Apple blossom, April 2020
Nikon F75, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D + Nikon Close-up Lens No.1, 1/180s, f11, Kodak Ektachrome E100
Scan by AgLab with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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Monochrome Monday… Shade and light, March 2020
Shade and light, March 2020
Olympus OM-1N, Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro, 1/60s, f8 – Ilford FP4 Plus rated at ISO 100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
An image from the first roll of film through my Olympus OM-1N since it’s return from PPP Repairs and one of the first to use the Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro lens that was a 50th birthday present from my wife (thank you Joy!)
The 50mm Macro has very quickly become the ‘standard’ lens on my OM cameras, it’s wonderfully compact and lightweight, not to mention fantastically sharp!
Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Captain America at No.5 Sydney Street
5 Sydney Street
Nikon F75, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, 1/250s, f8, Kodak Ektachrome E100
Wishing my friends and readers ‘across the pond’ a super and safe July 4th! 🇺🇸
The above sign adorns Dave’s Comics in Brighton, East Sussex, a business occupying two shops on Sydney Street… but if memory serves this sign is actually above the one at No.3!
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Wordless Wednesday… Red Campion (Silene dioica)
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon XF 18-135mm f3.5~5.6 R LM OIS WR at 122mm, 1/2000s, f8, ISO 400
Single frame… Starvehimvalley Bridge, June 2020
Starvehimvalley Bridge, June 2020
Fujica GW690 – 1/60s, f8, – Kosmo Foto Mono 100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Another image from my first roll of Kosmo Foto Mono 100 film…
Starvehimvalley Bridge carries a narrow track over the Cromford Canal, the remnants of which now form a small fishing pond.
‘Starvehimvalley’ is an unusual name, the origins of which have been lost with time, none of my local contacts can shed any light on it…
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Buckland Hollow
Buckland Hollow, June 2020
Fujica GW690 – 1/30s, f3.5, – Kosmo Foto Mono 100
Developed in Ilford DDX at 1:4, 10 mins at 20°c.
Last week I did a little exploring on one of the many old railway lines hereabouts…
This is the former Buckland Hollow branch line in Derbyshire, the branch, off the Midland Railway’s Ambergate to Pye Bridge line, served Ambergate Brickworks and Heage and Hartshay Collieries.
Passenger services on the Ambergate to Pye Bridge line ceased in 1947 and the line closed completely in December 1968 but I believe that some of the track was recovered for use at what is now the Midland Railway-Butterley.
This is my first roll of Kosmo Foto Mono 100 film and it certainly won’t be my last, it’s a beautiful film, grainy and high in contrast (but in a pleasantly traditional way) and very reasonably priced!
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Born on this Day… Terry Cryer
‘Experience as a professional photographer has taught me that there is a lot more to photography than the Kodak slogan “You just press the button and we do the rest”‘
Terry Cryer (British jazz and blues photographer) – June 24, 1934 – January 15, 2017.
Monochrome Monday… The narrowboat ‘SOVEREIGN’
The narrowboat ‘SOVEREIGN’
Nikon FG, Nikon Series E 36-72mm f/3.5, – Kodak T-Max T400 CN
Lockdown is giving me chance to look through folders full of (mostly unidentified) negatives…
From the few notes I made at the time I can at least tell that this roll was shot in the summer of 2008 on a Nikon FG and mainly using a Nikon Series E 36-72mm f/3.5 lens.
The FG was one of the first cameras I bought when I returned to shooting film after shooting digital for a few years… I really ought to dig it out and use it again.
Epson 4870 Photo scan with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
Single frame… Apple blossom and the Olympus OM40 Program
Apple tree (Malus domestica)
Olympus OM40 Program, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 + Close-Up Lens f=40cm – 1/500s, f5.6, – O.O.D. Fujicolor C200 rated at ISO 100
Last year my ‘Photography Friday’ partner (and camera finder extraordinaire) Rachel found an Olympus OM40 Program (and Tokina 28mm lens) in a charity shop in Chester… above is the final frame from the test roll of film.
I paired the camera with an Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens for most of the roll and also used an Olympus 49mm Close-Up Lens for a number of shots (including this one.)
I’m quite taken with the OM40… I won’t be parting with it!
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Wordless Wednesday… Staircase Shadow
Staircase Shadow, June 2017
Ricoh KR-10 Super, Ricoh Rikenon 50mm f/2, 1/125s, f8, O.O.D. Fujicolor C200 rated at ISO 100
Developed and scanned by Harrison Cameras with minimal cropping and tweaking in Lightroom Classic CC.
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