I thought I’d get a jump on the #ShittyCameraChallenge by popping the lovely(?) Fed 5b in my bag to shoot with as I walked across campus today. But I managed to only grab color film on my way out the door! πŸ˜…πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ #BelieveInFilm #NoTheOtherFilm #CameraGear

For those unawares, tomorrow begins the next #ShittyCameraChallenge. This time around it's black & white submissions.

It's mainly a BlueSky thing now. But don't let that steer you away from a marvelous shitty time! https://bsky.app/profile/shittychallenge.bsky.social/post/3m633alelns2o

Shitty Camera Challenge (@shittychallenge.bsky.social)

#ShittyCameraChallenge Black & White Tie Winter Wonder Challenge! December 1st through January 31st, a B&W themed #ShittyCameraChallenge Dress up cause it’s gonna be classy as fuck. https://media.tenor.com/0j-GUcGAykUAAAAC/looking-fly-bow-tie-day.gif?hh=196&ww=350

Bluesky Social

@planina The only one I know about is the sporadically scheduled #ShittyCameraChallenge that's running mainly over on BlueSky. It's running from 12/1 until sometime in January.

The rules are simple: it has to be a very low end camera (film or digital), and this round is for black & white submissions only. πŸ™‚

Kodak Charmera #ShittyCameraChallenge
@thomasbeagle The current technologies are 1. vintage first-gen Polaroid (works in the original cameras, probably too expensive and fetishistic for casual use), 2. modern second-gen Polaroid (never seen in real life, not clear if it’s even real), 3. Instax (mostly Fuji), and 4. Zink (was supposed to be third-gen Polaroid, used by everyone else). The different brands etc are all badge-engineered: the printing bit is always made by Alps and assembly is always done by Foxconn. Most of the Zink cameras offer a hybrid somewhere in the range, that will print instants but also record them as a conventional digital photo. I like the Canon Ivy/Zoe/whatever, personally, and plan on using one for the next #shittycamerachallenge.

Finally got round to properly cleaning and fixing the Copal shutter on my Dad's first 'proper' camera, a 1955-57 Yashicaflex C. This had been on the back-burner for some years...
There was some really stubborn dirt on the shutter mechanism.

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #shittycamerachallenge

Piazza del Popolo
Todi, Umbria, Italy
Sony Ericsson W810i in native Black & White mode
#shittycamerachallenge #phonephotography #blackandwhite #todi #umbria #architecture #photography
Too late for the Crappy Commie Camera Party, but this arrived a couple of days ago and I've given it a good cleaning. The Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor. Made in the 1980s for the Helios-44M 58mm lens. Cleaned and (hopefully) adjusted, just waiting for some nice weather.
#ShittyCameraChallenge