walking mirage

reveling in my smug sense of superiority over many film photographers: i don't take photos on film because it's cool and trendy, i do it because i'm weird and stupid. if you aren't weird and stupid and you're shooting film you've fucked up bad. i learned how to take photos on a mamiya 645, ruining myself forever. the newest digital camera i use is an eos 5d that was made when i was in middle school. the rest of my cameras were made before i was born. i'm committed to the bit. i'm fucked six ways from sunday.

if you hand me a mirrorless it will take me a while to figure out how to operate it and even then i am gonna be putting it in aperture priority or manual, if i can find them. if it's a sony it will take longer. fuck you sony, hire a UI ergonomicist or something

my brother asked me for advice on a nice camera for a trip to japan and i convinced him to buy a used Ricoh GR III and plan to sell it when he gets back. the two ways i could have fucked up are if it's not right for him or if he likes it too much and ends up keeping $850 camera

there's like 2-3 people max in the crowded line at the flu/covid clinic at Kaiser wearing a mask. do you think the damn disease exists or not. they never should have lifted the mask requirement for medical facilities