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GeWilli
@gewilli.bsky.social
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Itinerant cycligrapher©™ Coffee, Bikes, Photography, Food, you know that stuff
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 19m
Ships in the rain

Riverside, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ Lomo Earl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
Off shore wind project service/work ships In the rain with a large crane behind
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1h
Bees in flowers

Testing 'macro' range on the big lens

Providence, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ LomoEarl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
#bnwmacro
Been in a Cosmo Bee in a sunflower
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 11h
Fig leaf

(A wee bit chewed on)

Providence, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ LomoEarl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
Insect eaten remains of a fig leaf on the fig tree
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 15h
Of course this one has a smooth well functioning aperture and the glass in like new condition... But it seems it only works wide open on the digital backs.

Guess I'm in the market for some manual k mount lenses for the K1000

*mumble* GAS *mumble
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 15h
got the email this morning and no joke first thought: How horrible is the person with that much money, but also good cause they need the cash? followed by 'fuck how bad'

And no - I was never in it deep enough then to know of or them. My early crew was limited to Coach Coachy (aka Coach Rick Ricky).
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 15h
I opened up this app on the phone and scrolled for a second and gave myself a panic attack.

It was enough motivation to carve a few minutes out to post some images. I've got a few more to share, but will pace it.

It is legit scary out there but we've gotta keep going friends...
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 16h
So yes, the camera seems to be working. The lens? meh a little soft, esp noticeable on the K3 (digital monochrome sensor)

There is play between the lens mount and the lens assembly. Can't find a good 'how to take this variation apart' video or documentation, and it is enough to vignette.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 16h
Four of my 'standards'

Okay this film is grainy - maybe pushing it wasn't a great idea but it was raining and dark.

Providence, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ LomoEarl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
Light house with the flag showing there's a strong wind blowing Very wet pier with the city of providence in the rain shrouded distance and a very high tide The remains of the old rail bridge alongside the empty bike path with the city in the distance Looking west into the sunset, the powerplant and all the people stuck in their cars crawling over the bridge
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 16h
motion on film

(ofc I had to do a few of these yesterday)

Providence, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ LomoEarl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
a person wearing a striped shirt, and yes that's me panning with a short long exposure (1/8 or 1/4 not sure) Super motion blur of a person walking
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 16h
Lindeman building with clouds

(the rain cleared off in the afternoon, and yes the sky does look black, no, no filters used)

Providence, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ LomoEarl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
Tree in the bottom nearly dark as the clouds and the building were so bright and that's what the camera meter suggested to use
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 16h
Four of my 'standards'

Okay this film is grainy - maybe pushing it wasn't a great idea but it was raining and dark.

Providence, RI
October 8th, 2025

📷 Pentax K1000 Vivitar Series 1 V.3 70-210 f2.8-4
🎞️ LomoEarl Grey (Kent 100) at 200 ISO
⚗️ Zone 510-pyro 15'
#believeinfilm
Light house with the flag showing there's a strong wind blowing Very wet pier with the city of providence in the rain shrouded distance and a very high tide The remains of the old rail bridge alongside the empty bike path with the city in the distance Looking west into the sunset, the powerplant and all the people stuck in their cars crawling over the bridge
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Awe thank you.

They are a mainstay of my daily commute and I'm always grateful to see them, and being on the bike means I can sometimes stop and get the camera out and sneak up on them and get a photo.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Great Blue Heron
...casual then 'I'm outa here'

Riverside, RI
Oct 8, 2025
📷 Pentax K3 mkiii Monochrome with Vivtar series 1 v.3 70-210 lens
#birds
heron in the water silhouetted by the setting sun heron taking off with the reflection below - manual focus is 'tough' with these guys moving away
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Egret (you write the joke this time) wings flaired coming in for a landing.

📷 Pentax K3 mkiii Monochrome with Vivtar series 1 v.3 70-210 lens
#birds
an egret and reflection as it flairs its wings coming infor a landing on the water that looks black
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Stripers are running and it was fun to watch on the way home.

Popped the 70-210 Vivtar on the 📷 K3 mono and yeah manual focus of birds doing action stuff with this lens is TOUGH as expected.
The gulls were also working the schools of little fish from above.

Riverside, RI
Oct 8, 2025
one little fish jumping away and you can just make out the side of the striped bass splashing the water just in the middle left of the image, there are three sea gulls fluing in the frame a gull with a small fish in its beak with head turned and drops falling away after diving in for a bit of food
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
I feel I can hit some big points about why thinner is better on the chemistry of the glue alone.

But hey, as long as they don't roll. All good.

I fuss about it 'cause I have a much higher adhesion force requirement because 2x you (even though 0.5x fast) 😁
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
It's more about the layers of dry glue than a big sloppy wet glue, ya know this, right?

More is better if you let the thin layers dry...
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Dude... How are ya getting glue on the sidewalls?

I mean I guess I can use my imagination. Next time HMU we can do a zoom and go through it 😉

If there's a next time
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
UN54 seems good in XTOL and D-76 AND even in Zone's 510-pyro

kind of really like this film... and your images confirm this.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
These are all really lovely. Thank you for sharing them.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Walking

Not sure why I didn't put this with the group yesterday. But looking at the photos from the session, it is one I like. Given the statistics of the internet and sharing it might be the least popular of them all (not the goal)

Oct 7, 2025
📷 Pentax K3 mkiii monochrome SCM DFA-100mm macro
one person walking left to right - multiple people walking right to left, a light post and tall grasses behind the figures.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Abstract #2

The completely oversaturated image also falls into that total miss but maybe also working better than if it was perfectly exposed.

Oct 7, 2025
📷 Pentax K3 mkiii monochrome SCM DFA-100mm macro
people walking in a motion blur with aperture way too wide open for the amount of available light and shutter speed.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Abstract #1

revisiting yesterday's motions after thinking, and wanted to look at initially the least successful at the goal but in way more perfect from being so far from the mark.

Oct 7, 2025
📷 Pentax K3 mkiii monochrome SCM DFA-100mm macro
sign post and movement somewhat grouped lines of light and motion but abstracted.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
Nonsense, coffee is ALWAYS the answer 😁

Thank you 🙏
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
i have an abysmally cheap and crappy M42 Vivitar, it was all I could afford way back in college (made a bit after this one, but not by much), this is night and day different.

Seems this V.3 might have been the pinnacle (of these zoom range) made by Komine.
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GeWilli @gewilli.bsky.social · 1d
There's a lot in that last book that is kind of perfect for the right now.

(Bonus for referencing Art & Fear)

Good light reading even if there are excessive references to Twitter 😉

Looking for a change of pace, a worthy pick up read by @austinkleon.bsky.social

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The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy
An audio compilation ofSteal Like an Artist, Show Your Workand Keep Going. Read by the author, it’s the bestselling and transformative series on how to unlock your creativity, find community and an au...
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