

Anyhoo, I loaded it up with film and took carefully framed and well composed shots. Took it to the developer and got ... white streaky smudge pictures. Yup, the film was exposed before it had a chance to be exposed.

So I put another roll in, said to myself, don't spend a lot of time, because there's probably a light leak somewhere and the pictures won't come out anyway. Took the roll to a one-hour photo and ...

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My son on the toilet (I'm saving this one to show his future girlfriends.)

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Depth of field study #1

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Depth of Field Study #2

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My son, with measuring tape, preparing for mischief.

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Hello! I am zee bee!

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2007
    For Christmas I got the coolest present ever: a Canon FTB with 50mm f/1.8 lens. It's about 30 years old, give or take, thread here: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=49995

    Anyhoo, I loaded it up with film and took carefully framed and well composed shots. Took it to the developer and got ... white streaky smudge pictures. Yup, the film was exposed before it had a chance to be exposed.

    So I put another roll in, said to myself, don't spend a lot of time, because there's probably a light leak somewhere and the pictures won't come out anyway. Took the roll to a one-hour photo and ...

    124017010-S.jpg
    My son on the toilet (I'm saving this one to show his future girlfriends.)

    Ahhhhhhahahaha this is too funny, and yes I'd save it up for him too,
    Here he is on the loo with a tape measure rolleyes1.gif
    Ooohh dear what are you teaching this child rolleyes1.gif
    Yes indeed this one is gonna be a classic in years to come for sure :D
    Great post ....... Skippy
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 19, 2007
    loved kids shots :D
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