Mike Barnes

A displaced Brit working towards moving back home. Photographer, traveler.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@mrbwa1 I’ll go look that up.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Is there one place all the film peeps hang out now or did we all scatter to different realms?

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@mrbwa1 Thanks, I just created an account there. I haven’t done any film photography in a while but I’ve been sorting photos recently and I just wrapped my Emulsive gift and I realize how much I miss it.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Well, I just ran 200 and 400 iso film through a CR scanner, guess I’m going to find out what they do to expired film.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

When only one person likes your comment on a Dr. Who thread, but it’s Dr. Who that liked it…..

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

A few days ago I came across a photo I took with my first camera, a Brownie. As I do, uploaded a digital copy to my phone camera roll then edited the date to roughly when I took it. “You are about to change the date by 46 years and 2 months, are you sure”? - Ouch.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Charity shop find, it was empty. 😟

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@8888SEB @robertscamera @UsedPhotoPro Many, many years ago I bought a Quantaray 500mm F8 mirror lens in Pentax mount. I had great hopes for that lens. It was terrible, absolutely nothing in the final image was sharp. 😂 It was around that time that I learned you definitely get what you pay for when it comes to lenses

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Talked to the better half this evening, she’s up for a trip to Chicago to go visit Tamarkin, I guess I need to call him and discuss what I want.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

When I went to Ireland a few months ago I shot digital and used just 1 lens, a 35mm. The last few times I’ve shot film I’ve used only 35mm lenses. Seriously thinking about trading my DR 50 ‘cron and 28mm Elmarit on a 35mm ‘cron, I think I’d get a lot more use out of that one lens

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@ClickErik 40mm is a good focal length, I have a Konica TC I use a 40mm on. I’ve also heard really good things about the Nokton.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@adiw1202 It’s also not that much more expensive, I’d never thought about a Summilux, thank you.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@mrbwa1 I'm glad they're going to be used! I was never going to do anything with them.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Got my own little air show going on outside my office window today.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@markAcorn 😂 I miss WordPerfect, although installing it with all those floppies was a nightmare. 😁

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Today I edited a document in MS Word that was written mostly in Middle English, the poor MS spell and grammar check didn’t know what to do, just about every word was underlined in red. 😂

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

NYC, the city that never sleeps. From a film I shot last December but have yet to edit properly.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@mrbwa1 Surprisingly when just about every word is underlined it isn’t that bad. 😂

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Found film, from a roll in a charity shot camera, the back had been opened and this was the only survivor.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

@Bearkiddy They’re Mamiya Press film backs, they found a home already. 😁

[Mike Barnes @MikeBar1966]

Space considerations demand that I think the collection some. These will sit in a box for a while then when I truly haven’t missed any of them they’ll be sold/become giveaways or get thrown if they’re dead.