![An oak along Orr Springs Road, in Mendocino County west of Ukiah.](https://infospigot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/30920675641_92547d28c6_o-1024x679.jpg)
OK — a break from post-election stuff.
For my birthday earlier this year, one of my kids gave me what probably qualifies as an antique film camera. It’s a Canonet — a little rangefinder camera made by Canon in the mid-1960s through the late ’70s.
I haven’t shot any film in years, and while the camera is fairly simple to use, I had no idea how pictures would come out. After ruining a couple rolls that I apparently failed to advance or rewind correctly, I finally managed to shoot some color slide film, extract it from the camera, and get it processed.
The results are fun and gratifying — here’s a Flickr slideshow of images that the lab digitized and transferred to a CD. I’m ready to go out and shoot more.
![Pinot noir grapes, Toulouse Vineyards, Mendocino County.](https://infospigot.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/30920676331_0eec99229c_o-1024x679.jpg)