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Single Frame: Lobster Pots

I’ve photographed these pots many times. They are on the route that I take around the town of Poole, and they sit on the quayside. They have a certain texture to them, certainly a pattern and of course they are different every time I walk past them, so is the light. I still haven’t gotContinue reading “Single Frame: Lobster Pots”

kodak 2D – Bellows

If you suffer from low blood pressure, consider becoming a “bellows installer” – you’ll be cured! Put another way, if I never see another set of bellows it will be too soon! However rewinding a bit, I mentioned before that I have a spare set of bellows here sat doing nothing, but they only coverContinue reading “kodak 2D – Bellows”

Pentax P30T -1990

There were a series of P30 cameras starting with the original P30 (P3N in the US) in 1988. By 1990 the P30T had been released, pretty much the same camera but had a plastic back door in stead of the metal original and had a diagonal split line focus screen, compared to the horizontal ofContinue reading “Pentax P30T -1990”

Ilford FP4+ Movie Film -end credits

Back in Spring of ’21 I purchased a 410ft can of out-of-date Ilford FP4+ movie film. As far as I can tell it’s exactly the same as regular FP4, although, as it’s intended to rattle through a movie camera at 18 inches a second – give or take, it does have subtly different (slightly rounded)Continue reading “Ilford FP4+ Movie Film -end credits”

Kodak 2D – Body

Both the brass and the wood of the body were in a bit of a state. For some reason I can’t fathom, a previous owner has hacked a bit of the bottom of the front. The top was pitted, scraped, and a wonky spirit level had been screwed on, but not quite central! I knewContinue reading “Kodak 2D – Body”

Single Photo: Cobbles

This is the area outside of the local swimming pool. Cobbled as you can see but also with metal strips and concrete between for decoration. This time of year when the light is low, I can catch the glint of sun. I like the pattern of it! Chatter: Pentax ME Super, 50mm f1.4 SMC, IlfordContinue reading “Single Photo: Cobbles”

Pentax ME Super Goes Poole

A few more images from my first roll of film this year. Still suspicious of the shutter in my Pentax ME Super, I took it for a walk around Poole. It was a lovely sunny day with literally not a cloud in the sky. All seems well with it, again all the images came outContinue reading “Pentax ME Super Goes Poole”

Kodak 2D – Bellows

Having tackled the base and the front standard, next in line is the back standard and that means attacking the bellows first! Having already detached them from the front standard, and made the decision that, although they seemed light tight, they were going, I proceeded to cut them off with scissors as close to theContinue reading “Kodak 2D – Bellows”

Seeing Red!

Harman are at it again! Another film, they are calling their “first true creative film”. As you can see it’s Redscale. My understanding is that this is simply shooting through the “back” (non-emulsion) side of the film, thus hitting the red layer first, and almost blocking the blue and green layers. Like Phoenix, this isContinue reading “Seeing Red!”

First roll of the year!

Photographically I’ve had a slow start to the year, in fact my first roll of film, although started in January, I’ve only just used up and developed in early February. Almost un-heard of for me. I had to go to the local town of Wimborne for an appointment, so decided as it had been aContinue reading “First roll of the year!”