TECHNO-WEENIE SHITE – THE END

I have finally fooled myself into thinking that I understand.
So after all that hand wringing and over buying of cameras to the point where I duplicated Ubaldo, I head east and trust the entire trip to decrepit Joãozão. It has been the bag from day one – with the exception of evening wanders where the light meter doesn’t work as well as Ziquinho’s and I thought that I should make sure the new lens worked. I have yet to put a roll through it – and thus feel like a real faculty member. While Ziquinho and the like are nice fall back cameras and work really well for Chesapeake/Bonne/Conception Bay formalism, I still like the portability of Joãozão and the fact that it draws the correct type of attention – looking old people don’t feel threatened – it is a conversation starter - a parking attendant was staring at it as I walked by.

In the end the courier bag was a slight modification of what it has always been – a real camera and a toy one – the toy one now being a digital point and shoot as that puny capture area allows for great depth of field. I wish that it could be replaced by film but I am not going to fret over it. I can tell when I am getting low on film I don’t like that battery light all of a sudden flashing.

Realising this I should treat Joãozão with more respect – gently pulling out the bellows rather than shaking them out. After yesterday’s outing and photographing quite a few humans with it I noticed that some of the gaffers tape was loose, a potential for light leaks. Crazy glued it back down and am off again to-day. I’ll junk about 20 rolls of film in the bag the camera in the front inner pocket as if it were a paper back and head out. .
So after all that hand wringing and over buying of cameras to the point where I duplicated Ubaldo, I head east and trust the entire trip to decrepit Joãozão. It has been the bag from day one – with the exception of evening wanders where the light meter doesn’t work as well as Ziquinho’s and I thought that I should make sure the new lens worked. I have yet to put a roll through it – and thus feel like a real faculty member. While Ziquinho and the like are nice fall back cameras and work really well for Chesapeake/Bonne/Conception Bay formalism, I still like the portability of Joãozão and the fact that it draws the correct type of attention – looking old people don’t feel threatened – it is a conversation starter - a parking attendant was staring at it as I walked by.

In the end the courier bag was a slight modification of what it has always been – a real camera and a toy one – the toy one now being a digital point and shoot as that puny capture area allows for great depth of field. I wish that it could be replaced by film but I am not going to fret over it. I can tell when I am getting low on film I don’t like that battery light all of a sudden flashing.

Realising this I should treat Joãozão with more respect – gently pulling out the bellows rather than shaking them out. After yesterday’s outing and photographing quite a few humans with it I noticed that some of the gaffers tape was loose, a potential for light leaks. Crazy glued it back down and am off again to-day. I’ll junk about 20 rolls of film in the bag the camera in the front inner pocket as if it were a paper back and head out.
In the end the courier bag was a slight modification of what it has always been – a real camera and a toy one – the toy one now being a digital point and shoot as that puny capture area allows for great depth of field. I wish that it could be replaced by film but I am not going to fret over it. I can tell when I am getting low on film I don’t like that battery light all of a sudden flashing.

Realising this I should treat Joãozão with more respect – gently pulling out the bellows rather than shaking them out. After yesterday’s outing and photographing quite a few humans with it I noticed that some of the gaffers tape was loose, a potential for light leaks. Crazy glued it back down and am off again to-day. I’ll junk about 20 rolls of film in the bag the camera in the front inner pocket as if it were a paper back and head out.