A review of the slide films available in 2008.

I've been noticing some people finding my page on Google searching for more detailed information about the 383 Super. Since the 383 Super is a reasonably priced manually-controllable flash, suitable for both on and off camera use, it's experienced a little bit of a resurgence in recent times. Vivitar has responded as well by putting the 285 back on the market.

After reading Strobist, I almost purchased the recommended cheap old Nikon flash. However, I also wanted a flash to be carried around for impromptu situations that I could have better control over, I felt that the Nikon would be too specific to the Nikon cameras.

My personal preference in natural-looking photography is to search out beautiful lighting instead of trying to create it. It has a habit of surprising you with beautiful colors and glows and shading. Plus, it's cheaper and I'm stingy. So I picked up the Sunpack Digital Flash.

Night landscape photography is astonishingly peaceful and meditative.

Vivitar went bankrupt, but apparently the new owner is going to make the 285HV still.

I've been noticing some people finding my page on Google searching for more detailed information about the 383 Super. Now, since both of my 383's are presently dead and I've started to buy Vivitar 285 HV's instead, I might as well provide yet another guide.

Nicolai Grossman and I got into a debate lately about his weblog entry asking why we film-based photographers still shoot slide film.

A classic Kodak film.

Kodak's chromagenic B&W film.

Foma's 400 speed (very optimistically boxed... it's really only about 250-320 most of the time) inexpensive B&W film.

I'm not sure how different the 35mm versions and 120 versions really are. They are coated on different bases. The 35mm version is on a clear base and the 120 version is on a blue base.

Kodak's highest speed film. About 800-1000 true speed, pushes easily to 3200 and beyond.

The San Mateo Bridge. While we were talking, Emily was taking a bunch of pictures. I only took one. I carefully evaluated metering and decided this was really the picture I wanted to take.

Ursula with her back turned to the camera and a water bottle.

Ursula with a chain