Directional Light

Manhole Revisited


Late Afternoon Light

Deep Shadows

Tree Shadow


Lonely Shrub


A Row of Sheds


A Memorial


Empty Playground

The play between light and dark shadows always interest me.
I always try look for interesting graphic elements in my photographs.
These are recent shots from my Dacora Digna.

Dacora Digna

Recently I rescued a rather ratty looking Dacora Digna medium format, scale focusing camera. Although it looked very well used, it is still very functional and the lens seems to be clean and clear.
It was made by Dacora-Kamerawerk, Reutlingen, Germany in 1954.
This Digna version comes with a collapsible Achromat Digna 80mm lens and one shutter speed (1/50 sec) plus B for timed exposures. It has two aperture settings, f 8 and f 11. Focusing is done by extending the lens from the body and turning the lens into three scale zones, 5-10 feet, 10-25 feet and 25 to infinity.

I loaded the camera with a Fuji Acros 100 120 roll film to test it but I’ve been so busy recently with commercial work that I couldn’t find time to finish the roll.

I will post images taken with it soon.