Windows (film style)

Every photographer – doesn´t matter if film or digital – should someday try to shoot a waist-level camera. It is a great experience and really makes you think ten times before press the release button.

Aldo Barranco and a Mamiya 6×7.

Abner Cestari with a Pentax 6×7.

Fabio Oliveira with a Pentax 6×7.

And notice he took the above photo with a Contax 645.

Erika Mayumi using my Hasselblad.

Erika was shooting Barbara Bombachini shooting her Mamiya 6×7.

Carolina Amorim with a Rolleiflex.

Ziza Gomes with a toy camera.

Olympus 35 SP (not Trip) and Pentax Spotmatic

Julio Bernardelli sent me this picture of his Olympus Trip 35 SP (thank you, Oscar) that he has for more than 30 years.

Last Saturday I went downtown to pick-up some developed films and met this guy, Daniel Ortunho, with his beautifull Pentax Spotmatic he got from his father.

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Guilherme Magalhães with a black Nikon FM.

Gustavo Mahoney poses with a Rolleiflex 2.8D.

José Pavoski looks through a Rolleiflex 2.8F.

Paulo Ferraz checks an unknown camera.

Ricardo Takamura ducks to shoot his Nikon F.

Tatiana Gaclik with a Phenix (first time I see this brand).

Ana Júlia Fernandes shows her Olympus OM2.

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Bárbara Rossi with a Mamiya C330.

Kenji Munekata holds a Rolleiflex 3.5F.

Paulo José in three moments.

Thaiane Lima takes a picture in a mirror. Notice the Zenit in her daughter´s hands.

Angelo Bonini seem very happy with his Polaroid 400.

The Best Post Ever

Well, if you are a straight guy that love film photography and TLR cameras…

A few months ago another Playboy magazine portraied a girl holding a Rolleiflex in its cover. It was the second time it happens in a short period (the first time is here) and I thougth it would be nice to show more sexy girls with TLR cameras.

I have no idea why a naked girl would be more sexy holding a Rolleiflex. For me a girl is sexy naked or clothed and a camera is just a tool to take pictures.

I really would appreciate comments on this subject: why a camera can be sexy?

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Vagner Luiz with a black Nikon.

Vagner built his own 4×5 camera. My respects.

Bruno Leonardelli shooting a Hasselblad.

Caroline Bittencourt with what I think is a Canon A-1 (not sure).

Ale Anselmi looks through a Pentax K1000.

Edson Ferreira is a professional photographer that works mostly with a Hasselblad and film. Take a look at his facebook page.

Fabio Yamaji in the mirror with a Nikon FM-something.

Fabio works with animation and he made a stopmotion clip for 2001 Rio Film Festival using strips of films.

Here a youtube video for the making-of. Very impressive!!

Big Rally with Pentax

Yesterday near 2 million people went to the streets in the biggest rally against a government in Brazil´s history. I hate comunism and off course I was there too. As soon as I got to the rally I found this girl, Bruna, with a Pentax K1000 hanging from her neck. I showed her my “new” camera (see bellow) and she agreed to let me take her pictures

A few months ago I needed some cash and I decided to sell my dream team of (very expensive) Contax lenses and (not so much expensive) Yashica cameras.

You know, trading stuffs here and there I end up with three Nikon lenses that I never used: 55mm f/1.2, 35mm f/1.4 and 85mm f/1.8. They were in pretty fair conditions, with lots of scratches and cosmetic wear. But I thought it was time to give´em a try and I bought a black Nikkormat in near the same conditions than the lenses. Now I´m shooting this.

I still have these lenses:

– Planar 85mm f/1.4.
– Distagon 25mm f/2.8.
– Tele-Tessar 200mm f/3.5.

If you are interested, please, send me an email: roberto@outex.com. Thanks.