Author: ctaverna@@
Dear Fellow Photographers,
My name is Carmine Taverna, from New York City.
I have been a photographer since 1973, having graduated the School of Modern Photography, Little Falls New Jersey. My work has been published on the cover of magazines & newspapers.
The mission of this website, is to acknowledge, Freedom of Expression through the Art of Photography.
80year old LEICA iii-a-drp. Photographed with a Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS, and +4 close-up filter.
1938 LEICA
carmine taverna
1938 ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR…..LEICA
Leica was founded by:
Ernst Leitz in 1914.
Early Leica cameras were designed by OSKAR BARNACK circa 1914.
A 1938 Leica, photographed on it’s 80th birthday, with a 2010 Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS, with +4 close-up filter.
Leica 1938 III-a-DRP
Happy 80th Birthday Leica III-a-DRP
Staten Island, New York. A tree worthy of veneration. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS.
Pentax 645d
Staten Island, New York, tree entrammeled. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS.
Staten Island, New York. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS.
Staten Island, New York Beach. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS.
Staten Island, New York Beach rock. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS.
Staten Island, New York in Autumn. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS.
Caterpillar. Staten Island, New York. Ricoh GXR camera with Ricoh 5.1-15.3mm f2.5-4.4 lens.
Mexican Papatzul, Restaurant. New York City. Canon G11 camera (made in japan) with 6.1-30.5mm f2.8-4.5 lens.
Upper East Side Manhattan, New York City. Nikon mirrorless camera V1 with Nikkor 18.5mm lens.
NIKON V1 MIRRORLESS CAMERA.
NIKON V1 MIRRORLESS CAMERA.
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1946-1955..KODAK, six-20 flash brownie camera..Rochester, NY…
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1930-1950 “AGFA” ANSCO FLASH CLIPPER camera-Binghamton, NY…
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1950-1959..Beacon” two-twenty-five” camera, by Whitehouse products, Brooklyn, New York.
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1952, Bilora, Tower Camera…Flash 120..from Radevormwald, Western Germany..
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
The Russian “FED-ATLAS” 35mm camera…1967-1971
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1948-1960..Spartus Twin Lens Reflex, full-view, Galter products co., Chicago, ILL.
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1939-1950 Spartus PRESS FLASH camera, Chicago ILL.,
Vintage Film Camera, Macro Photography Studio, New York City. Pentax 645D medium format DSLR with Pentax-d FA, 55MM F2.8, AL, IF, SDM, AW LENS. Lighting used, Godox 64-led twin lights with colored gels. Tripod was the [made in Italy] Manfrotto 290, with Ball head 496rc2 also by Manfrotto.
1938 Altissa ii – {Dresden Germany} camera