I have a VI-L as well; the finder is a bit bigger and I do like the “modern” single, non-rotating shutter speed dial better than what’s on the L-1. Unfortunately the finder on it needs a cleaning.
Thanks! The L-1 really is a joy to use.
Black and white photo of a pair of glasses resting on a large boulder.
Glasses on the rocks, 4th St.
Canon L-1, 35mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar, Acros II.
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead 🎞️ #trix
Black and white photo of a couple of large wooden cable spools against a stone tunnel wall.
Cable Spools, Carlton St.
Canon L-1, 35mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar, Acros II.
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead 🎞️ #trix
Black and white photo of a large portable screen in the street showing a photo I took at the second No Kings rally.
The large screens along the Parkway at No Kings 3 Philadelphia showed photos I’ve taken at other events for Indivisible.
Canon L1, 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar, Acros and T-Max 100.
#nokings
Black and white photo of a person holding a sign reading “Elect a rapist expect to get fucked.” Another person holds a sign reading “No crowns for the orange clown.”
Black and white photo of a person dressed in an inflatable lobster suit.
Black and white photo of a person holding a sign reading “Some gave all One had bone spurs Veterans against Trump.”
Black and white photo of a large flag picturing a cat with a rattlesnake in its mouth. Text along the bottom reads “Back off fascist creeps.”
More No Kings 3 Philadelphia.
Canon L1, 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar, Acros and T-Max 100.
#nokings
More No Kings 3 Philadelphia.
Canon L1, 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar, Acros and T-Max 100.
#nokings
Black and white photo of a person in a keffiyeh walking a Dalmatian through the crowd.
Black and white photo of Gritty’ the Flyers mascot, wearing a tricorner hat and waving a small American flag.
Black and white photo of a person holding a sign reading “No Crowns for Clowns” with City Hall in the background.
Black and white photo of a person holding a large American flag and a sign reading “Proud to have TDS: Think Donald Sucks.”
No Kings 3 Philadelphia.
Canon L1, 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar, Acros and T-Max 100.
#nokings
Black and white photo of the dog contemplating the Delaware River.
Black and white photo of a destroyed mechanical box at the boat ramp under the Ben Franklin Bridge.
Black and white photo of a goose contemplating the Delaware River.
Black and white photo of the 9th St. Skate Park.
Walk in the false spring warmth.
Nikon F2, 40mm f/2 Ultron, Double-X
That’s a mighty beautiful camera! One in decent shape may not be cheap but it’s not _Leica_ expensive.
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a sign reading "The Star"; two other women look on laughing.
Black and white photo outside a cafe. Two people sit at a table; a woman in a coat stands next to another woman wearing a sign reading "The Star."
Black and white photo outside a cafe of a woman wearing a sign reading "The Star."
Black and white photo of people talking in the crowded interior of a cafe. Artwork is visible on the walls in the background.
Stephane, the star, at her opening at High Point.
Canon L-1, 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar, Tri-X
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead 🎞️ #trix
Black and white photo of the focusing knob of a Leitz microscope.
Black and white photo of the slide stage of a Leitz microscope.
Black and white photo of the lens turret of a Leitz microscope.
I really enjoyed this episode! David’s fall down the rabbit hole of old microscopes, then Leicas was an interesting listen.
I found a mid-century Leitz microscope in an antique store many years ago and it’s as well-made as you’d expect. Also fun to photograph!
Two birds perch on a snow-covered feeder, both facing right, and each have a grain of millet in their mouths. Another bird is in flight in the upper right of the picture.
Birds at the feeder during the tail end of the snowstorm.
I tried doing it on my phone and realized it would be impossible without my reading glasses which, of course, I cannot find 👴🏼
Mabel Chi Chan; two men in suits; and a man in long beard, ornate cap, and voluminous red dragon cap eat the parade.
Three lions - red, orange, and yellow - dance outside a business.
The yellow lion with its mouth wide open.
The orange lion dancing. The photo is blurry from the movement of the lion and the camera.
