No it’s not a typo, in the tin is some HP4. I recently purchased a box of “photo bits” mainly for the Olympus Af10 I wrote about here. Lurking in the bottom of the box was this old rusty tin, with a hand typed label, you see above. The first thing was to open itContinue reading “HP4”
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Panoramic Continued
A while back I wrote about finally getting around to photoshopping a few 35mm frames together – years after they were taken and that this corresponded with a work colleague 3d printing a pair of adaptors so I could put 35mm in my Fuji GSW 690III. You can read that post here. Finally I gotContinue reading “Panoramic Continued”
A Walk to Hurst Castle
Just a short distance from Milford-on-Sea, the start point of the fairly new, Solent Way walk, is Hurst Spit, a long shingle bank that juts out into the Solent. At it’s closest point it is only separated from the Isle of Wight by about 1300 meters. Here was built Hurst Fortress. The fortress was startedContinue reading “A Walk to Hurst Castle”
Hastings Seafront
A while back I took my trusty Pentax ME Super, loaded with what I didn’t know at the time, but would turn out to be some of the last “Poundland Special” £1 a roll Agfa Vista 200 colour print film. Hastings has a long maritime history stretching way back, in fact it was one ofContinue reading “Hastings Seafront”
Olympus AF10
There is little that is special about the Olympus AF10, it’s a straight forward point and shoot camera. It has a 35mm f3.5 lens that is nice and sharp and doesn’t seem to noticeably vignette at the corners. It is DX coded but only to 4 points, rather like zone focus in DX terms. SoContinue reading “Olympus AF10”
Roman Dorchester
I made this quick, street photography like, photo the other day, and in doing so it reminded me that Dorchester has a long history including the Romans – I had a few frames to finish off a roll in my “camera for February.. ” the Nikon F3, so I made a quick tour to re-visitContinue reading “Roman Dorchester”
Canon 24mm f2.8 from 1988
After saying to myself “this year I wasn’t going to buy any more camera gear, but instead spend a little on making photo’s or rather going places to facilitate that” – then comes along a lens! Namely a Canon 24mm F2.8, the original dating from 1988. I paid £85 for it, which I thought bitContinue reading “Canon 24mm f2.8 from 1988”
Blue Buick
Well you’ve heard of the “Pink Cadillac” this is the “Blue Buick”! A couple years back I went to the Henstridge (Somerset) “Wings and Wheels” event. The airfield was built during the Second World War as a training base for the Fleet Air Arm, which commissioned it as HMS Dipper. The MoD sold the airfieldContinue reading “Blue Buick”
Nikon F3, Micro 55mm and flowers
As I’ve mentioned before, I spent February with the Nikon F3. Our local national trust property is Kingston Lacy. It always has a great showing of snowdrops, and early spring flowers, so I headed there with the F3 with the 55mm Micro attached! The last time I visited Kingston Lacy I used a roll ofContinue reading “Nikon F3, Micro 55mm and flowers”
The Dorset Shepherd
I walk past this sculpture most days on my walk from the car to work. It is in Durngate street in Dorchester and celebrates the “quiet heroism and wisdom of pastoralists”. It is by the artist John Doubleday. He seems to face the rising sun, and has his trusty dog at his feet. I madeContinue reading “The Dorset Shepherd”
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