More OPAQUE images to compare/contrast with the ones on THIS PAGE. The photos here were taken with my venerable Olympus XA which I purchased new around 1979 when they were introduced. One of the smallest 35mm film cameras ever produced along with the Rollei 35 and the Minox 35 series These photos were taken in Covington GA around the old Depot between Covington and Oxford.
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These images and a bunch of others were taken for a Zine published n 2025 by The Photo Zine Collective at https://photozinecollective.wordpress.com/2024/09/21/next-collective-zine-opaque/. The last one done was called AMBIGUOUS. Both this one, OPAQUE, and the last one have topics that are a bit……odd. I am participating in OPAQUE and the following photos are taken for that publication. When I signed up for participation, the one stipulation is that all the photos in the Zine had to be taken with the same film: Rollei Retro 400S. The photos below were taken at a now-closed dry-cleaning plant in Plainfield, NJ, G.O. Keller.
Panoramic Pinhole photos. So how did you do that? I have a couple of 6×6 pinhole cameras, but they both operate by the old fashioned red-window where you read the numbers off the backing paper. But you say: “35mm film doesn’t have backing paper”. For Medium Format cameras that have wind-on mechanisms that count the frames, you can just load 35mm in those cameras with adapters. But otherwise, you have to custom-load 35mm film. I cut bulk 35mm film to the exact length of 120 film and tape it to the backing paper in the exact right spot. I then
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Again with the Fuji X100VI. Lovely shots on a Sunday morning in Beacon Hill, MA (Boston) with shadows on the street.
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Before the winter came, I went out as the fall leaves had just fallen late one weekend afternoon. I wanted to find leaves-on-water and I was not disappointed. I took most of these images with the Olympus EM1-2 and the not-used-so-much 40-150 f/4.0. That lens, which I bought a year or two ago, has been really underused. It’s super compact, so much so that you have to “unlock” it and extend the lens before you can use it. The nice thing is that the lens is internal focusing once extended and super sharp. I used it as a long-distance close-up
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Rented a Fuji X100VI for a week to gauge its suitability for me. The quick answer is Yes and as quick as I can find one without paying a premium, I will get it. It’s a great travel camera. A great family camera. It’s got great customization, maybe too much. But it is undeniable that the image quality is really good. Having only a 35mm lens, like I used to do with my Leica’s, really keeps you from worrying. I really shoot from 24-50 for 90% of my shooting on a M43 12-40/2.8 lens, so it’s not a big stretch
On vacation and when you have a few minutes very early at the beach (on Cape Cod) before the hordes of people get there, you can scurry around on a Sunday morning and get nice photos. The first one has been picked to be in an online Photo Magazine and has hung in a couple of photography shows already
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A representative photo of the times. A pay phone that says it works, but obviously does not. I remember these ubiquitous phone boots all over, it was the only way to call your office or spouse when you were on the road. Calling cards, collect calls, all a thing of the past.
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So I don’t have much time these days to take photos, so I just zip around between random errands to local areas before I have to either get home to fix dinner or get to a work call. These photos are from both decayed facilities and what was slated for demolition and redevelopment, the old Sevelle’s Auto Body in Westfield, NJ. As usual, all with the Olympus EM1.2 and the 12-40/2.8
Driving by the Cranford Canoe club one afternoon in late November and the shapes of the canoes were calling to me while the leaves were still somewhat alive and fresh fallen. I have had very good results at this local club when they store the canoes for the winter season. This time, it had rained quite a bit and there was an upturned boat with leaves that was pretty neat with the super clear water and leaves that had fallen to the bottom of the water waiting to decompose. I’ll have to come back when there is some snow. All
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So you have 5 minutes between running to get presents for the dog and cat and hurrying home to make baked goods for the holidays. AND you forgot your camera. But it snowed 2” and was pretty. But now it really mostly melted so there’s only a tiny bit left. So I pulled out my trusty iPhone and found a few photos. The first one from a local industrial building. The address is 544, LOL. I thought the echos of the numbers between the door front and the mailbox was pretty neat, as was the orange color. Maybe not a
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