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Taylor Bright
@taylorbright.bsky.social
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Enthusiastic film photography enthusiast. 35mm. 120. 5x7.
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Got me some new blades.
A picture of permanent sharp double edge razor blades.
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Got reminded of this from a conversation on a post by @peterdurst.bsky.social. A 1963 lens test (for what they're worth) of the Rolleiflexes of the time, which would've been the "E" versions.
4 DIFFERENT ROLLEIS, 4 DIFFERENT LENSES MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS: Rolleiflex 2.8 and 3.5 twin-lens reflex cameras for 2¼ x 2¼ and smaller formats. LENSES: 80mm f/2.8 Xenotar or Planar, or 75mm f/3.5 Xenotar or Planar taking; 80mm f/2.8 or 75mm f/2.8 Heidosmat viewing. SHUTTER: Synchro-Compur between-lens with speeds from 1 to 1/500 sec. plus B, MX sync, self-timer. VIEWING: Full focusing screen, automatic parallax correction; interchangeable, folding hood with magnifier, sportsfinder. OTHER FEATURES: Combined shutter cock, film advance crank; automatic film loading and frame counter; double exposure prevention device with provision for intentional double exposures; adjustable pressure plate for 35mm film (with adapter); built-in exposure meter, E.I. 12 to 1600, coupled to lens aperture wheel. PRICE: 2.8: Xenotar, $336; Planar, $349. 3.5: Xenotar, $269; Planar, $279. IMPORTER: Burleigh Brooks Inc., 420 Grand Ave., Englewood, N.J. ⸻ 75mm f/3.5 Xenotar Aperture — Center Sharpness — Edge Sharpness 3.5 — Good — Acceptable 5.6 — Very good — Acceptable 8 — Very good — Good 11 — Very good — Good 22 — Very good — Good ⸻ 75mm f/3.5 Planar Aperture — Center Sharpness — Edge Sharpness 3.5 — Excellent — Good 5.6 — Excellent — Excellent 8 — Excellent — Good 16 — Excellent — Very good 22 — Very good — Good ⸻ 80mm f/2.8 Xenotar Aperture — Center Sharpness — Edge Sharpness 2.8 — Acceptable — Acceptable 4 — Good — Acceptable 5.6 — Excellent — Good 8 — Excellent — Good 11 — Very good — Very good 22 — Very good — Very good ⸻ 80mm f/2.8 Planar Aperture — Center Sharpness — Edge Sharpness 2.8 — Acceptable — Acceptable 4 — Good — Acceptable 5.6 — Good — Good 8 — Very good — Very good 11 — Excellent — V.–excel. 22 — Very good — Very good ⸻ Catching up with some overdue homework which means completing our test reports of the Rolleiflex. Although we’ve already put some models of this journeyman twin-lens reflex through our usual performance torture tests (“Modern Tests”, …
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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New Japanese camera grading system just dropped. Excellent +5 is middle?
A screenshot showing a 10-star grading system with very good being poor condition.
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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A leftover from the film walk portrait pictures. This was Kodak Gold and the H1.
A portrait of a fellow film walker on Kodak Gold and a Hasselblad H1. The subject has her hands to her cheeks and is looking up. A shrub is blurred in the background. #believeinfilm
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Photography is a hobby for everybody. Provia on the Maxxum.
A shark takes a picture at a local rally. Shark, in the foreground takes a picture with a canon in a crowd.
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Some other portraits from the film walk. Color are Gold. B&W are Tmax 100. All with the Hasselblad H1 and the 100mm 2.2.
Portrait of a film walker with Kodak Gold. #believeinfilm Portrait of a film walker with Tmax 100. #believeinfilm Portrait of a film walker with Tmax 100. #believeinfilm Portrait of a film walker with Kodak Gold. She is holding a Nikon S2. #believeinfilm
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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A few from our local #nokings rally. Taken on Ilford FP4 and the Maxxum 7 with the 24mm and 50mm Zeisses.
