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Imperfections, limitations, and the hardware of film photography are always fascinating

I love cats and dogs and cars and science and music

I oppose authoritarian governments
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manykarz.bsky.social
Another late-summer Chicago photo
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
An indescribably intricate building facade houses windows that reflect the simpler buildings across the street.
January 5, 2026 at 11:48 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
New dog character, about to be unlocked.
📷 #charmera
A super low-red, high-contrast grayscale image of a black dog against a white snow background.
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
the view, before all the snow
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
Snow and trees framing the view in the foreground gives way to tall marsh grasses and trees far away. Golden light warms the whole image.
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
The face of working late when almost everyone else is on vacation.
#Charmera
A low-res, monochrome, ultra high-contrast photo of a man wearing a hoodie and looking rather expressionless.
January 3, 2026 at 1:32 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
Winter night at the North Star Lounge, Ann Arbor
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
A blurry couple walks across the icy crosswalk in front of the festive North Star Lounge. The overexposed red neon sign casts a glow on the corner of the brick building.
January 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
One of my favorite photos this year. The peoples’ lines of sight lead right to the other subjects. The photo is just wide enough to give a full view of the scene.

Pentax 17 was by far my most used camera this year; the crisp lens is excellent and the half-frame let me take way more photos. A+
A group of tourists gawk at the sea lions at La Jolla Cove. Camera used was Pentax 17 and Film was Kodak ColorPlus.
December 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
I need everyone to understand just how illegally small the #Charmera is.

Thank you for your time.
A Kodak Charmera sitting in front of a box of a single roll of Portra 800 film. The camera is the same length, but significantly smaller than the box of film in depth and height.
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Juniper on one of her favorite winter hangout spots
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A muted calico cat sits contentedly on a warm heating vent.
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Cheez-its, Chicago
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Two pigeons peck at a bunch of cheez its that were dropped in the crosswalk of a city street.
December 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
I will always want to go back to Iceland.
📷 Pentax K1000, 50mm f/2
🎞️ Kodak Tri-X
#believeinfilm
A monochrome photo showing a dark shadowed mountain on the left, a large bay below, and a far off mountain in the distance, across the water.
December 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Merry Crispix to all my radical left scum homies. ❤️
A low-res high contrast image in red and black. A protest signs that reads “FIGHT FASCISM” and sports the three arrows anti-fascist symbol.
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Spinning 🌀
📷 Pentax LX, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
Star trails arc around the North Star. Leafless winter trees fill the bottom of the frame.
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
#Charmera is an excellent cat-cam!

#ShittyCameraChallenge
An orange tabby cat in black and white, upside down, looking at the camera. An incorrect date is shown in the bottom right corner of the image. The pathetic LED flash somewhat illuminates his face in the dark. A tabby cat with white looking intently down at the camera. Quality is marginal and the data is in the bottom corner of the image. A muted calico yawns in her warming center box.
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Okay… once I saw the #charmera in person, I had to.
#ShittyCameraChallenge
An unopened box containing a tiny tiny digital camera sits on a windowsill. The box, though claiming to be a blind-box, actually shows the exact camera it contains on the outside.
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Hold it down.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A close up of tabby (with white) paws. His front right paw is holding down his left rear paw and tail.
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Ivy and sky
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Looking up at an ivy covered building corner at a perfect corner angle. The left side is shadowed; the right side is lit by sunlight. The sky is pure blue.
December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Today I figured out that the resolution of the #ShittyCameraChallenge Olympus C-740 goes all the way down to 640x480. A whole other level of shitty for this #digicam! ☺️
A very low-resolution, ultra high-contrast black and white photo of a tabby cat with white, sleeping sitting up.
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Blanket-nest enjoyers
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
An orange tabby cat is curled up in a nest-shaped plaid fleece blanket. A muted calico cat is curled up in a nest-shaped plaid fleece blanket.
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Throwback to the original project sprocket-Holga from last winter:
Victor’s vans
📷 Holga GCFN
🎞️ Fuji 400, 35mm
A long line of parked Red Promaster vans stretch across the frame. The snow plow was unable to clear snow around them. Sprocket holes are visible, and the right side of the frame is overlapped with another photo.
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Pentax LX, a portrait

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
A black SLR camera is illuminated by warm hotel nightstand lamp light. It’s a Pentax LX with a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
Snowy work truck, last winter
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
A yellow utility truck covered in deep snow is parked by a garage with a light. It is night and the cloudy sky is slightly illuminated.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Chicago fire escape #55836
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Looking up at a very long external fire escape, illuminated by sun. The sky is clear and pale blue.
December 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Old radio telescope
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A large radio dish dwarfs the small building next to it. Closer examination shows it has not moved in a long time.
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Ginkgo outside the camera store, fall foliage, gray sky.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Looking up at the bright yellow fall leaves of a relatively small Ginkgo tree against the gray cloudy sky.
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Beneath the Bean, Chicago
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A long empty corridor to the bathrooms under the Cloud Gate sculpture is lit by fluorescent lights.
December 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM