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For today’s viewing pleasure, here is an older video interview of photographer Duane Michals.

Duane Michals on Amazon

These videos by Bruce Cahn make a good introduction to the field camera. He shows opening the camera, focusing, movements, and film insertion.

If you haven’t used a field camera or press camera before, please note that you might not have all the movements that he has on his Ebony field camera, but his Ebony camera will provide a good introduction no matter what your model.

Using a Wooden Field Camera Part 1

Using a Wooden Field Camera Part 2

Here are some other field cameras.

Here are Ebony field cameras like his.

I found this video of a 20×24 wood Polaroid camera made in 1978. This camera is just beautiful. So are its pictures.

Elsa Dorfman Polaroid 20×24 Camera

Here is a video of Elsa Dorfman using that camera and interacting with the group that she was photographing.

Elsa Dorfman

Here is a wikipedia article on Elsa Dorfman.

Here is Elsa Dorfman’s web site.

Here are some more Polaroid resources.

As someone who is always out checking out cameras and looking for cool old stuff especially on ebay or craigslist, I keep seeing people selling some nice Pentax film camera systems. Some of these people might have 3 or 4 lenses.

Often, I see someone say. “I’m selling this to go digital” or “This would be a great student camera”

Craziness, I say.

I know, I’ve been guilty of extolling the virtues of some new Nikon or Canon gear, but I can’t imagine people just dumping a perfectly good Pentax system to go digital. But then again, I like film and digital.

I wonder why people don’t take those lenses and use them on a new Pentax digital body if they want a digital body. Pentax has made some really nice glass. Why go spend all the money to switch systems?

Maybe some of them are going to digital point and shoot cameras. I don’t know.

The Pentax K-7 is a very capable camera. Check it out before you go dumping that nice old gear. You might like it.

K-7 Video Samples

K-7 Moving Picture Sample

OK, so I don’t normally do this, but my friend Bipul Sarkar has done a great job of picking up photography. So here’s a shout out to Bipul Sarkar. Your effort is paying off. Keep going.

Here is a good overview of the Voigtlander Avus 9×12 cm camera. Even if you don’t have a Voigtlander, but just want to learn the basics about sheet film in old cameras, this might be for you.

Digital SLRs have been gaining a huge following in the last few years for their ability to record video. The capabilities of these cameras is now outstanding with some even having 24P capability and nice audio. The beauty of these is that they have interchangeable lenses so they have a great range of lenses and full control of depth of field.

Don’t forget if you do want to shoot audio with these that on-board microphones are sub optimal and stability can be an issue.

Here are today’s sample videos shot with a Nikon D300s and a Canon 7D:

“Perya” – a Canon 7D Short

Nikon D300s Movie

Canon 7D movie – Another night in Beijing

Nikon D300s samples from Havana Cuba

Girl with the Flaxen Hair: Canon 7d

Nikon D300S – by photojournalist Ami Vitale

Here is a very interesting documentary by the BBC. This covers the development of a lomography society as well as the history of the Lomo company in Russia. There are some great examples of lomography, some footage of the Russian revolution as well as World War II footage from Russia, and the story of how Vladamir Putin became involved in this movement.

Lomo Documentary part 1 of 7

Lomo Documentary part 2 of 7

Lomo Documentary part 3 of 7

Lomo Documentary part 4 of 7

Lomo Documentary part 5 of 7

Lomo Documentary part 6 of 7

Lomo Documentary part 7 of 7

Check here for Diana, Holga and Lomography items.

Here is a good video showing the repair of the shutter mechanism of a Lomography Diana F+ camera for all of you lomography fans. So if your Diana camera isn’t working, this might be what you need.

His site is: http://www.dianacamera.com

Check here for Diana, Holga and Lomography items.

Here’s a pretty nice three-part video of how Canon makes its camera lenses. To me, this is required viewing no matter what brand camera you shoot or even if you’re just interested in the science of glass making. It shows Canon’s process of mixing and heating the raw materials to make glass, then the machining of the glass and assembling the lenses. I can understand why big glass is so expensive.

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