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Tag Archives: Marina Beach
Camera Test: No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type
Remember the No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type? With such a distinctive name, who could forget it? Not like the cameras nowadays – all DSC-something-cybersomething-shot-pix – they all blur together. Naming conventions were different in the early 1900s. … Continue reading
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Tagged antique, camera, Chennai, folding, Kodak, lighthouse, Marina Beach, No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak, R.R. Lens Type, vintage
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Camera Test: Ansco Readyflash
The Ansco Readyflash – so named because it’s “ready for flash” (but I don’t have one) via two connectors on the camera – is about as simple a box camera as you could probably come up with. It’s made of … Continue reading
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Tagged ansco, black and white, Chennai, India, Marina Beach, readyflash, review, vintage camera
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Day at the Beach
Marina Beach, Chennai, India
Posted in Life in India
Tagged beach, Chennai, dog, fish, India, Marina Beach, surfing
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“Blessed:” My Entry for the “India Is” Video Contest
All living things love their life, desire pleasure and do not like pain; they dislike any injury to themselves; everybody is desirous of life and to every being, his life is very dear.” – from the Yogashastra (Jain Scripture), from around … Continue reading
Posted in Video Contests, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged Chennai, documentary, india is, Jainism, Jains, Marina Beach, pigeons, Video Contests
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Testing the Kodak Retina 1a
In today’s world of camera that are fully automatic, and only the hard-core photographer bothers to worry about and understand concepts such as aperture and ISO, managing to get decent photos from a camera where you must set everything manually … Continue reading
Posted in Life in India, Photowalks, Vintage cameras
Tagged film photography, Marina Beach, Retina 1a, vintage camera
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Chennai: at the Beach
Today’s post is a bit more depressing than most. People in Chennai will proudly tell you Chennai’s “Marina Beach” (also often spelled “Merina”) is the longest beach in the world, or the second longest. I was skeptical, but found that … Continue reading