James Clark

Barbara and James Clark                                                         

I recently had the good luck to meet  fellow Mamiya TLR user James Clark who lives   along the Wallace River in Middleboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

Good luck in that he sold me a 55mm lens which I have long coveted but never gotten around to purchase.

I took a picture of James holding his C330 with his wife Barbara and asked him to write a brief bio of his photography history.

"Photography has been a fascination for me since taking a snap-shot of “Old Faithful” geyser, at age 9 using a pre-war Kodak folder.  As an adult complete satisfaction was found using Nikon gear.  At least until a couple of gifts arrived.  First came a Yashica "A" TLR, followed shortly by a Davis & Sanford Redi-Tilt tripod.  The camera was frustratingly poor, but the TLR design was pleasant in use and the large negative, sensational.  A knowledgeable friend suggested Mamiya, and the C330S soon arrived.  Again, satisfaction.  

The foray into roll film continued with another gift, a Zeiss Nettar folder, conveniently portable and capable of wonderful pictures.  More recently, and less limited in that contrast filters are readily available, a Rolleiflex 2.8E has found a place in the kit.  The adventure continues."

-James Clark 

(photo: Mamiya C220, 65mm, Ilford HP5, exposure not recorded, D76 1:1)