Snoqualmie Falls

An old Nikon Lenses_Nikkormat EL series

Recently I charged the battery for Kodak DCS 14n and start to use it again.


The lower two photos were took with the Nikon 50mm manual lenses which I got from my parent and my parent got it from my grandmother, and she bought it new from Japan. 


She passed away at her age 60 when I was six grade in elementary school in 1989.


Nikkormat EL series (1972–1977, known in Japan as the Nikomat EL series)

Medium Format in1999

These photos were took in 1999 with medium format cameras.

The first one was Mamiya 7 II+43mm, and scanned by Epson scanner.

The second one was Fuji G690III, and scanned by drum scanner. The resolution is 5405x7966 which is around 43 megapixel  

In 1999 Kodak came out consumer DC215 camera and professional DCS 300 which is 1 megapixel and 3 megapixel. Today 2012 they stop making them.

In 2011 Sony came out a digital camera called NEX-7 which is 24.3 megapixel.

覺得上面這些數字很有趣.攝影也一路跟著走過來了,今天發現這兩張照片放在一起也是有趣.第一張照片是當時后里木工廠的照片,也是支持我們一家的經濟來源,如今工廠改建出租.第二張是綠島柚子湖的照片,大學時期和幾個最要好的朋友一同出遊拍的照片,到目前還未回到那邊,不知變得如何了.

攝影的技術門檻曾經很高,數位相機去除了所有等待沖洗的時間,這巨幅縮短了學習的時間,攝影變得更大眾化,大眾化帶來的便利,攝影神奇的面紗卻被帶走. 比如顏色更美,構圖更加,更驚人的細節這些環節變得更細小. 人是偏向被前所未見的人事物感動而追求. 很多環節都可以觸發那情緒,而且歷史上類似的事周而復始的循環,這代表著我們容易遺忘也容易受感動.

攝影從19世紀初實驗階段,到今天的發展. 看各種媒材都發生過類似的事情.
藝術的產生似乎都是在各種受限的情況下有著驚人的突破而被歌頌,而消費式電子產品的產生也類似的.縱使各種發明讓某些突破在今天唾手可得,卻再也不讓人感動驚奇而漸漸被遺忘,之後人繼續追求在受限環境下的不可能而往前.