Recent content by Paul Taylor

Continuing with my "shoot a roll in one day" challenge I do once a week or so - here is today's. It has been an uncharacteristically rainy / cloudy week so far. Kodak Gold 200 with my Bronica EC 6x6 & the excellent Nikon 75mmF2.8. I went to a local park I hadn't been to before. Spotted a VW...

I think for me, the two questions have the same answer - and that is my Bronica EC. I love using the camera, it is so much fun - yet I am consistently surprised at how great the image quality is. Close second place is my 4x5 Toyo - but the Bronica wins out due to portability. I dug around...

It is awesome when you can date a pic by the 'stache

We have a yearly historical/rare/important car rally here in AZ. They hand pic ~75 significant cars and drivers and they drive 1000 miles. It raises money for several charities, and the kick-off car show is free. The participants are escorted by 7 or 8 DPS motorcycle police. The shop I worked...

A few digital shots from a trip to Tucson a little while ago. Lumix G9 (last two are cell phone.) Warm cactus. P1001871 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Standing out. P1001934 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr Kartchner Caverns. P1001913 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr It wasn't open.... P1001876 by Paul Taylor...

"hardly any basis for any right to exist for this forum" Why does a forum need thousands of members posting every minute to exist. There is nothing wrong with a small forum, with a small but passionate user base. Perhaps the "life" of this forum is in it's laid back and easy going nature...

Luckily I stick with the tried and true when it comes to photos I might care about - so I usually shoot a roll of a "new" to me stock in the same few places I visit often. It is just disappointing this stock has issues as I rather like the look of it. Perhaps they have it "sorted" now, and the...

From the roll today. DSC_1697 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr DSC_1689 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr DSC_1688 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

For documentation if anyone else uses this - here is some of the shots that had a lot of the issues. When I was drying the roll I ran through today - I was seeing some of the same stuff and was racking my brain. So if you have any of this film stock - just beware it does this on many of the...

Just as an update, after doing some research - apparently this film stock is known for weird streaking issues. I ran another roll through the same camera, and was super careful about processing and handling - didn't squeegee - and had same / similar issues. A bit of google-fu and apparently...

I bought a bunch of this a while back when it was on sale - and never shot any till now. Unfortunately much of the roll was damaged by my squeegee - and I don't think it is the squeegee's fault. I think this film may be "soft" and not like being squeegee'd so when I shoot it again I will make a...

Sure, both my 6x17 and 6x12 were made off this design : https://www.printables.com/model/99364-open-6x12-6x17-and-6x24-panoramic-camera The lens I use for both is a Schneider Kreuznach 9100mmF8 Super Angulon (large format.) I had to modify the "lens cone" to get the focal length correct as the...

Using lenses from my 4x5 large format.

Since I had good results from my resin printed 6x12 camera, I made a fdm printed 6x17. I screwed up the first shot. I have a small light leak I need to address - but the camera does work. PXL_20250422_155849711 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr P1003714 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr P1003712 by Paul...

My grandmother used to sit at the kitchen table in her house, with a cigarette in one hand - and the mask for her oxygen in the other. Lol.