tokyo camera style

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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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Nikon F4E with Nikkor 45mm F2.8 P lens

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Nikon F Photomic with GN Auto Nikkor C 45mm F2.8 lens

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Olympus OM10 with OM H.Zuiko Auto-W 24mm F2.8 lens

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Hassleblad 503CXi with Carl Zeiss Planar CF 80mm F2.8 lens

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Pentax 67II with SMC Pentax 55mm f4 lens

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Pentax 67II with SMC Pentax 67 75mm F2.8 AL lens, wood grip, and flash bracket.

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with Super Takumar 50mm F1.4 lens

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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku

Pentax LX with Pentax FA 31mm F1.8 AL Limited lens

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Shinjuku

Lomo Horizon Panorama

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Shinjuku

Mamiya 7II with 65mm f4 lens

Photogapher: Shuhei Motoyama (Prev. on TCS)

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Shinjuku

Mamiya 7II with 65mm f4 lens and Honda motorcycle

Photogapher: Shuhei Motoyama (Prev. on TCS)

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Harajuku

Canon Autoboy Mini

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V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

Minolta TC-1

Photographer Matt Wong at the 3rddg booth with his excellent new book, Time Machine Random.

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The V Photobook Fair is a two-day event sponsored by the Photography Department of the Tokyo Visual Arts Academy that’s held at Creative Space Akademeia 21 in Harajuku.  

The vendors are a mix of Tokyo galleries and Japanese photobook publishers. Lots of familiar faces!

It's a nice size event- there are just enough booths that you can see everything but not feel too overwhelmed (see: Tokyo Art Book Fair).

Since this is the second consecutive year for it, I think it's safe to consider it an annual event.

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Harajuku, Tokyo

Konica Hexar RF with Voigtlander Color-Skopar 35mm f2.5 lens

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V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

Leica M6TTL with Jupiter-12 1:2,8 F=3.5cm lens

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V Photobook Fair, Harajuku

LOMO MC-A