Yes.

Let's see, 35mm cameras I still use on a regular basis: several Argus C3's, several Argus C44's & C44R's, several Pentax K-1000's, a Kodak Retina IIc, an Agfa Solina, a Kodak Signet 50, & an Argus STL-1000. Those I don't use on a regular basis: a working Argus A from 1936, & a working Argus A2B from 1939.

Non-35mm that I use on an irregular basis: 2 Ciroflex 6x6 120 TLR's from the late 1940's, an Ikoflex 6x6 120 TLR from 1951, & an Agfa-Ansco Viking 6x9 120 folder from 1951.

Film: I try to restrict my film to ASA 100, color negative & B/W for the 35mm cameras, & just B/W for the 120's. Kodak & Fuji. ASA 100 film used to be available at Walgreens', then the camera store, but now I use B&H, etc. & even they are whittling down the supply. KEH came through for me lately. It's looking like Freestyle with their versions of B/W might be the only recourse before long. We'll see what happens.

So what camera(s) & film(s) do you use?

Excellent! What year would that be? It's Brass era, maybe 1912, or 1914. (?) The Land of Oz has many older beauties like this one. Older aircraft, as well. Thanks for sharing.

Several reasons: Because long after I'm dead & gone, those printed photographs in the albums will still be around, letting me "talk" to those yet unborn. Because I love the way those old film cameras feel in my hand, & I like to figure exposure via the Sunny 16 Rule. Because I can eternally improve & experiment with new ideas. And, to paraphrase George S. Patton, because 'God help me, I do love it so.'

Well, here's my 2-bits worth. For me, I would get a 1950's Kodak Retina folder (35mm film), & I'd hunt around for a close up aux. lens, maybe eBay, or someplace like that. They're still out there, both the camera & the lens. And, they're so good, that long after we've all keeled over, they'll still be capturing light just fine.

Well, here's my 2-bits worth: Sometimes I come across a scene, sleeping baby, whatever, & the light is such that I need to stop down & increase the shutter speed to several seconds; I use a tripod. Sometimes I'm at a family gathering, & I want my own mug in the photo; I use a tripod. Sometimes I see a hummingbird at the feeder, & rather than sit there holding a camera that gets heavier by the second, for the half hour it takes those birds to actually pose for me, I use a tripod. Other times, I hand hold the thing, like the sunsets from around here, or an air museum without much light & the shutter speed is 1/8 sec or faster. I can do that, so no tripod.

I guess it just depends on the situation & circumstance.

My first tripod was found in the trash by my friend Kirk Gordon back in the 1960's, & he knew I wanted one, so he stashed it in a hedge along a fairly busy road. Then he forgot about it, & 6 months later, he finally told me about it. 2 weeks after that, I went to the spot in the hedge he directed me to, put in my hand, & pulled out a big heavy Arrow Metal Products, Chicago, LIFT tripod. I've hauled that thing all over creation, the USA & Canada, & still have it. It still works. I got another tripod, a lighter one, but Big Bertha still does the job.

Just my 2-bits worth.

Excellent idea. I shoot about 90% film, both B/W & color print. I love using the older cameras, Argus C3's& others using 35mm, & Ciroflex, Ikoflex, Agfa/Ansco for 120. Looking forward to it.

Superior, Globe & Miami are towns that look like photos in an old history book. It's not just photos of the towns, but if you're standing there, you get this Twilight Zone feeling that you just stepped back in time. It happens every time I go there.

Yes. 2 Ciroflex TLR's, an Ikoflex IIA, Agfa-Ansco Viking 6.3. I love using them all.

I'm about 1/2 way through it, also. A great book. It's what I've been thinking for 10 years or so. I'll write the Arizona Legislature to be one of the 34 states that request these amendments, when I'm done. I see you're in California. Good luck to you.

How can the Hyperfocal Distance on the 200mm lens at f/8 be 547.5' when the DoF is 171.7' to 459.6'?

The Hyperfocal Distance (the distance you set your lens to) must be inside the DoF limits, i.e.: if the DoF of the 200mm lens at f/8 is 171.7' to 459.6', then the Hyperfocal Distance should be somewhere around 200' to 250'. (I don't have a 200mm lens with a DoF scale on it to consult.)(At least that's how it used to be in the 1950's.)

Talk to me if things have changed.

I had 400 slides from the 1960's that I scanned with the 'Epson Perfection V500 Photo' scanner. It was 4 at a time, but it didn't take all that long to do. The files turned out great. Here are 2.

Near Merritt, BC, 1969, Kodachrome, Argus C3


Juneau, Ak, 1968, Kodachrome, Argus C3

Beautiful! I could sit & stare at #2 for a long time. It always seemed to me that the Lancaster was a bomber with 4 P-40 noses stuck onto it. Just me. Your photos are great. Keep capturing this kind of light!

Try B&H Photo via it's website. I purchase 35mm film in bulk (10-20 boxes at a time) & put it in the freezer. Lasts for years. I process B/W at home, but the color film I bring to WalGreens. When they phase out their film processing lab, I'll have to find another place. I love using the older film cameras I have. Argus C3's, C44's, Kodak Retina IIc, Agfa Solina, Kodak Signet 50, & then there are the SLR's, Pentax K-1000, Argus STL-1000. Then there are the 120's, Ciroflex TLR, Ikoflex TLR, Agfa-Ansco Viking 6x9. Each one takes great photos. Then there are the myriad light meters. I absolutely love harking back to 1940's every time I get behind the lens. Love it.

If you're interested in Laurel & Hardy films, the steps that they hauled that piano up & down & up is at the corner of Vendome & Del Monte in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles. Find the website for the Way Out West Tent of the Sons of the Desert, & you'll find more L&H shooting locations that still exist.

Patapsco Valley State Park, SW of Baltimore. In 2009, I went to Baltimore to see my son, & he took me to Patapsco. I can't remember if we started from Ellicott City or Elkridge, but it's a park that stretches for miles, & has miles of trails or walk paths, pedestrian bridges, etc. It has the look & feel of 100 years ago. Plenty of photo-ops.