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. Contact / メール tokyocamerastyle (a) gmail.com var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-8556140-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @tokyo-camera-style)http://tokyocamerastyle.com/<p>Did I ever introduce you to my friend Kajioka? He shoots a bit with his Leica MP & M8.</p> <p>Check out his work <b><a href="http://www.digikazi.com/" target="_blank">here</a> </b></p> <p><b> </b>(scroll down to the bottom of each page and click “past” for more)</p> <p><b><br/></b></p> <p><b><br/></b></p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/436733881http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/436733881Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:16:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyysu7ewqH1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ginza</p> <p>Black Paint Leica “MP” with a Russian lens</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434622810http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434622810Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:15:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyysrbgiFY1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ginza</p> <p>Black Paint Leica “MP” with Russian lens.</p> <p>He told me it isn’t an actual MP (Although I have seen one for sale in a used shop in Tokyo for about $25,000) but instead a custom built camera.  Nice film rewind lever attachment, too.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434620644http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434620644Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:13:59 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyysn5e2Eq1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ginza</p> <p>Leica MP-6 with Canadian 28mm Elmarit</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434617702http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434617702Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:11:29 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyysk63EaG1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ginza Leica Salon (summer of 2008?)</p> <p>This is probably the only shot you’ll ever see of a Leica employee holding a Voigtlander Bessa. (R2 with 28mm f1.9 Ultron)</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434615526http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434615526Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:09:42 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyysetbbj41qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shinjuku (in July of 2008)</p> <p><a href="http://www.hiromi-t.com/menu.php" target="_blank">Hiromi Tsuchida</a> with a Nikon 35ti shot on  Fuji Cheki film.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434611713http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/434611713Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:06:29 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjvaaOdo71qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Akihabara</p> <p>Olympus OM-1 and a Hasselblad fitted with a large lens hood.</p> <p>A fellow window shopper in Akihabara’s Kitamura Camera.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417426187http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417426187Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:44:34 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjv6cr80q1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Akihabara</p> <p>Olympus OM-1 with 35mm f2.8 lens</p> <p>This was in Akihabara’s Kitamura Camera (on the 4th floor across the street to the North from Yodobashi Camera)</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417423980http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417423980Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:42:12 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjv3foZof1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Akihabara</p> <p>Nisshin Camera Junk Shop</p> <p>The cameras are loosely arranged by maker- it’s crazy to see almost a dozen Yashica Electros of various models at one time.  Lots of Fujicas too.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417422330http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417422330Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:40:27 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjv08i5HZ1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Akihabara</p> <p>Down the street from Nisshin Camera’s main store is a small little shop full of junked out cameras. Nothing on this shelf was over 3000 yen ($30) but unless you can fix them it’s maybe not as good of a deal as one might think.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417420556http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417420556Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:38:32 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjuw4K7EZ1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Akihabara</p> <p>Nisshin Camera shop window</p> <p>(on Show-dori across the river from Akihabara station)</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417418047http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/417418047Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:36:04 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyiuizSgYa1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shinjuku</p> <p>Konica Hexar</p> <p>photographer: <a href="http://www.placem.com/schedule/2010/20100222/100222.html#mini" target="_blank">Takaaki Asai</a></p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/416176150http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/416176150Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:30:35 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyiuenjVvR1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The story of a Reica “camera” Part 1</b></p> <p>A friend sent me <a>a link</a> to this manga which I’d like to share with you.</p> <p>I am unaware whom to give credit to, so if anyone knows please tell me.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/416171667http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/416171667Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:27:59 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyiudv8yTn1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>The story of a Reica “camera” Part 2</b></p> <p>A friend sent me <a href="http://i50.tinypic.com/2z8taua.jpg" target="_blank">a link</a> to this manga which I’d like to share with you.</p> <p>I am unaware whom to give credit to, so if anyone knows please tell me.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/416170956http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/416170956Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:27:31 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8udm75lI1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ochanomizu</p> <p>Alpenflex TLR</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/404842174http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/404842174Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:51:22 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky8ubjZQA51qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shin-Ochanomizu station</p> <p>December 1976 issue of <b><i>Camera Mainichi</i></b></p> <p>I picked up this old photo magazine in Jimbocho tonight.  These old photo mags are exponentially more interesting than anything out today.  From the actual photos to the print quality, and most definitely to the ads. Camera ads from the 1970s fit into two categories—   One would be “camera surrounded by lenses on a black shiny surface”  and the other is something I call  ”Pure Awesome”.</p> <p>This Pentax 6x7 ad is firmly in the “Pure Awesome” column.</p> <p>If a simple yellow armband labeled PRESS can’t get a guy into press conferences then pairing it with an M65 field jacket ought to do the job.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/404840769http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/404840769Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:50:07 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky6u0mWqqE1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yurakucho (Bic Camera)</p> <p>Nikon F with eyelevel finder and Zeiss 50mm F mount Planar</p> <p>This young man was standing in front of the film cooler as I passed with an armload of Kodak powdered fixer packs and a box of Fuji photo paper.  I saw his Domke, gestured to mine off my shoulder and asked what camera he was shooting with.  Out came this beautiful F and I quickly set down my stuff to get a shot of it.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/402445996http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/402445996Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:48:22 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky6taxZYi11qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kinshicho (Yodobashi Camera)</p> <p>It’s a small 2G MP3 player with a CG Leica M3 design.</p> <p>(That sentence would not have made sense 20 years ago.)</p> <p>They had other designs- - a cassette tape, various animal prints and several which were sequined.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/402430421http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/402430421Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:32:57 -0500<p>Want to see what has to be the greatest and most completely documented collection of Nikon F cameras in the world?</p> <p>Click <b><i><a href="http://www.destoutz.ch/nikon_f_all_bodies.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></i></b>.</p> <p>Note: This isn’t my collection!</p> <p>(And I thought it was cool just to have a Nikon F2 in chrome AND silver…)</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/398562073http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/398562073Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:46:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxvoxrJQUH1qzpwppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Minami Asagaya</p> <p><a>Gallery Kaido Ribbon</a></p> <p>Mamiya 7II with the brilliantly sharp 65mm lens.</p>http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/390579728http://tokyocamerastyle.com/post/390579728Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:25:03 -0500