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Imperfections, limitations, and the hardware of film photography are always fascinating

I love cats and cars and science and music

I oppose authoritarian governments
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manykarz.bsky.social
I’m thankful for family and for cats.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A muted calico is loafed in the sun, her shadow falling toward her brother cat, who is collapsed in the warm light.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
A cycle-bi?
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
An early bicycle looks it was built after being told the basic premise of a modern bike, but the maker never actually saw one.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Here’s a nice reference for what it can do: hand-held low-light shot, probably wide open at f/2
A tiny moss world atop a fence post.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Best we can do is a fire escape down to the roof. After that, you’re on your own.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
The upper section of a roughly 10 story building has an exterior fire escape down only 2 stories to the roof of the main building. It’s unclear where a person would go after that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Monochrome Monday, polished sphere
📷 Pentax K1000, 50mm f/2
🎞️ Ilford HP5+
🧪 Ilfosol 3
#believeinfilm
The photographer is visible looking up at the polished reflective sphere at the top of an abstract metal sculpture.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Tyme for a Mustang?
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A yellow mid-90’s mustang convertible sits in front of the yellow Tyme Auto Sales building. Caution tape hangs in the foreground, alerting pedestrians to stay off the new sidewalk.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Rubber tree, 2024
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Lomo 800, CT scanned by accident.
A rubber tree is positioned in the corner, with direct sunlight shining on the upper leaves, and illuminating the yellow wall behind.
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Always keep listening
📷 Pentax K1000, 50mm f/2
🎞️ Cinestill 400D
A beat up Toyota Tercel is parked outside of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Satellite Facility, a large dish standing prominently atop the building.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Objects in mirror…
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
#halfframefriday
The photographer is reflected twice to be visible in the driver side mirror of an F-150. A sticker on the mirror says “I love you. drive safe ❤️”
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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End of the road, last winter?
📷 Yashica MicroElite AF
🎞️ Fuji 400
#believeinfilm
The end of a dirt road, where it intersects with the paved one, an old oak tree leans to the left, away from the power line easement, where it has been trimmed for years.
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Auto Care, angle 2
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A smooth-roof Quonset hut has a red painted corrugated front, illuminated by morning sunlight. The sky is clouded, and colorful fall trees stand in the background.
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Fall sunset
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
The sun has set behind the trees in the distance, its shape still partly visible at the bottom of the frame. Sparse clouds are in the sky above.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Gooses… geeses?
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Two Canada geese swim in a Chicago Harbor. The sky is cloudless and the water is calm. Two more geese are hidden in the background, close to a couple sitting on a boat.
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Zephyr
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
The Zephyr train is illuminated tastefully at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, its curved metal body reflecting the surroundings.
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Todd’s truck, Todd’s tree
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A red late-80’s Chevy Kodiak is parked by the road, attracting visitors to Todd’s Services. A tree with bright red fall foliage keeps the red theme in the background.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Pre-Caturday preparation
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A muted calico cat is curled up, snoozing in a special bed built into a table.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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We’re floating in space.
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Cinestill 800T
#believeinfilm
Short star trails arc around the top left corner of the frame. Trees peek into the top left and bottom right corners. A hair is present in the scan.
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The Berghoff
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
The Berghoff Restaurant in Chicago has a big neon sign out front. People hang out on the sidewalk outside. Reflected light from the taller buildings falls onto the restaurant.
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Auto Care on a fall morning
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
The old, abandoned “Auto Care” An orange-red fall tree
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Snoozin’ at the beginning of the roll for Monochrome Monday
📷 Rollei 35, f/3.5
🎞️ Cinestill BWXX
#believeinfilm
A cat is curled in a box by the window, basking in the sun. Several bands of overexposure cut vertically across the frame
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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So it goes
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A flowering weed grows through the gap between the pavement and the building. A few days later, the weed has been chopped at the base, and is now laying on the ground.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Cat, reflected
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A tabby cat with white is out of frame, but his reflection is visible in the half-shaded window. The rest of the scene is relatively dark, but details are visible, including artwork hanging on the wall.
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
manykarz.bsky.social
Seasons change, mad things rearrange.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Looking up at the colorful fall leaves and a patch of blue sky. A single orange leaf hangs on bare branches, illuminated by the flash.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Obama’s library, as viewed from the Wooded Island
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A monolithic building stands alone across the water, framed by scrubby trees.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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2002
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
An orange BMW 2002 is parked by some shipping containers and a telephone pole.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM