emraphoto
Veteran
in the summer of last year i had the great pleasure of meeting a rff member who let me peer through the finder of his om-1. i had always appreciated the form and function of the om series but admittedly hadn't spent much time behind the finder. well boy oh boy was i surprised.
shortly after our meeting, and much to my delight, said rff member paid me a visit with an om- 1 in hand and handed it over. i am not sure what pleased me more, the camera or the thought that someone went so far out of their way to be so gracious to me. to make the story even sweeter another rff member got word that i had a new (to me) om-1 on hand and emailed me to inform me he was sending a lens my way to join the om-1 and lens i had been given. i admit it was a humbling experience.
so, fast forward. my 10 year old boy has been eyeing it up as of late. i saw him fiddling with it a few weeks back and thought it was a message of sorts. i asked him if he would like to learn how to use it. top to bottom. handheld meter, develop the film himself, scan it and do the corrections in cs. well i think he almost exploded with excitement!
last weekend he shot his first roll of tri-x. sekonic in hand. afterwards he sat on the couch for two hours practicing loading reels while watching the clone wars. a change bag, some tri-x, d-76 1+1 and a few hours later... voila!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincounty/sets/72157623523376945/
i was absolutely shocked at his success with using a meter to figure it all out in very dicey conditions! he hasn't quite inherited dad's affection for the 24-28mm range and being so close but has determined he will give it a solid try before he decides he needs something else. bravo!
so here we are. the om-1 was briefly in my hands however it seems now to have found it's way into very eager hands. i know both of the members will be as thrilled as my son!
PS happy birthday Earl!
shortly after our meeting, and much to my delight, said rff member paid me a visit with an om- 1 in hand and handed it over. i am not sure what pleased me more, the camera or the thought that someone went so far out of their way to be so gracious to me. to make the story even sweeter another rff member got word that i had a new (to me) om-1 on hand and emailed me to inform me he was sending a lens my way to join the om-1 and lens i had been given. i admit it was a humbling experience.
so, fast forward. my 10 year old boy has been eyeing it up as of late. i saw him fiddling with it a few weeks back and thought it was a message of sorts. i asked him if he would like to learn how to use it. top to bottom. handheld meter, develop the film himself, scan it and do the corrections in cs. well i think he almost exploded with excitement!
last weekend he shot his first roll of tri-x. sekonic in hand. afterwards he sat on the couch for two hours practicing loading reels while watching the clone wars. a change bag, some tri-x, d-76 1+1 and a few hours later... voila!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgincounty/sets/72157623523376945/
i was absolutely shocked at his success with using a meter to figure it all out in very dicey conditions! he hasn't quite inherited dad's affection for the 24-28mm range and being so close but has determined he will give it a solid try before he decides he needs something else. bravo!
so here we are. the om-1 was briefly in my hands however it seems now to have found it's way into very eager hands. i know both of the members will be as thrilled as my son!
PS happy birthday Earl!
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morback
Martin N. Hinze
I can see a magnum-like slanted horizon style in him... 
Did he actual load and process the film himself? If so, I need to get me one of those 10 year olds...Maybe one will pop-up in the classifieds...
Did he actual load and process the film himself? If so, I need to get me one of those 10 year olds...Maybe one will pop-up in the classifieds...
apodeictic
Established
I wish I was given the same opportunity at that young an age! I'm pretty sure I was too busy watching ninja turtles to care to learn such a delicate art.
gerbilthemistake
Well-known
It's amazing that your boy had the patience to see the whole process through, seems like most kids would get distracted and quit half-way into it.
oftheherd
Veteran
Wonderful! I have gotten my five year (soon to be 6) grandson interested in film cameras. I look forward to getting him into a good RF or SLR when he is a little older. He will have to see me working with an enalrger and see some results first I suspect. God willing, I will have some time to see him get a little older where he will refine his interests that way.
emraphoto
Veteran
he did everything. rated the film, hand held meter for everything, loaded film on reels, agitated, rinsed and cut and sleeved the negs (hey! wait a minute, maybe i could... no, no. that would be wrong).
admittedly he has been fed a very steady diet of magnum, photography and his dads work and such from a very young age.
admittedly he has been fed a very steady diet of magnum, photography and his dads work and such from a very young age.
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gerbilthemistake
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were these plastic or steel reels?
emraphoto
Veteran
plastic for sure. the ones with the little lead in shelfs as well.
i was going to set him up with the hasselblad this weekend but he is just smitten with the om-1.
i was going to set him up with the hasselblad this weekend but he is just smitten with the om-1.
emraphoto
Veteran
were these plastic or steel reels?
just saw the photo's of Albini and the lads (Weston, Trainer). what i woudn't do for a Travis Bean (and one of Albini's heads).
gerbilthemistake
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I had to google Travis Bean to confirm you were talking about music equipment, it was the only time i saw them live and they were very very good. It was a benefit for Jason Noble, but what was kinda awkward was that they played in a church and Prayer to God was on their set list.
emraphoto
Veteran
well you should hear some of his "other" lyrical endeavors. rapeman for instance... wow, crazy that fella.
Jason Noble will be sorely missed.
Jason Noble will be sorely missed.
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gerbilthemistake
Well-known
Ah yes, I do enjoy rapeman and big black. I like a lot of the artists that hes produced for as well, like PJ Harvey and Helmet.
hans voralberg
Veteran
Congratulation! Seems like the kid will be just as great as daddy.
sanmich
Veteran
Time to retire, John
FrankS
Registered User
Good to hear John. Thanks for the story.
emraphoto
Veteran
no thank you Frank.
if he keeps at it he will be profoundly better than i!
it really was quite exciting to see his first roll using an handheld. every frame was well exposed!?!? i wish i was that consistent.
if he keeps at it he will be profoundly better than i!
it really was quite exciting to see his first roll using an handheld. every frame was well exposed!?!? i wish i was that consistent.
emraphoto
Veteran
i had the greatest of pleasures in seeing almost every Albini/Shellac tainted project there was live.
John Spencer
Mule
Tad
Boss Hog
Urge Overkill
Pixies
Scratch Acid
Jesus Lizard
Shellac
Helmet
Nirvana
PJ Harvey
Tomahawk
Big Black
wise decisions i made at an age where i wasn't making many (wise decisions)
amateriat
We're all light!
Cool stuff. Cool kid. Cool dad!
- Barrett
- Barrett
emraphoto
Veteran
my three year old daughter won't go anywhere without her "special camera". a himatic G. i bought her a fisher price digital job that she won't touch but god forbid we misplace the himatic!
another year and i will start loading it with film!
thank you barret, a very kind thing to say.
emraphoto
Veteran
Time to retire, John
if i could just teach him captions and tags i would be sittin' pretty now.