Sharpness is overrated

A while back a friend of mine sold me a Zorki - a Soviet copy of an old 40's Leica. It's super cheap, super simple with no meter or name-brand glass. It's been a long time since I've shot film as small as 35mm ...

But I've been sucked in by the simplicity of such a camera, and the possibilities in a simple roll of 400. Nowadays, when I can change my 5D's ISO every other frame, it's nice to have a simpler set of tools, and I'm finding I like dragging the shutter down to 1/8 or less in low light and being able to shoot the same film at high noon.

Also, I find tack sharp images scary ... jarring. I like grain, and I live for images that are soft like a pillow. Though I love leica glass, the zorki's lens seems to do a good job of that.

Here are some recent shots from it, processed in my bathroom. Excuse my dust - I'm too tired to retouch at the moment ...

so here they are - raw.

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