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This is the page where we will post items of general interest, such as our travels, family stuff, snap shots etc. We will update it from time to time to let you know what we are doing.
I built my first darkroom in 1959. In December 2004, I broke up my darkroom, and sold off most of my equipment. I now use a "Digital Darkroom". All of the older images (prior to April 2003) were shot with conventional negative film, both B&W and color. I use a Polaroid 120 Sprintscan film scanner, to scan my negatives into Photoshop CS5. I make my 13"x19" and 16"x24" prints with an Epson 3800 and larger prints with a new Epson 7890 (took delivery Jan 30, 2012) printer. Both the 3800 and 7890 Printers utilize Ultrachrome pigmented inks which are truly archival, with estimated print life of 200 years, in accordance with The Wilhelm Institute. For my earlier work, I have used both 35mm and medium format equipment. The earlier work on this site was done with film cameras: mostly Contax 35mm equipment (SLRs and G2), with Carl Zeiss lenses, and a Pentax 645 and 67 medium format system. In April, 2003, I switched to digital capture. I presently use a Sony Alpha 900, with lenses from 16mm to 500mm. In December 2010 I added medium format digital, acquiring a Pentax 645D camera with numerous lenses from 35mm to 300mm. For travelling and to have a small camera always with me, in March 2012 I added a Sony NEX 7, 24 MP body with the following lenses: 16mm f2.8, 30mm f2.8 macro, 50mm f1.8, Carl Zeiss 24mm f1.8, 18~55 zoom, and 55~200 zoom lenses.
In June 2012 I added a Nikon D800 full frame 36mp camera with several Nikkor and Zeiss lenses
I have not shot a roll of film since April 2003, and have shot digital exclusively since then. For those that are interested, it is easy to see which images were shot with film, and which were digital capture. All Images with the prefix "S", such as S100. were shot with film. The "S" stands for "Scan". Digital capture images have the prefix"D", such as D100. "D" obviously stands for "Digital".
ATTENTION: We got power to our home on May 1, 2013. Six months after Sandy!