Town Arms Selkirk

Town Arms Selkirk

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I used to live in Selkirk in 1994 and used to drink in the Town Arms now and again.

When I last visited it was a very traditional pub.. a long way from the likes of brewers fayre. I would recommend going in to this pub if you are visiting Selkirk you wont forget it.

Nikon FE Nikkor 28mm f3.5? Film: Fuji Neopan 400 Dev: Kodak D76 stock

Problem leica at Anton's Gowt

Donkeys against the sun

Disused railway line

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I used my Leica IIC to take these two photographs. It would appear that there is a problem with the shutter curtains. I think the second curtain is sticking slightly, this shows up in the first photograph. The extreme left of frame is very overexposed, the streaking may be due to the film processing hopefully or a shutter curtain that is not light tight. If any Leica users out there have any ideas your comments are welcome. Most 50 year old Leica's could always use a service.

Leica IIC Jupiter8 50mm f2 film: Agfa APX 100 Dev: Adolux APH09 1:40 13mins at 20 Deg.C

Turkey Convention March 2007

At this years annual post Christmas Turkey convention the hot topic was Easter......

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Canon F1-N FD 135mm f2.8 Film Fuji Velvia 100

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh castle sunset.

I had to run along Princes Street to get this shot, not the best idea with a Nikon F2 which weighs a ton!

First roll of Kodachrome 64 for a while. for £5.90 a roll that includes processing its a very good price for such a good slide film. The downside is the processing takes 2 weeks, you can get hour process E6 in most cities the moment.

Nikon F2 Photomatic 50mm Nikkor H f2 Film: Kodachrome 64

Skegness 645

Skegness 645

This shot is taken with a Zeiss Ikon Ikonata 520.
It shoots 16- 6x4.5cm frames on 120 film. It is fitted with a very sharp 7cm f3.5 uncoated Tessar, I always use it with a lens hood.
I picked this camera up on eBay for a very small amount of money, it had been in someones attic for years, even after all these years the slow shutter speeds run very well, it has a compur shutter with speeds from 1 second to 1/300 B&T. This little folder fits into the palm of my hand when folded and is a joy to use.
A handy tip for avoiding fogged film when using one of these cameras with pan film is to cover the frame counter windows with pieces of black tape and remove them when you advance the film and stick them back on. The camera has two windows which correspond to the numbers on the backing paper on 120 film for 6x9 format, so when you load a film you wind until the number 1 appears in the window closest to the film spool. when you shoot the first frame wind on until the number 1 appears in the second window beside the take up spool and so on to number 8 then you will get your 16 exposures on 120 film.

Zeiss Ikon Ikonata film Classic Pan 200 Dev D76 stock

Piggys

Piggy's.. These little piggies are not for eating!

I don't often run a colour film through the leica, the pictures at the start of this roll were taken with an un-coated 5cm Summar they have a nasty green/ blue hue this may be the result of using an un-coated lens with colour film? But I have used this lens before with Ferriana colour film who knows?

This shot is shot with a 9cm un-coated Elmar with a lens hood and its fine.

Leica III Leitz 9cm Elmar (uncoated) Film AGFA XRG 200

Voigtlander Brillant

Tyne Bridge Newcastle

Berwick -Apon Twed

I own a number of Voigtlander Brillants, they all shoot well even the the most basic models. The one I used here has the better Skopar lens and a compur shutter. You can pick these cameras up for under £15 often the slow speed on the shutter may be a little sticky, this is usually cured by a careful application of lighter fluid. the lenses are easy to dismantle and clean to.

They are great fun to use and the results are always pleasing.

Voigtlander Brillant. 7.5cm f4.5 Skopar. Film. Fuji Neopan 400 EI 400 Dev. Agfa Rodinal 1:50

The Goat

Friendly goat photographed when I was on holiday in Scotland in January

Nikon F2 Photomatic Nikon 200mm f4 film Fuji Velvia 50