Endeavouring to resurrect this site – with film

I stopped posting to this blog some time ago, the major reason being my health. A secondary reason was my old Minolta scanner gave up and I never liked using the Epson Perfection… Continue reading →

Olympus OM1 and OM1n look like winning the SLR contest, joined by a Zeiss Ikon folder for 6×9

When I wrote the previous post I was just beginning to think about what film cameras to take on my forthcoming trip to Romania. I was then thinking of an SLR, the OM2n,… Continue reading →

First iPad monochrome picture, Menston walk

I promised some monochrome pictures from the iPad to augment my, hopefully, future photos on film. A really beautiful day here in Yorkshire today (while, I understand, the South was deluged) so I… Continue reading →

A change of heart – adding iPad pictures and Instagram!

I’m back (after a long absence caused mainly by serious health problems) but not with the pictures I expected – black and whites on film taken either on the Olympus XA or XA4… Continue reading →

Recording the eclipse – Vivitar ‘legacy’ zoom on Olympus Pen E-PL3

I wasn’t prepared at all for the solar eclipse today, I had no no solar filters, but I decided to have a go at photographing phases of it for Menston where I live… Continue reading →

Cee’s B&W challenge: Wheels. Contax AX, stand development

I’ve not been able to post anything for the past two of Cee’s B&W challenges but thought I’d use a determined effort to get back into photography on film, including developing the films,… Continue reading →

Contax AX back in service (despite mirror slip), Zeiss Planar, Sonnar, Distagon & Yashica lenses; back-up, Yashica FX-3

My photography, and therefore posting on this blog, being severely limited over the past year by health problems, I’ve been thinking seriously about reducing my ‘user’ camera collection and concentrating on just a… Continue reading →

Seats. Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Table and Chairs, seating of any kind

Above: Yashica 24mm, f/2.8 legacy lens on Olympus Pen E-PL3. Colour image desaturated, inverted and curves adjusted in Photoshop. One Victorian mahogany chair and one modern bar stool. Below:  Same seats, same lens… Continue reading →

Texture (Cee’s black and white challenge). Yashica legacy lens on Olympus Pen digital

Yashica 55mm (110mm equivalent on 4/3), f/2.8 macro legacy lens on Olympus E-PL3 with VF-4 viewfinder. Focus set at 0.255m, f/22, ISO 200, about 1.5sec. Contra jour natural sunlight. Colour image desaturated and… Continue reading →