Jim Grey
@jimgrey
The fellow behind Down the Road, blog.jimgrey.net, about old cameras and old roads. But I lead software engineering teams for my supper. Links to all of my sites: www.jimgrey.net. Indianapolis, Indiana.
On Saturday, August 22, at 2 pm, I'm speaking at the Vigo County History Center about the history of transportation in the United States. I'd love to see you there! The History Center is at 929 Wabash Ave. in Terre Haute. www.vchsmuseum.org/events/a-bri... Photo: A colonial road in South Carolina.
I put another roll of Shanghai GP3 100 through the Kodak Brownie Fiesta a neighbor gave me. You have to make sure the subject is at about 10 feet, give or take, or it won't be in focus. Weird. HC-110 1+63. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
At the bar. Pentax Spotmatic F, 55/1.8 SMC Takumar, Fujicolor 200. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Treading. Pentax ME, 50/1.7 SMC Pentax-M, Fujicolor 200. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Today's 127 Day. Someone gave me the 1960s Kodak Brownie Fiesta they received as a child, so I tested this week. It has a strange in-focus patch of about 7 to 15 feet. I shot it with that in mind today. Shanghai GP3 100 in HC-110 1+63. #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Getting scans from the lab always makes me feel like it's my birthday! Pentax ME, 50/1.7 SMC Pentax-M, Fujicolor 200. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Stumbled upon the Monon rail museum on my way home from up north. Had the Pentax ME along, 50/1.7 mounted, AristaPan 100 inside. Rodinal 1+25. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
When you work for yourself sometimes the boss tells you to just take the rest of the afternoon off.
Dashboard of a 1958 Edsel Pacer, from the Cars & Coffee from last weekend. Pentax ME, 50/1.7 SMC Pentax-M, Fujifilm Neopan 400 x/2014, F76+ 1+9. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
I went to Indianapolis Cars and Coffee yesterday with an old film camera and it decided to underexpose all morning. This is how it goes sometimes with old film cameras. I got about a dozen usable images on the whole roll. 😞 Pentax ME, 50mm f/1.7 SMC Pentax-M, Fujifilm Neopan 400, Clayton F76+ 1+9.
This boy was 3 on this day, but is now 29 - and he moved himself two states away this morning. That comes with some sadness, but also excitement for him as he begins a grand life adventure. Happy Father's Day, all. Kodak Automatic 35F, Kodak Gold 200, 2001. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Downtown Brownsburg, IN, is in mid transformation. The main streets are shiny and new but a block off them you can find stuff like this. Pentax H3, 35/3.5 SMC Takumar, AristaPan 100, Rodinal 1+25. #filmphotograhy #believeinfilm
A review of the 1960 Pentax H3 is queued up on my site for sometime in the next couple of weeks. I came upon this lovely scene while out walking with it. The car is green, in case the shade of gray doesn't give it away. AristaPan 100 in Rodinal 1+25. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Got some scratches on these negatives I just scanned. Must have squeegeed the water off them with too much force. Konica Auto S2, AristaPan 100, Rodinal 1+25. #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Food truck on Wabash. Pentax IQZoom 170SL, Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. #filmphotography #believeinfilm
I got out my 1960-ish Kodak Brownie Starmatic recently and put some Shanghai GP3 100 through it and developed it in Rodinal 1+50. A Brownie Star-series camera was my first camera. This one has a primitive autoexposure system! #filmphotography #believeinfilm
I'm always down for an old BMW. Nikon N90s, 28-80/3.5-5.6 AF-D Nikkor, Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Who the hell shoots expired Fujifilm Neopan 400 at 800, and then develops it in Rodinal? meee Pentax H3, 50mm f/1.8 Super-Takumar. #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Study of a staircase at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Pentax IQZoom 170SL wasn't the ideal camera for this but it was the one I had on me. Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
All Parts Falling Off This Car Are The Finest English Workmanship. Nikon N90s, 28-200/3.5-5.6 AF-D Nikkor, Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
In Holliday Park in Indianapolis the trail system takes you right up and under this 1933 concrete-arch bridge. It feels vaguely dystopian to come upon it. Pentax Zoom 90-WR on AristaPan 100 in Rodinal 1+25. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
I picked up a Pentax 90-WR for $10 at a thrift store. It's a chunky boi. But its lens is shockingly good - no distortion or vignetting, sharp to the corners, great resolving power. AristaPan 100 in Rodinal 1+25. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Here's one I made in about 1990 while I lived in Terre Haute. The bottling plant is closed now, and this great sign is gone. Kodak VR35 K40 on Kodak color film, probably ISO 200. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
I'm here to pump you up. Nikon N60, 50mm f/1.8 AF Nikkor, Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400, 2026. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
One of the 31 covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana. Nikon N60, 50mm f/1.8 AF Nikkor, Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400, 2026. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Linz am Rhein, Germany. Pentax IQZoom 170SL, Kodak T-Max 100, Rodinal 1+50, 2023.
Me in 1989 in my college dorm room at the height of my mulletude. Miss the hair, not the lack of experience with absolutely everything. #blastfromthepast
A favorite photo from long ago. Bonus points if you can name the car. Argus A-Four, Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros, 2010. #believeinfilm #filmphotography
Graveyard at a coastal island church - Johns Island, SC. Nikon N60, 35-80/4-5.6 AF-D Nikkor, Fujifilm Neopan 400, R76+ 1+9, 2026. #believeinfilm #filmphotography