MC Day #2: the results are in...

Emil's view at the corner of Gore and Pender Streets, taken with a Pentax MX.


Paolo's photograph of the food steamers on Pender Street, taken with a Nikon FE series SLR.


Lajla captures the perimeter wall, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Gardens, taken with a Voigtlander rangefinder.

Still waiting for the results from Robin, George and Janice...stay tuned.

You can see the rest of the images with these links:

EMIL'S photographs
GEORGE'S photographs
JANICE'S photographs
LAJLA'S photographs
ROBIN'S photographs

Mechanical Camera Day #2Vancouver Chinatown, July 7, 2007

The full set of badges/fridge magnets for MC Day #2.



Here are the digital record shots of the day.
We're finishing off our rolls and sending in the film.
The next post will tell us the results.


We assemble at the Sun Yat Sen Gardens on Pender Street in Chinatown...as promised, it is a sunny 16 day.


Robin has her Canon Rebel at hand.


Paolo joins us for his first MC Day
and he's using his Nikon FE series SLR.


Lajla has her favourite Voigtlander rangefinder.


Janice is toting her Agfa Isolette III,
her old Pentax K1000 and her Nikon 8400.


Emil's using his Pentax MX again.


George has his old Pentax K1000,
a relic from his trip to Asia.


















Robin sites a rare bird.




Lajla, hatmaker extraordinaire.


Out on the street in Chinatown.




The Wong clan association building.


The Mah clan association building.




The first of several refreshment stops: Dim Sum on Pender Street.


More refreshments: the patio at the Sylvia Hotel,
Beach Avenue.


Dinner time.

Mechanical Camera Day #2Vancouver Chinatown, July 7, 2007

We're off to Vancouver's Chinatown for MC Day #2.
The five-day forecast calls for sun and cloud, 23°

It's also birthday season!
Another good reason for a day of play!

Results to be posted soon.

The results are in...

A small sample of photographs from MC Day #1


Emil's view of Finn Slough, Pentax MX


Lajla's field, Garry Point, Voigtlander Rangefinder


Robin's textures from Finn Slough, Nikon


George's boat, Finn Slough, Pentax MX


Janice's trees, Garry Point, Agfa Isolette III


You can see the rest of the images with these links:

EMIL'S photographs
GEORGE'S photographs
JANICE'S photographs
LAJLA'S photographs
ROBIN'S photographs

Mechanical Camera Day #1Steveston, April 8, 2007

It's Day #1.
Equipped with our trusty, dusty mechanical cameras,
we're trying to remember the "cloudy 8" exposure rule.
We've embarked on a day's outing to Steveston;
Garry Point Park, Steveston village, Finn Slough and
a restorative Tea at London Farm.

It feels like a holiday in the city; a shift in landscape,
bird song, little green buds and a lovely spring breeze.

We're sending in the rolls of film and the next post
will tell us the results.


Emil with his Pentax MX


Lajla gets her man


Emil, outstanding in his field...


Robin steadies her Hasselblad


George tests the new/old Pentax MX


Lajla takes a close look at a daffodil with her Voigtlander rangefinder


Emil on the dyke, Garry Point


Robin with the Nikon backup


Lajla framing the Oreo Cookie Cows


Janice tries out her Agfa Isolette III


Lajla on the boardwalk, Finn Slough


Stalking the elusive Skunk Cabbage


To See or Not to Sea




The mating call of the Snow Geese...


Sustenance stop in Steveston Village


Elizabeth + Jean-Pierre join us for tea at London Farm

A Proposal + A Contest

We're getting together to see if we can
remember life before digital cameras.






And, we even have a CONTEST
to help get us started.


Emil guesses the Wong family camera, circa 1960,
(it's the Kodak Brownie Reflex, row 3)
His PRIZE is a genuine GUCKI camera, handmade
(or so we'd like to believe) in West Germany.