Charles Frost -- Photography

Contents:
35 mm gear
Medium format gear
Large format gear
Digital gear
Home studio
Home B&W darkroom
Mat cutting and dry mounting
Current Activities
Exhibitions
Awards
For Sale and Wanted to Buy
Favourite Stores and other links
Photographic work history

35 mm:
Lots of Nikon gear, mainly F3, with AI lenses from 14-500 mm
Nikon flashes SB-10, SB-11, SB-12, and SB-16A
Good selection of macro gear including PB-4 bellows, Novoflex 105/4 and Nikkor 135/4 bellows lenses
Japanese rangefinder collection (over 160 now!) with fixed f/2 or faster lenses
A couple of Canon Photura point and shoot cameras, great for travel and parties
Olympus XA for when compactness is the greatest requirement
Konica Hexar Silver with 35/2 and the flash. Works great.
Bessa-L with Heliar 15/4.5 -- the best value in high-quality extreme wide angle
Kodak Retina Ib, IIa and IIIc
Icarex 35CS with three lenses
Voigtländer Vitessa L

Medium Format:
Bronica SQ, SQ-a, SQ-am, SQ-ai and SQ-B, with PS 35-40-50-65-80-110-135-150-180-200-250 and 140-280 zoom
Polaroid back, 6x6 and 6x4.5 backs, bellows, 1.4 and 2x teleconverter, four prisms, etc
Yashica twin lens reflex collection. Just missing the B and the Rookie.
The Mat-124G was my main camera for fifteen years. It took a beating but just kept on working.
Several folding 120 cameras including Franka Solida, Franka Bonafix, Zeiss Nettar

Large Format:
Linhof Technikardan with 72-90-110-121-135-150-180-210-240-305-400-600 lenses (overkill, I know)
Linhof Kardan
Graphic View II with 90-150-215-270-360 lenses
Wisner Pocket Expedition for which I am going to make some lens boards
Wista 4x5 folder
Polaroid, and 6x8 roll film holders, pinholes

Digital Gear:
Olympus E system (E-3, E-1, E-300) with a bunch of lenses and accessories
Panasonic DMC-FX7 point and shoot -- a great purse camera; I take it everywhere
Panasonic DMC-LX3 point and shoot -- destined to replace the FX7
P4-1.7 computer with LaCie electron22blueIV
Nikon Coolscan 9000 ED
Epson 2450 scanner
Epson 2200 printer

Home Studio:
Sunpak monolights (three MS-4000 and two MS-2000)
Norman hairlight on boom
Photogenic background light
Lots of cloth backdrops

Home Darkroom:
Omega D6 with Ilford Multigrade 500 head
Durst Laborator 4x5 with Ilford Multigrade 400 head
A couple of Vivitar condensors
Several Computar enlarging lenses, also El-Nikkors, Rodenstock, Schneider
I print on RC and fibre up to 16x20
I process roll film in Patterson tanks and sheet film in Kodak hard rubber tanks
I have a Jobo 4x5 tank and a Beseler roller base; but haven't tried them yet.

Mat cutting and dry mounting:
I used to use a straightedge and an Olfa cutter; now I have a Logan 301s. Works fine.
For dry mounting I have a Seal Commercial 200 and a Seal Jumbo 160
I'm starting to put frames together

Current Activities:
Studio and location portraits
Landscape art photos
Event photos for Arteast
Concert and party photos and such for some local choirs
Copy and restoration work (done digitally and analogue)
Event photos for the Camera Club of Ottawa
Thinking about what to do with all my darkroom gear
Collecting more Japanese rangefinders
Designing and building a nice display case for all those rangefinders

Exhibitions:
2009 Shenkman Arts Centre
2008 Art World One Ottawa
1995 SAW Gallery Ottawa
1994 Camera Club of Ottawa Centennial
1991 Base Borden Photo Club

Awards:
2008 Best Black and White Portrait in Camera Club of Ottawa (Jan)
2004 Best Colour Portrait in Camera Club of Ottawa (Heike)
1999 Best Black and White Portrait in Camera Club of Ottawa (Yarie tbc)
1993 Canadian Forces Amateur Photographer of the Year
1990 Canadian Forces Amateur Photographer of the Year
1983 Selected for publication in Sentinel magazine's feature "A Day in the Life of the Canadian Forces"
1981 Royal Military College Commandant's Certificate of Merit for "Outstanding Performance in Photography"

For Sale items:
Nikon FM body (recently CLA'd)
Vivitar 135/2.8 tele with filter (nice sharp optics)
The Graphic View II system
Schneider Componon 135/5.6 enlarging lens (older chrome model)
EL-Nikkor 50/4 enlarging lens
Kodak Advance enlarger
Yashica Electro 35G, Electro 35GT, and EE
Nikon MC-27 cord

Wanted list:
Fast wide prime for the Nikon DSLR (e.g. 24/1.4)

Links:
Camera Club of Ottawa
Galaxy Camera

Actual Photographic Work (Employment/Jobs):
2006-2018: Staff Photographer for Arteast
1991-1992: Creative Choice Photo Studio co-owner in Angus (Borden)
1990-present: Copying and restoration of old photos
1976-1981: Staff photographer for Royal Military College newspaper and yearbook
1975-present: Weddings and portraits
1975 summer: Photo tech (Corporal) for Camp Argonaut (Gagetown)
1974-1976 Staff photographer for the Oromocto Monitor (weekly paper)

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