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Cameras and Photography spotted in Tokyo, Japan. If you want to change your photographs, you need to change cameras. Changing cameras means that your photographs will change. A really good camera has something I suppose you might describe as its own distinctive aura. -- Nobuyoshi Araki I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day -- William Eggleston Cameras are wonderful little contraptions. By making photographs, they are tools with which one can express their personal taste and private sensibilities. At the same time they physically exist as expressions of these same concepts. The relationship one has with their cameras affects their approach to making a picture. People who shoot film simply do because they choose to, and the Photo Culture of Tokyo is full of film camera users. When I meet them out on the streets I ask to photograph their camera, and usually post it here the same day. All of the photos were shot with a Ricoh GRDII. I trust that this irony is not lost on anyone. These photos are meant for sharing. By all means, re-blog away. Clicking on the images will present you with a version 1000 pixels wide to further enjoy. I also take other kinds of photographs as well. Contact / メール tokyocamerastyle (a) gmail.com Tokyo Camera Style on: Flickr &Instagram

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Recommended photobook

Nobuyoshi Araki "Living Cats in Tokyo"

荒木経惟『東京猫町』

This cat-a-log of Tokyo felines is a charming, monochrome love-letter to the city. Full article here:

John Sypal：41 Nobuyoshi Araki

Between February and May of 1998, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Public Health

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Over a hundred years ago moments of Tokyo were preserved in glass negatives- the then-novel technology opened the doors of photography to a wider, amateur audience.

This is the theme of a modest yet informative exhibition at the Shitamachi Museum in Ueno titled: Dry Plate Photography: The Joy of Taking Pictures｜「ガラス乾板展 写真を撮るたのしみ」.

It looks back at Tokyo’s early popular photographic history and culture - very interesting stuff.

My full article on the show (the 47th entry in my series of exhibition reports for Photo & Culture Tokyo) can be seen here:

John Sypal：Vol.47 Dry Plate Photography: The Joy of Taking Pictures｜「ガラス乾板展 写真を撮るたのしみ」：Photo & Culture, Tokyo

Overlooking Shinobazu Pond in corner of Ueno Park, the Shitamachi Museum is a cozy, three-

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Leica Store Ginza, Tokyo

Leica M-A with 35mm f1.4 Summilux lens and Leicavit

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Leica Store Ginza, Tokyo

Leica MP 0.58 with 35mm f1.4 Summilux lens and Leicavit

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Leica Store Ginza, Tokyo

Leica M4 black paint and Leitz Elmar 50mm F3.5 lens

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Leica Ginza, Tokyo

Leica M3 and Zeiss Planar 50mm F2

Leica M-A and Leica Summilux-M 35mm F1.4 Steel Rim lens

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Ginza, Tokyo

Leica M8 with 35mm f1.5 Summilux-M Steel Rim lens and grip

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Aoyama, Tokyo

Pentax 6x7 with 165mm f2.8 lens

Photographer: Chikashi Suzuki / instagram / website

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Yodobashi Camera, Shinjuku

Canon AE-1 Program with Canon FD 35-70mm f2.8-3.5 S.S.C. lens

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Yodobashi Camera, Shinjuku

Leica M4-P with 28mm f2.8 Elmarit-M lens, Rapidwinder, and KEKS Meter M

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Fuji Cardia Travel mini OP

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Ueno Park, Tokyo

Topcon RE Super + RE. Auto-Topcor 1:2.8 F=35mm lens

I think this is only the second or third Topcon to ever appear on TCS

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Ueno Park, Tokyo

Zenza Bronica ETRS with Bronica ETR 50mm F2.8 Zenzanon MC lens

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Ueno, Tokyo

Pentax 17 in the hands of its creator, TKOさん

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Ueno Park, Tokyo

Leica M7 with Summicron-M ASPH 35mm F2 lens

Leica M3 with Summicron 50mm F2 lens

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Tokyo

Leica M3 J with 35mm f1.2 Noctilux lens

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Ueno, Tokyo

Leica M2 with 35mm f2 Summicron lens and Akagivit rapid winder