PESO 2019 - "Analog Forever" SF Photo Walk - GDG

I thought this might be of interest to some.=20

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I signed up to obtain a first issue of the new Analog Forever magazine =
(https://www.analogforevermagazine.com) a few months ago. A week or =
three ago, I received an invite to a San Francisco photo walk in honor =
of their launch. Yesterday was the day...=20

Getting ready to go, I thought about what camera to take along. The =
Hasselblad 500CM came to mind, but I recently had my Minox C and EC =
cameras out and I thought, "Hmm. I wonder if folks would like to see =
some Minox cameras. I'm sure there'll be other Hasselblads..." So I =
loaded a roll of Minopan (Agfa APX) 25 into the Minox C and a roll of =
Minopan 100 into the Minox EC. Carrying two Minox cameras with their =
flash unit as well as the Minox tripod (just in case) leaves my bag =
delightfully light and empty, to the point where I then thought, "Oh =
stuff it: I'll carry the Polaroid SLR670x by MiNT and two packs of 600 =
Color as well." That way we could share some photos at the end-walk =
meetup point at SF Camerawork (https://sfcamerawork.org). :D=20

I took CalTrain up from San Jose to avoid having to deal with parking =
and traffic, and bussed up to the start point. Meet up was at Glass Key =
Photo (http://www.glasskeyphoto.com) on Sutter near Van Ness Avenue. I =
arrived as folks were beginning to show up and walked in. Oh my! I =
haven't seen a photo shop with a wall of printing papers and a set of =
refrigerators full of film behind the counter in quite a long time!=20

People arrived with a delightful array of interesting cameras. Lots of =
instant film, new and old, 35mm RFs, 35mm SLRs, and MF SLRs/TLRs/RFs. A =
couple folks with 8mm and Super 8 movie cameras. Everyone was in a =
festive mood and happy to chat about their gear, their photography, etc, =
and there was a good mix of men and women as well. A few folks I knew =
from other events and places were there, notably my friends from Modern =
Book Gallery days Niniane and Danny. (Danny still works for Modern Book =
in their latest efforts and Niniane now works for Analog Forever.)=20

The walk commenced with the usual hubbub of getting a group shot. About =
a hundred people had assembled... quite a daunting group to photograph =
in the narrow confines of the sidewalk outside the shop. After that we =
loosely meandered along in a spread out bunch of groups, first up to =
Bush Street and then down Bush to the Leica Store near the top of Grant =
Avenue and the Dragon Gate, people snapping photos as we went. Then the =
walk headed down to Market Street, and back towards Van Ness until we =
arrived at SF Camerawork.=20

The conversation along the way was fun and engaging. People photographed =
each other, other people, sights along the way, etc etc. I shot one pack =
of my Polaroid Originals film, finished the roll in the Minox EC, and =
did about half the roll in the Minox C. Another guy with a 100 series =
Polaroid made a portrait of me, which he handed to me to hold until it =
was dry ... I lost track of him and still have it!=20

  https://flic.kr/p/2hHQ1CX

I took one of him too:

  https://flic.kr/p/2hHLksp

At SF Camerawork, a number of the instant film users (myself included) =
laid their photos out on the table for everyone to see. This was my set:=20=


  https://flic.kr/p/2hHNW4N

I left a little early because I needed to catch the bus and train back =
home. On the way out, I asked one of the guys from Glass Key Photo if =
they carried Minox film, and it seems that they do if he recollects =
correctly. I did a few more snaps with the Minox C on the way home. =
There are now about 15 exposures to go in that camera.=20

All in all, a very fun day of it. I look forward to my first issue of =
Analog Forever!
The roll of film I shot with the Minox EC has now been processed and =
will be scanned as soon as it is dry=E2=80=A6 I'll add them, and =
individual scans of the Polaroids too, to the album on Flickr. :D

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No matter where you go, you can always have a Minox with you.=