For my daylight testing of my vintage rangefinder, I was lucky to get a nice, sunny day. I had high hopes for this shooting. I went to a park that has a very long bike track, about 7 miles in length, in one of the suburbs of Illinois. I decided I didn’t want to waste [...]

For the second part of my Chicago downtown “vintage” photo expedition, I switched to Fuji Superia 400. The 200 film handled itself quite well but it was time for “stronger measures”. I had to to change film while moving quickly through a mass of people, actually moving against the crowd, because we got there late [...]

I have finally come around to sharing a few of the photographs I took one night in Chicago. The rather “unusual” thing about this series is that they are part of the first roll of film taken with my Canonet QL17 G-III. I used a Fuji Super HQ 200 film to shoot these images. The [...]

What follows is a purely subjective review on my “new” camera, the Canonet QL17 G-III rangefinder. As you can read in this article, I purchased this little gem on Ebay. I won’t bother listing all its features. You can easily google those up or check out the links in my previous article. Its main highlights [...]

It’s 2 AM and for some effin’ reason I can’t sleep. I’ve tossed and turned for at least 3 hours and nothing. In addition, some idiots have decided to have a party right outside my window. I wish I could throw something at them – a couple pots of boiling water, or maybe a bucket [...]