One camera - one month: 2015

Monday 9 November 2015

Olympus OM10 - Red - October 2015

After a brief pause (due to a lack of inspiration) I am back with my One camera - one month project. This month I am using my Olympus OM 10 camera with a Zuiko Auto-S 50mm lens. The film, as always, is Agfa Vista 200 ASA film which I get developed by Snappy Snaps in Lincoln. My topic - suggested by Bestbeloved - for the month is simply Red.

This proved to be a good topic and it provided me with a variety of shots (as you will see below).

The OM10 is always a delight to use and is nice and light. My days of enjoying a kilo weight around my neck are long gone. The last photograph - the books - was taken with a no-name flash that came with one of my camera purchases. I used it on Auto and an aperture of f/3.5. I wasn't sure how well auto would work on a nameless and old flash gun but it actually worked very well.

The pictures:

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Zorki 4 - Bridges - January 2015

Life got in the way over the last few months and I have missed a couple of months. This month the camera is my Zorki 4 from 1973 - the lens is a Jupiter 8 50 mm lens, also from 1973. As I usually do, I am using Agfa Vista+ colour negative film which has been processed and scanned for me by Snappy Snaps in Lincoln. My topic for January 2015 is bridges.

As most cities do, Lincoln has a river running through it - the Witham - and the Sincil which is a drain (canal) dating to Roman times. These both have a number of bridges over them as do the railway lines.

As well as bridges in Lincoln, I have also photographed the Humber Bridge in the north of the county of Lincolnshire. This road bridge links Lincolnshire to East Yorkshire and was at one time the longest single span bridge in the world - the distance between the towers is one mile.