Happy Friday all!
I actually took this real photo of the Connecticut using my Panaview Optiwide 35mm panaramic camera. I then had the roll developed for just the negatives and scanned it using my Epson Perfection v600 Photo scanner.
I recently purchased a collection of 35mm film negatives shot by US Navy sailor David M. Anderson during his time aboard the USS Enterprise US Aircraft Carrier in 1978. The Enterprise was not only the longest in the world, but also nuclear powered! I’ve come to realize what an inspiring photographer Mr Anderson was and so I’d like to share more of his photography with you. I scanned the negatives using my Epson Perfection v600 Photo scanner.
Happy Martin Luther King’s Day!
I’m very excited about a collection of 35mm slides I just won on eBay. They were taken by a sailor named David M. Anderson who served aboard the USS Enterprise in 1978. For those unfamiliar with the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, check out the USS Enterprise Wiki.
About a month ago, my girlfriend and I visited Brooklyn’s BuildItGreenNYC where I bought this Panaview OPTI-Wide 35mm film camera for $1, really hoping it would work. Bright yellow, all plastic and fully mechanical (no batteries needed!), this camera definitely snagged my attention. I thought about how my Dad shot panoramic photos of the Grand Canyon when my family visited back in the summer of 1995. Radical! Now I just had to shoot a test roll and see if it worked…
You may remember my post about Found Art, and since then I’ve been on the lookout for found items.
I’m FINALLY getting around to explaining why, after all my research, I decided to return my awesome mobile Rollei 35 travel camera. It was a beautiful machine, the black version.
It’s a totally portable 35mm film travel camera and amazing small. I was really excited to get it. However, after shooting two test rolls of film, I discovered it has it’s drawbacks…
**Be sure to check out my 35mm film test rolls after the fold**
The last time I wrote about the Nikon FE 35mm film camera, I said I’d blog about why I decided to return it.
Now that I’ve returned my Nikon FE (I’ll write about that soon), I’ve delved into my research of Rollei 35 “compact” or “sub compact” cameras.
Here’s a good discussion about the Rollei 35 on Flickr.
I’m psyched I just started scanning with the Epson Perfection V600! So far, it’s great! Having successfully scanned two photos, some 35mm negatives and several slides, I’m curious now about scanning negatives with sprocket holes:
How to scan negatives with sprocket holes included (This film bracket looks useful DigitaLIZA:
http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2011/05/28/scanning-sprocket-holes-using-epson-scanners
Time to scan!
-The Wandering Humorist