Chad Hill

yep, but the glass is clean (besides yellow) and moves smoothly. I've been guessing it works fine. The person who did this did a tidy job labeling the focus scale, so it seemed like a safe bet that they made it functional again.

It was only $10 for 3 m42 lenses that are all similar! 😅

The front of a super-tak 50 1.4 with evidence of some pretty destructive past disassembly.

Meh. Pretty yellow.

But here’s what the overall front of the lens looks like. 🤣

Anytime. 👍

Awesome!! 👍👍

yep!

I got this at the local camera shop's garage sale. It included a bunch of collections acquired by their used purchaser. There were some clear themes visible, including a bunch of m42 lenses that had all been opened and had their beauty rings damaged, before reassembly. This was one of them.😅

No, I’m pretty sure it is not. 😥😅

Thanks! Daughter enjoyed this process, but was annoyed it wasn’t clearer. Wanted to clean the viewing lens, and so we talked about ground glass also why it’s dim! 😅

Black and white long exposure photo of a climbing gym.

Another long exposure of a climbing gym. There is almost no one visible because it’s a long exposure. Despite there being a lot of people present.

One more black and white photo looking down at the busy climbing gym which looks empty because it is such a long exposure.

At the busy climbing gym, Philadelphia 2026

Western Camera Magazine Cyclone No. 2 falling plate camera (1897), Arista rc grade 2 paper negatives. 20-36s exposures.

#BelieveInFilm #LargeFormatish

😄😄 thanks!!

Black and white photo of a memorial arch in the distance surrounded by trees.

National Memorial Arch (1917), Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 2026

Western Camera Magazine Cyclone No. 2 (3.25x4.25) falling plate camera (1897), Arista rc grade 2 paper negatives.

#BelieveInFilm #papernegatives

Agent Cooper: “Diafine, I’m holding in my hand, a small box of Tri-x”

😅😅🤣

Pixel mode closeup photo of a bearded man making a funny face.

A slightly less weird pixel mode portrait of a bearded man.

Low quality (because it’s the Charmera) regular color photo of a bearded man in a hat holding a 130yo camera on a tripod.

Another portrait of the same man holding a different camera.

Papa, Valley Forge 2026

Charmera

More portraits by daughter, enjoying the charms of the Charmera on an astonishingly gorgeous evening.

#BigDayOut

Thanks! ❤️

❤️❤️

Low-fi high-contrast stereo pair of a reconstructed log hut.

Soldier’s Hut, Valley Forge, Philadelphia 2026

Charmera, Pixel filter stereo pair

#StereoPair

Photo of a bearded man in a hat in the ground glass of a 130yo viewfinder.

Vf portrait of me, by daughter!

Yes! Will send you a pm!!

Yes. This was made to shoot glass plates and you CAN get glass plates for it.

But it’s pretty pricey to shoot a full “magazine” of plates!

I shoot it with photo paper and make paper negatives. Still makes awesome photos but waaaay cheaper if shooting 12 exp!😅

I could cut up film. Just havent! Only slightly trickier than paper. I have the locations marked by tape so I can do it by feel with my paper cutter.

But it's still hard to beat the cost effectiveness of paper. 🤷‍♂️ And Id have to process in trays in the dark, too.

I quite like the look of paper.🤷‍♂️

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Made for glass plates, but ive yet to shoot it with plates (though both Zebra and J. Lane/Pictorigraphica will make the custom size it takes). I just shoot it with paper for paper negatives. Pro - super cheap to shoot a full magazine. Con - Paper is slow so I am limited to timed exposures. 😅

Super high frame rate for the 19th century: 1 frame per second!!! 😱

Pew-pew-pew!

Todays carry (one of).

The awesome falling-plate Cyclone (1897) box cam. Loaded with 10 sheets of paper for a day of adventures with daughter.

#BelieveInFilm

A perfect camera.

This is the way.

A PA road sign that says “crum creek” next to a creek. In black and white.

Crum Creek, Philadelphia 2024

Ricoh Auto Shot, Rollei IR (@100)

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Zebra makes dry-tintypes? Hard to nail, but when you do they do give that visceral feeling of true tintypes.

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I would post an example, but I wouldn't want to compare something Ive shot to the above! 😅🥰

Text reading: “It's the biggest thing to happen to photography since the SLR, brought to you by Flickr. And you're in on the ground floor.”

🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ yup. They also said:

I have not attempted to check if it bears any resemblance to correct. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️