IDEAOFNORTH

I recorded a cover of “Cold Night” for “Decomposing”, the G500 list’s fan tribute CD. Listen to the track, or grab the whole comp for free here.

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cassette demo
self-released in 1995
recorded to 4-track cassette at our practice space

cooper [ 4mb mp3 ]
the natural [ 8.3mb mp3 ]
cruiser [ 2.5mb mp3 ]
the walk [ 5.4mb mp3 ]
sweater [ 2.5mb mp3 ]
truly [ 1.7mb mp3 ]
house burnt down / intro [ 13.9mb mp3 ]

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[ Fujifilm F30 ]

My pocket camera these days, and probably the camera that sees the most use. The CCD in the F30 (and it’s stripped-down twin, the F20) is sort of known for being larger than comparable digital point & shoots, resulting in a sharper image, and for being usable at higher ISO settings. I like to shoot with available light, and at night outdoors, and I’ve found the F30 to be reasonable when I don’t feel like taking out the Kiev. The Fuji color takes a little getting used to, maybe less hyped/more natural than other manufacturers? I’ve really grown to love it, though, and any of the new digital stuff on this site was shot with this camera.

dpreview
dpreview Fuji forum

[ KIEV 4A ]

My favorite film camera for the past few years is this russian copy of a Contax II rangefinder. I bought a Zeiss/Contax 50.1.5 lens for it that is pretty amazing. Not a Leica, but then I don’t worry about dropping it either.

The history of this camera is pretty fascinating. The entire Zeiss/Ikon/Contax factories including all camera tooling were boxed up and moved from Dresden and Jena to Kiev after WWII. So the Kievs, especially ones produced right after the war, were the exact same cameras as those produced in Germany, although I don’t doubt that QC suffered a little.

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kiev report

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