Lunar New Year midnight parade, 2/16/2026
Nikon N80, 35mm f/2.0 AF-D, Portra 800
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead 🎞️ #portra800
A person in a red patterned jumpsuit dances with a Michael Jackson impersonator because why not?
The dragon running through the crowd.
One of the lion dancers under the lion’s head.
People walking on 10th St with the Friendship Gate in the background and fireworks in the sky.
Lunar New Year midnight parade in Philly.
#lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
Lions dancing while firecrackers explode in front of them.
Two lions dance in front of a business surrounded by a large crowd.
An orange lion dancing.
Three lions dance in front of a business surrounded by a crowd.
More from the Lunar New Year midnight parade in Philly.
#lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
Red fireworks exploding over the Friendship Gate.
A woman on a ladder speaking into a microphone. She holds red envelopes and one is frozen in midair near her head.
People dance in a circle around a fire in the street.
A man in an embroidered red vest shovels burning cardboard.
Lunar New Year midnight parade in Philly.
#lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse
Black and white photo of a man with a tambourine at a podium singing Lift Every Voice and Sing with a crowd of people holding signs.
Black and white photo of a group of people holding anti-ICE signs.
Black and white photo of a woman at a podium speaking. A woman with a cane rests at the base of the podium, and a crowd looks on.
Black and white photo of State Senator Art Haywood and faith leaders head the march to ICE offices.
MLK Day of Action march from Immigration Court to the local ICE office, 1/19/2026
Nikon N80, 24-120mm f/4 and Canon P, 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar, Tri-X
#filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead 🎞️ #trix
The Don Quijote theme song got lodged in my brain after shopping there and occasionally pops up without warning. "Don, Don, Don kee-ho-taaaaaaaaay!"
A1: No, but I got my daughter a Kodak Charmera and she loves it! #photochat
Black and white photo of a woman in a park. She has white makup with spattered black around the eyes, a white wig, white fur cloak and black spiky crown.
A2: Every year I do photos at a neighborhood winter solstice celebration called the Parade of Spirits. Aside from that, family photos during the holidays. And there is a big snowstorm coming up this weekend... #photochat
Nikon F5 covered with snow.
A3: A lens hood to shield the front element, a towel in the bag to dry stuff off, a pack cover for my camera bag if it's really supposed to pour. It also helps if your camera is weather resistant! #photochat
IIRC someone said that in the case of peel-apart films like Type 55 the machinery was lost but the chemistry is known. For integral films Impossible saved the machinery but had to recreate the chemistry.
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The chemistry for peel-apart b/w isn't complicated but all the precision manufacturing machinery is gone. New55 had to recreate a pod-filling machine, paper coating was a struggle. Packets were hand-assembled with night vision goggles. Despite my gripes I am amazed at what they accomplished!
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Black and white photo of a woman in scary white makeup with a fur collar and a bird mask hat. They are holding a broom.
I loved that the negative was still sensitive to light after a peel, and it would solarize if it didn't go into fixer right away. I did not love the prints - they were hot garbage - and the iffy quality control. Clips that fell off, too much chemistry in the pods that would gum up the rollers.
In 2016 I had high hopes for New55, a recreation (of sorts) of Polaroid Type 55. Even taught a workshop on using it. That‘s gone.
In ‘15 or ‘16 my local lab shut down their E6 line so I started shooting less slide film and more B/W.
More from the MLK Day rally in front of Immigration Court and ICE office, on the day we learned that another person has died in custody in Texas.
Man speaking and gesturing in front of the Philadelphia ICE office. A sign in the background reads "ICE = GESTAPO."
Marchers, a couple with US flags, marching.
A person carrying a large Abolish ICE banner in a crowd of marchers.
The ICE office visitor's entrance.
MLK Day rally in front of Immigration Court and ICE office, on the day we learned that another person has died in custody in Texas.
Black and white photo of Dr. Pickles, a cat, at the door of the Book Trader, a used book store in Philadelphia.
Meet Dr. Abraham Horatio Pickles, employee of the Book Trader in Philly.