I get asked a lot what kind of equipment I use. It is a very common question in the photo community, and I can totally geek out over gear if I really want to (I’m looking at you Hasselblad!). But sometimes your cameras break… and you can’t get them fixed in another country… (I’m still looking at you Hasselblad….) and you find joy in the simplest of equipment: a point and shoot panoramic film camera. I find it ironic that one of my favorite tools has been a plastic (yes I said plastic) camera that was made in the ‘80s. It is special to me, as I inherited it from my grams before I left the States. It fits perfectly in any bag, even has a little wrist band attached, and again is plastic so the odds of hurting it is pretty low : perfect on-the-go travel camera. Oh and I have to mention the old fashioned film crank sound that happens when advancing the film… its just like you remember with the disposable ones, that satisfactory riiiiiip riiiiiip riiiiiiiip sound to signal to everyone that yes indeed I just took a picture (and no you can’t see it, you will have to wait until I remember to develop it….). I have been using mostly expired film with some fresh rolls mixed in and thought I would share a few of the snaps from the past month:
