I decided I really needed to put more film through my Olympus Stylus Epic so I loaded a roll of Kodak UltraMax 400 and carried the camera in my pocket for a week, with walks through Old Town and the UNM campus.
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| Dane Smith Hall |
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| A lawn art statue representing the UNM Lobo mascot |
I had not been on the campus in some time and it seemed a lot bigger than I remembered it. I visit the Plaza Vieja in Albuquerque's Old Town at least weekly and it is much less of a challenge to my limited mobility.
As usual on a Friday morning there was a long line of restored classic cars in front of the church.
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| 1938 Chev |
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| upholstery talk |
All of the cars are ones I had seen and photographed before, except for
the little blue Mercury Comet, perhaps the most modest model to carry
the Mercury name; I think this was an early one.
The camera seems to work perfectly. Its only issue is a small light leak, and a narrow stip of electrical tape easily deals with that. The Stylus Epic is even smaller than the compact Infinity Stylus and the 4-element 2.8/35mm lens is a bit more sophisticated than the earlier mju's 3.5/35mm, though I don't see a significant difference in the quality of the pictures between the two. I actually prefer the handling of the earlier Infinity Stylus, but it may be I am just more familiar with the older camera because I have put a lot of film through it over the last fifteen years.
2 comments:
I like that Comet, including its small fins (totally useless, of course). These cars look streamlined, especially compared to the bulbous rounded SUV things that pollute our roadways today. And these older cars had good visibility for the driver.
I didn't know what it was until I saw the logo on the tail end. There was quite a difference between the early ones and the later models.
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