I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day
-- William Eggleston
If you want to change your photographs, you need to change cameras. Changing cameras means that your photographs will change. A really good camera has something I suppose you might describe as its own distinctive aura.
-- Nobuyoshi Araki
Cameras are wonderful little contraptions.
By making photographs, they are tools with which one can express their personal taste and private sensibilities. At the same time they physically exist as expressions of these same concepts. The relationship one has with their cameras affects their approach to making a picture.
People who shoot film simply do because they choose to, and the Photo Culture of Tokyo is full of film camera users. When I meet them out on the streets I ask to photograph their camera, and usually post it here the same day. All of the photos were shot with a Ricoh GRDII. I trust that this irony is not lost on anyone.
These photos are meant for sharing. By all means, re-blog away. Clicking on the images will present you with a version 900 pixels wide to further enjoy.
I also take other kinds of photographs as well.
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Shinjuku
Leica M4 with odd little 3rd party M soft release
Picked this soft release up at the camera fair today. It’s basically a cable release without the cable.
Shinjuku Takashimaya department store 11th floor
This afternoon I stopped by the annual classic camera fair at the Takashimaya in Shinjuku. This was one of but many display cases containing photographic equipment totaling several times what I spent on my college education.
Shinjuku Takashima Times Square
Leica MP with Zeiss Biogon 28mm f2.8 and shoelace camera strap
Shinjuku
Cheap film at Kitamura camera, West Exit of Shinjuku station (and across from the burger king). 178 yen a roll (about $2.00 US) isn’t bad, but it used to be 100 yen a roll a year or two ago.
This Kitamura shop has a good used equipment selection up on the 4th floor. The bigger shop is in Akihabara across the street north of the Yodobashi Camera there.
Sokyusha Gallery , Shinjuku
Nikon FM3a
Photographer: Hiroshi Omori
Mr. Omori has recently published a book with Sokyusha entitled Hakei (the cover is shown at the top of this link)
Shinjuku
Leica M9 with 28mm Elmarit and vented hood 12504
