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

I love cats and cars and science and music

I oppose authoritarian governments
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manykarz.bsky.social
Kipi saw a squirrel. It’s shaping up to be an excellent #caturday!
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A silhouette in a bright window shows a tabby cat with white standing on two legs, looking out intently. The rest of the frame is dark.
February 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Snow problem
📷 Kodak Retina IIIc
🎞️ long expired Kodak Tri-X
#believeinfilm
A parked 4Runner has snow drifted against the right rear wheel. Black and white.
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
Hyperion Coffee, Ann Arbor
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Cinestill 400D
#believeinfilm
Two people walk by the warmly lit and steamy windows of a coffee shop. One person sits inside, back to the big window, just under the HYPERION name on the window.
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
I’m just now beginning to think this Trump fellow could possibly be somewhat racist.
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
inside/outside
📷 Kodak Retina IIIc
🎞️ long expired Kodak Tri-X
#believeinfilm
Leaves of an indoor tree are in focus with illuminated windows in background. Two wall-mounted electrical boxes have piles of snow on top. The tree is barely visible through the window.
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
Liminal Domino’s
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Cinestill 400D
#believeinfilm
A deserted and snow-covered Domino’s Pizza shines bright in the night. Highlights have a reddish halation.
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Farm Market
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
A single Silverado with a plow is parked out front of the Farm Market and Garden Center. The sky and ground are gray.
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Mostly monochrome Monday
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 800
#believeinfilm
A marina that is busy in the warm months sits deserted with the gray winter sky filling the frame all the way down to the gray icy lake.
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
The #shittycamerachallenge Olympus C-740 is back at it. With the 256MB card, it can squeeze in 27x .tiffs of cats that take 20+ seconds to save. Or you could go for 2649x lo-res .jpgs of cats. So many options! It makes me think, maybe the true shitty camera was the cat friends we made along the way.
An old high-end point and shoot digital camera with 10x optical zoom sits on a book on a table next to a coffee mug. Close up of the camera display showing TIFF 2048x1536, with 27 shots remaining on the empty card. Close up of the camera display showing SQ2 640x480, with 2649 shots remaining on the empty card.
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Even though it’s #caturday, Kipi can’t sleep. He’s worried Case is going to get serious nerve damage again from the time-delayed toxins Armitage had inserted during surgery.
📷 Pentax K1000, 50mm f/2
🎞️ Ilford XP2 super
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A tabby cat with white lays awake in the side-table/cat-bad with his ears back slightly. The book Neuromancer sits atop the table. Black and white.
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
RIP 1st Amendment. 🪦 (1791-2026)

It was shot in the back 10 times by masked government agents.
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Towels
📷 Pentax K1000, 50mm f/2
🎞️ Ilford XP2 super
#believeinfilm #fridayfavourites
Towels sit on cantilevered shelves in a hotel bathroom, lit from above. Black and white.
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
It even looks cold
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A bright morning sky has a gradient of light blue, getting lighter toward the ground. A radio tower sits in the distance in the center of the frame and a small ford transit bus approaches the stoplight. The road is covered in dirty slush and snow covers the ground.
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
@slotkin.senate.gov Impeach and remove NOW! It’s already too late for so many maimed and killed by this cruel and reckless band of criminals.
January 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
@peterdurst.bsky.social @behindthebluemotel.com
Look what you made me do. Thank you! It’s my first folder and first rangefinder.
An unfolded Kodak Retina IIIc, sitting on a white table with a tt-artisans light meter mounted to the top. A black piece of gaff tape holds the light meter door closed.
January 26, 2026 at 9:45 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
This country has a serious fascism problem, but cats exist, so that’s nice.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A muted calico cat loafs on a heater vent by a sliding glass door. Some snow has blown into tiny drifts on the deck outside.
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Pentax Film Team, A-Squad
Photographed by Ricoh GR3X
#believeinfilm
Three film cameras sit on a white surface with a white background. From left to right, Pentax LX, Pentax K1000, and Pentax 17.
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
Is it just me, or is BlueSky getting overrun by far-right imbeciles today? I’ve had to block a lot of accounts spreading misinformation.
January 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
👏FUCK👏ICE👏FOR👏EV👏ER!
Three arrows anti-fascist symbol
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Curious about the current state of #Michigan?
📷 #charmera
A building that says “State of Michigan” and there’s obvious blowing snow across the frame.
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 AM
manykarz.bsky.social
Failing phosphor
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A purple-blue light shines from an LED street light at the corner of a Mobil gas station. A single Dodge Ram sits at a pump with its door open.
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
post a car picture you took
A matte black 1990 Chevy C1500 SS is parked outside a garage, partially in shadow.
January 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
post a car picture you took
An old malaise-era thunderbird parked accross the street from TYME auto sales. Pentax 17, Portra 160
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Muffin paws shining bright on #caturday
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A bright white cat chest and paws are illuminated by the flash, sitting on the edge of a wooden table.
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Support your little local library!

note to self: keep your mittens off the lens.

note to photo lab: dry the film completely before you scan it.

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A photo of a snow covered tiny library box. The bottom of the frame is black from a mitten blocking part of the lens. There’s what appears to be a wet spot on lower part of the frame.
January 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM