May - 24th
Dirty Bug
Posted at 10:33 pm | Filed Under pencam, photography
Feb - 27th
Ex-Caribbean Zone
Posted at 11:25 pm | Filed Under digital, pencam, photography
The Caribbean Zone was a pinnacle of tiki-ness – waterfalls, rum drinks, a DC-3 providing campy, retro mezzanine seating, and rum drinks. I went there several times in the mid 90s, and wondered what had happened to the place. I walk by there on the way to work, but outside of their business hours the [...]
Jan - 7th
Behind the curve…
Posted at 9:10 am | Filed Under pencam, photography
I picked up an Aiptek Mega Pencam 1.3 last week to replace my (sniff!) Digital Elph. I’ve been interested in CMOS-based tinycams for some time; with all of the emphasis on technical fiddlybits it’s nice to go back to a total point-and-shoot camera where composition is all you have control over. I’m a little behind [...]
Apr - 10th
Easter Weekend
Posted at 9:22 am | Filed Under pencam
And I’m stuck bringing almost every camera I own. I have 8 shots on the AE-1 Program I want to finish off. I have another 8 on my Rebel, a fresh roll of XP2 in my Canonet, and 12 Lucky shots left in my LOMO. I’ll probably just bring my Rebel and LOMO, leave the [...]
Apr - 18th
Doggy/Pencam
Posted at 3:37 pm | Filed Under pencam, photography
Cheap tinycams can be fun, too!
Jul - 31st
Posted at 4:07 pm | Filed Under journal, pencam, photography
I picked up a new toy today – a SiPix Stylecam Blink camera – it’s a digital cam a la Pencam, 640×480 resolution, fixed focus — a point-and-shoot camera the size of two books of matches. After shooting with SLRs and rangefinders, futzing with film types and settings, it’s a lot of fun to go [...]





