billypump

Art and music run in the family, but my life was spent in the Army. For a couple of years another fellow and I ran a couple of darkrooms; one in a building and one on a truck. A lot of time was spent shooting from choppers with a variety of cameras, including a thing called an Agiflite that took 12 metres of 70mm film and had Zeiss lenses set permanently on the hyperfocal distance. It took pin-sharp images from four kilometres away. My favourite camera at the time was a Linhof 4” x 5” view camera – yes I also used it from over 7,000ft. My favourite camera now is my vintage redwood with brass fittings 5” x 7” view camera of indeterminate make. It is a work of art in itself, but requires restoration before it is light-tight. A project for the future. I recently expressed an interest in shooting underwater on the Gold Coast beaches where we live, so my loving wife NautilusBlue gave me a 35mm Canon Powershot D10 for Christmas. Its image stabiliser helps counter my built-in shake. It’s a great little camera and gives me the macro capability to shoot insects and stuff as well. I just need to figure out how to fit a polariser to it, and look forward to using it underwater. We are away dodgeing floods through NSW and waiting for Queensland to dry out a bit. I look forward to being a part of this community. Happy shooting. Regards,
billypump