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COLOR PICTURES – SEPTEMBER 2023
These retouched photos were taken between July and September 2023 in the Lower Pacific Heights, Anza Vista, Cathedral Hill, Polk Gulch, and Nob Hill neighborhoods of San Francisco; as well as Alameda, CA. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses on Kodak Portra 800 film.
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COLOR PICTURES – JULY 2023
These retouched photos were taken in June and July 2023 in Redwood City, CA; and the Cathedral Hill, Pacific Heights, Sunnyside, and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2, Pentax 24mm f/2.8 and Takumar 18mm f/11 lenses on Kodak Portra 400 film.
ANOTHER new lens: Asahi SMC Pentax-M 40-80mm F2.8-4
After waiting (not on purpose!) about six months before buying my third lens for my Chinon SLR film camera, it was nearly the same length of time before I bought another new (to me!) one: an Asahi SMC Pentax-M 40-80mm F2.8-4 model I snagged for cheap on eBay. (Hooray for auctions that fly under most radars!)
COLOR PICTURES – JUNE 2023
These retouched photos were taken in May and June 2023 in the Outer Richmond, Tenderloin, Union Square, Embarcadero, South Beach, Lower Pacific Heights, Civic Center and Duboce Triangle neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2, Pentax 24mm f/2.8 and Takumar 18mm f/11 lenses on Kodak Portra 400 film.
COLOR PICTURES – MAY 2023
These retouched photos were taken in April and May 2023 in the Sherwood Forest, Ingleside, and Outer Richmond neighborhoods of San Francisco as well as Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2, Pentax 24mm f/2.8 and Takumar 18mm f/11 lenses on Kodak Portra 400 film.
COLOR PICTURES – APRIL 2023 (PART 2)
These retouched photos were taken in April 2023 in the Polk Gulch, Lower Pacific Heights, Chinatown, North Beach, Presidio, Western Addition, and Anza Vista neighborhoods of San Francisco as well as the cities of Larkspur and Kentfield in California and Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses on Fuji Superia 400 film.
COLOR PICTURES – APRIL 2023
These retouched photos were taken in March and April 2023 in the Parkmerced, Forest Hill, Lower Pacific Heights, Marina and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
Another new lens: Fish-Eye Takumar 18mm F11
After going a bit more than 20 years before buying a second lens for my Chinon SLR camera, I waited a little more than six months before purchasing a new (to me!) one.
COLOR PICTURES – MARCH 2023
These retouched photos were taken in February 2023 in the Castro, Mid-Market, Parkmerced, Lower Pacific Heights, and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco as well as Daly City, CA. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
COLOR PICTURES – FEBRUARY 2023
These retouched photos were taken between January 2023 and February 2023 in the Outer Richmond, Ingleside, Golden Gate Heights, Ashbury Heights, Lower Pacific Heights, and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco as well as Daly City, CA, Emeryville, CA, and Oakland, CA. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
COLOR PICTURES – JANUARY 2023
These retouched photos were taken between December 2022 and January 2023 in the Outer Richmond, Lower Pacific Heights, Polk Gulch, Forest Hill, and Parkmerced neighborhoods of San Francisco as well as Daly City, CA. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — JANUARY 2023
These touched-up photos were taken between November and December 2022 around the Lower Pacific Heights, Outer Richmond and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco and the Piedmont neighborhood of Oakland. The pictures were taken on Kodak Tri-X 400TX Black & White ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
COLOR PICTURES – NOVEMBER 2022
These retouched photos were taken between September and November 2022 in the Tenderloin, Lower Pacific Heights, Western Addition, Polk Gulch, and Lower Haight neighborhoods of San Francisco as well as Hayward, CA. The pictures were taken on KODAK Portra 400 Professional ISO 400 color negative film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
COLOR PICTURES – SEPTEMBER 2022
These retouched photos were taken between August and September 2022 in the Lower Pacific Heights and Anza Vista neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on KODAK Portra 400 Professional ISO 400 color negative film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
COLOR PICTURES – AUGUST 2022 (PART 2)
These retouched photos were taken IN August 2022 in the Fillmore District, Japantown and Lower Pacific Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Amber D400 color negative film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 and Pentax 24mm f/2.8 lenses.
COLOR PICTURES – AUGUST 2022
These retouched photos were taken between June and August 2022 in the Lower Pacific Heights and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia 400 color negative film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera and a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — NOVEMBER 2021
These untouched and touched-up photos were taken between October and November 2021 around the Lower Pacific Heights and Polk Gulch neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak Tri-X 400TX Black & White ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — AUGUST 2020 (PART 3*)
These largely untouched photos were taken in August 2020 around City College of San Francisco and the Balboa Park, Bayview, and SoMa neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak T-Max 400 Black & White ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
* Part 2 does not exist because the film was not developed.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — OCTOBER 2021
These mostly retouched photos were taken between September and October 2021 in Napa, around parts of Wine Country, and the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood and around City College of San Francisco in the Westwood Park/Sunnyside/Balboa Park neighborhood in San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak Tri-X 400TX Black & White Film ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — AUGUST 2020
These photos were taken between July and August 2020 around City College of San Francisco in the Westwood Park/Sunnyside/Balboa Park neighborhood in San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak Kodak Tri-X 400TX Black & White Film ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — MAY 2021 (PART 2)
These photos (some edited, some untouched) were developed in May 2021 in the Tenderloin, Lower Pacific Heights, SoMa and Cathedral Hill neighborhoods in San Francisco, and Burlingame, California. The pictures were taken on Kodak T-Max Professional ISO 400 (2TMY) 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
COLOR/BLACK-AND-WHITE DIGITAL CAMERA PICTURES – EARLY 2005
These untouched photos (aside from black-and-white filters) were taken between January and May 2005 in the Chicagoland area and Central Illinois. The pictures were taken with a Samsung Digimax 370 camera with 3 megapixels with a 3.3x optical zoom lens and f2.8-4.8 maximum aperture.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — MAY 2021
These photos (some edited, some untouched) were developed between April and May 2021 in the Fillmore District, Castro, and Lower Pacific Heights neighborhoods in San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak T-Max Professional ISO 400 (2TMY) 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — JULY 2020
These photos were developed in July 2020 and taken around City College of San Francisco in the Oceanview neighborhood. The pictures were taken on Kodak Tri-X 400TX Professional ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — JULY 2021
These retouched photos were taken between May and July 2021 in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco and in Piedmont (next to Oakland). The pictures were taken on Ilford HP5 Plus black-and-white ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — JUNE 2022
These mostly retouched photos were taken in June 2022 in the Polk Gulch and Lower Pacific Heights neighborhoods of San Francisco and the Piedmont neighborhood of Oakland. The pictures were taken on Kodak 400TX black-and-white ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — NOVEMBER 2020 (PART 2)
These mostly retouched photos were taken in November 2020 in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak 400TX black-and-white ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
My new lens
I’ve owned my Chinon SLR camera for over 20 years, and I’ve only used the Ricoh 55mm f2.2 lens that it came with. Until now. After picking up my camera again after a 15-year break (the time away wasn’t on purpose; I got into using my digital camera and plain forgot about the Chinon), I realized that the old Ricoh lens limited what I could capture. And years of frustration with not being able to capture different sizes of subjects (think buildings, statues) got to me. It was a matter of buying a new lens.So Tuesday, I went to my local camera shop and — after being told what mount my camera had (F mount) and a quick demo — bought a used Pentax 24mm f2.8 lens from Glass Key Photo in San Francisco. (If you can and want to, give your business to local camera shop.) And wow, it made an immediate impact.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — NOVEMBER 2020
These retouched photos were taken between September and November 2020 in San Francisco and Oakland. The pictures were taken on Kodak 400TX black-and-white ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — JANUARY 2022
These retouched photos were taken between November 2021 and January 2022 in Tiburon, CA, Mill Valley, CA, and San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Ilford HP5 Plus black-and-white ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — SEPTEMBER 2020 (PART 2)
These photos were taken in September 2020 in the Inner Richmond and Outer Mission neighborhoods of San Francisco. The pictures were taken on Kodak Tri-X 400TX Black & White Film ISO 400 35mm film with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — DECEMBER 2020
These mostly retouched photos were taken between November 2020 and December 2020 in San Francisco, the Bay Area suburb of San Bruno, and Los Angeles. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — SEPTEMBER 2020
These mostly retouched photos were taken between August 2020 and September 2020 in San Francisco in the Westwood Park/Sunnyside neighborhood (based on Google Maps info; I thought it was maybe Oceanview!). Most were taken at City College of San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
COLOR PICTURES – JUNE 2022
These (retouched) photos were taken between January 2022 and June 2022 in San Francisco — with a majority of those in the Lower Pacific Heights and Polk Gulch neighborhoods, and a small amount in the Sherwood Forest/Miraloma area (I can’t keep these names straight). The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — AUGUST 2021
These retouched photos were taken between July 2021 and August 2021 in San Francisco in the Lower Pacific Heights and Castro neighborhoods. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — SEPTEMBER 2021
These (mostly retouched) photos were taken between August 2021 and September 2021. The majority of the roll was taken in San Francisco and a small amount in the North Bay (including Napa). The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — APRIL 2021
These (mostly retouched) photos were taken between March 2021 and April 2021. The majority of the roll was taken in Oakland and a small amount in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
INSTAGRAM POST – JULY 19, 2021
(This was an Instagram post from July 19, 2021, and it’s evergreen! There are pictures in the post.)
One of my fears of photographing while Black came true today. And I’m glad it didn’t end with me being harmed.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES — MARCH 2021
These (mostly retouched) photos were taken between December 2020 and March 2021. The majority of the roll was taken in San Francisco — in the Mission, Balboa Park/Cayuga Terrace and Lower Pacific Heights neighborhoods, and a small amount in the Piedmont neighborhood in Oakland. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES – MAY 2004
These untouched photos were taken during a trip to Paris (my first time leaving the United States!) in May 2004. I had them developed more than a decade later. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.
COLOR PICTURES – JANUARY 2022
These photos were taken towards the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022. The majority of the roll was taken in San Francisco — with a majority of those in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood, and a small amount in the Mission. The pictures were taken with a Chinon CP-X SLR camera with a Ricoh 55mm f/2.2 lens.