Help - Search - Members - Calendar
Full Version: the Canon G9 vs... Kodak Retina IIa
Luminous Landscape Forum > Equipment & Techniques > Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques
teddillard
Just for fun, and a tribute to both my grandfather, who got me into this crazy photography stuff back when I was 10, (side-by-side with him in the darkroom- stubs of Pall Mall cigarettes in the ashtray next to the enlarger, and developer stored in old cork-sealed bourbon bottles...) and two great cameras- remarkably similar in concept, remarkably different times.

hope you enjoy!

Linky here.

Click to view attachment
KevinA
QUOTE (teddillard @ Aug 25 2009, 03:21 PM) *
Just for fun, and a tribute to both my grandfather, who got me into this crazy photography stuff back when I was 10, (side-by-side with him in the darkroom- stubs of Pall Mall cigarettes in the ashtray next to the enlarger, and developer stored in old cork-sealed bourbon bottles...) and two great cameras- remarkably similar in concept, remarkably different times.

hope you enjoy!

Linky here.

Click to view attachment


The one on the right if I remember correctly had a user replaceable sensor, when new technology became available you loaded it into the camera with your back to the Sun.
I have several cameras that use replaceable sensors covering sizes from 35mm to 5x7inches,

Kevin.
EricM
Oh, Ted! That makes my heart go pitter-pat!

My first "real" camera was a Retina IIIC, and many times over the years I have kicked myself for not keeping it when I moved up (?) to fancier equipment.

I now do have a G10, which i cannot get as excited about as I ever did with the IIIC.

teddillard
QUOTE (EricM @ Aug 25 2009, 05:37 PM) *
Oh, Ted! That makes my heart go pitter-pat!

My first "real" camera was a Retina IIIC, and many times over the years I have kicked myself for not keeping it when I moved up (?) to fancier equipment.

I now do have a G10, which i cannot get as excited about as I ever did with the IIIC.

thanks Eric! glad you liked it... as a result of this post i learned how to un-jam the shutter and film advance, and may, for the first time since 1998, shoot a couple of frames of FILM! gotta love the interweb!
clawery
QUOTE (teddillard @ Aug 27 2009, 06:42 AM) *
thanks Eric! glad you liked it... as a result of this post i learned how to un-jam the shutter and film advance, and may, for the first time since 1998, shoot a couple of frames of FILM! gotta love the interweb!



This thread seems to be quite filled with quite a few people from MA. I am originally from Springfield, MA. Anyway, I was fortunate to get my dad's old Retina II and love it. I don't shoot it as often as I should since it is getting harder to find a good lab to process. It's odd how an old camera can bring back so many memories. It's even better that I have all of my dad's old Kodachrome images... and they still look great!

Chris Lawery (e-mail Me)
__________________
Sales Manager, Capture Integration
Phase One, Canon, Apple, Profoto, Eizo & More
National: 877.217.9870 | Cell: 404.234.5195
Newsletter: Read Latest or Sign Up

RSS Feed: Subscribe[/font]
teddillard
QUOTE (clawery @ Aug 28 2009, 10:46 AM) *
This thread seems to be quite filled with quite a few people from MA. I am originally from Springfield, MA. Anyway, I was fortunate to get my dad's old Retina II and love it. I don't shoot it as often as I should since it is getting harder to find a good lab to process. It's odd how an old camera can bring back so many memories. It's even better that I have all of my dad's old Kodachrome images... and they still look great!

Chris Lawery (e-mail Me)
__________________
Sales Manager, Capture Integration
Phase One, Canon, Apple, Profoto, Eizo & More
National: 877.217.9870 | Cell: 404.234.5195
Newsletter: Read Latest or Sign Up

RSS Feed: Subscribe[/font]

laugh.gif

My grandfather's box of Kodachromes is not 3 feet away from me, at this very moment...
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.
Invision Power Board © 2001-2009 Invision Power Services, Inc.