Zen Camera

[lynnb]

Some photos from the session. The Nikon FM2n didn't let me down and I was able to blend into the background.

Archie by E.J. Bragg, on Flickr

John, I got the strangest feeling when I saw this. So did my wife. He is my doppelganger at that age. Congrats on a very nice shot too.

 

[JeffS7444]

" When you load film into your camera, just load film into your camera."

Wow, I'll bet you studied with Minor White!

No, just paraphrasing a humorous zen anecdote I once read somewhere:

Head monk instructs a novice: "When you drink tea, just drink tea"

Novice later encounters monk drinking tea while reading a newspaper, and is told "When you drink tea while reading the newspaper, just drink tea while reading the newspaper".

 

[John Bragg]

John, I got the strangest feeling when I saw this. So did my wife. He is my doppelganger at that age. Congrats on a very nice shot too.

Thanks Lynn. I am striving to improve my portraiture. He is a lovely lad with boundless energy. I won his trust by talking about his favorite toys. I had his undivided attention for all of a minute. Long time when you are 4 !

 

[Deleted member 65559]

"...your most Zen camera?"
I have to say my 5x7 Deardorff. Every thing fell perfectly under my fingers under the dark cloth, i could make adjustments without looking. Eventually i didn't even notice that the image was upside down. It was that transparent a photographic tool. I can't really say that about my current Chamonix 4x5, as good as it is. In small cameras i'd say the Leica M2.

 

[karlin]

"The only camera you will find on the top of the mountain is the camera you brought with you"


for me it is any leica M with any 35 summicron or summilux pre asph

 

[agentlossing]

" When you load film into your camera, just load film into your camera."

Wow, I'll bet you studied with Minor White!

Oh yeah, good one!

 

[agentlossing]

Pentax K1000 is pretty zen as zen cameras go.

Untitled (27) by Andrew Lossing, on Flickr