An inflatable cat, catifa, holds a sign that says, "No Trump, No KKK, no fascist, U.S.A. A group of patriots, including a inflatable in the middle of the frame, hold American flags and signs expressing their patriotism. A true American holds a sign that says, "We the People means everyone." The real king of America boos the pretender to his throne. He wears his crown and royal sunglasses.
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Had a portrait-themed film walk last week and got some of those back. Remembered my reflector this time. This is with Kodak Gold and the Hasselblad H1.
A model looks up while sitting in a white metal chair. The background are are trees and bushes in shades of green.
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Some of not-quite-full-fall pictures. I had also forgotten how to operate the camera. All on Ektar and the H1.
A basket full of little pumpkins sits on a lot of pumpkins. A clapboard garden shed sits under a hemlock tree. A yard full of fallen trees is in the foreground. A Victorian cottage sits behind a Maple tree changing its colors. A branch full of yellow leaves is featured in the foreground. A cottage is blurred in the background.
October 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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All of you inspired me to overcome the problem of not being able to get film in this and get some in. #folderweek
A Super Kinax iii camera sits on a wood table. It's burgundy.
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Time to wrap it up, film folks.
Screenshot from a New York Magazine thumbnail that says, "This Fujifilm Camera Gives Me Film Photos, Without the Processing."
October 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Crooked Lake in Michigan. Taken with the H1 and Ektar.
A wooden dock sits on a small lake. A light fog sits in the background right before the slight hill in the horizon.
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Okay, final tally for the weekend after getting in some portraits today. Pretty good considering my lackluster output this year.
A 120 roll of Kodak Gold, 120 roll of Kodak Tmax and 35mm rolls of Gold, Ilford FP4, Provia 100f and Tmax 100.
October 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Recognized an old photographer co-worker today from my newspaper days and she snapped me.
Local film photography nerd says hello to former co-worker who was a professional newspaper photog.
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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The crew I brought to take pictures at the rally today. Would up with four finished rolls.
A Minolta Maxxum 7 and Maxxum 5 on a wood table with the Zeiss 50mm 1.4 ans 24mm f2, respectively. In front, are a roll of Ilford FP4, Kodak Gold, Fuji Provia 100F and Tmax 100.
October 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Took the Minoltas and Zeisses to our local #nokings rally and saw Grimace.
Grimace attends No Kings rally in Birmingham, Ala.
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Had my picture taken on the last photowalk with the Horseman and Ektar lens.
A picture of me with a Horseman VH-R camera in black and white in Birmingham, Ala. I'm wearing a straw hat and glasses.
October 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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The Sigma missed focus one too many times.
A Minolta Maxxum 7 with a Zeiss Planar 50mm 1.4 lens attached sitting on a wood table backlit from a window.
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Have to go back to the oral tradition. "Dad, tell me how the Benro works again?"
Picture from The Road movie of man and son walking with shopping cart.
October 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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First time going to Nashville. New and old. In case you're wondering what kind of place it is, it has three prominent bars named after really terrible people. Taken with the Maxxum 7 and Ferrania P33.
AT&T building in Nashville looms over the old buildings of Broadway.
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Maxxum 5 out on our mini-walk tonight. I like this as a lightweight option compared to the 7.
A Minolta Maxxum 5 is shown from the top with a Sgima 50mm 1.4.
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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One from the late summer. Glad it's gone. Taken with a Mamiya 7, 43mm and Gold.
The side of a warehouse in Birmingham, Ala. on a hot day. The walls are beige stone. The doores are brown and a vent matches the color of the walls.
October 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Back in the Southland. Not enough time up north. Only shot two rolls. My area wasn't ready for its peak. But, the "junk" Maxxum 5 was here when I got back and it works.
A Minolta Maxxum 5 with the crossed X logo and two rolls of 120 Ektar sit side by side on a table.
October 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Getting in that golden hour.
A Hasselblad H1 sits on a tripod backbiting by the sun on a rocky shore.
October 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Out and about this evening in Northern Michigan with the H1.
A Hasselblad H1 on a tripod in the woods of Northern Michigan.
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM