One man's junk...

[shadowfox]

What does this oft-heard sayings have to do with a black Olympus 35 SP, an afternoon at a HUGE fleamarket and a plain good ol' black and white photos?

Read about it here.

Oh, and the usual teaser:

😀

 

[vrgard]

A nice read. Thanks for sharing, Will!

-Randy

 

[shadowfox]

Randy, thanks for reading!

 

[capitalK]

Yes, nice day out with the 35-SP. I got mine a few weeks ago and i has become my camera of choice in that short amount of time. Mine was "one man's trash", I bought it from a thrift store for $10.

I love photo essays and this was an enjoyable one.

 

[oftheherd]

Thanks for the chance to visit the market with you. Nice writeup and photos too. Hard to pick a favorite, but the pig sign is a keeper.

 

[shadowfox]

capitalK: that's one heck of a deal 😱 I've just sold my other 35 SP (the chrome one) to cover its own cost with enough spare to get several rolls of film.

oftheherd: Man that fleamarket is massive, at the end of the day, there were still rows after rows of "stuff" to be seen. No pigs in sight, though 😀

 

[ColinW]

Shadowfox,

I'm suprised at a market that big that you didn't pick up your usual $5 bargain camera. 🙂

 

[shadowfox]

Haha, I can't find one that is interesting enough 🙂

I did pick up some 20 images of Yellowstone Nat. Park made by a local studio over there probably in the 50's. For $5, it's a wealth of study on how to make beautiful b&w landscape pictures.

I plan to scan them and share them here. Just need to get some free time.