Justfolk's photos with the keyword: 18614-013b

These people were not doing anything for Che Guevara's 90th birthday. But I was. That morning, I had loaded my old Zenit 3M with film and set off taking pictures. Che fans will know the Zenit 3M was his favourite camera. His own 3M is on display under glass at the big Che memorial in Santa Clara, Cuba. When I visited the memorial about five years ago, I saw it. My film was 2001-expired Kodak 200 film, which I shot at about 100, though I was just guessing at exposures. I think here it was a thirtieth of a second at f/2.8. The camera has a nice lens, one of the very good Soviet-era lenses, Helios-44 f/2 58mm. The camera itself is generally working, though its viewfinder is skewed inside the housing so, if I were to rely on it, all the pictures would be turned right at an angle of about ten degrees. Here, I focussed, put the camera on a filing cabinet aimed generally in the right direction, and set the self-timer. Surprisingly, the timer works perfectly. :) We were at a meeting, perhaps the last meetnig of the centre we form the Management Committee of. So, when I suggested a Che-day portrait, they were all willing. They make good models.