I have been trying out various film cameras to find some I like. They are cheaper now than they were when new … but more expensive than several years ago, as film is making a comeback. This shot was one where I removed a roll of film that I hadn’t started, but was loaded in a camera that I had decided to return (it was a Nikon F6 … a beautiful rugged beast of a camera, but just too heavy). When I loaded it into the ‘new’ camera (a Nikon F100) it wasn’t synced up exactly right and I ended up with a partial double exposure. I thought it was an interesting abstract ‘still life’.

I decided to keep the F100 … it was one of the last film cameras that Nikon made … and was fully automatic, with full compatibility with current lenses. The other 35mm camera I decided to keep was the Nikon FM3a … a fully manual camera (with built in light meter). It’s much lighter weight… but won’t accept current lenses.