Boston Marina 27/03/07

Boston Marina. Looking toward the Town and the Grand Sluce.

Pentax P30t Pentax 28-85 zoom. Film Agfa APX 100 Dev Agfa Rodinal 1:50 13 mins

Very High River Levels. Boston 26-06-07

Boston Marina

View across the river Witham at Langrick bridge

After the heavy rain the river levels on the Witham have risen to very high levels.
There has been flooding in Lincoln which is further up stream from where these two photographs were taken. The tides have not been helping as there has not been a very low tide. There are lock gates at sluice bridge in Boston that control the flow of water into the tidal part of the river.

Pentax P30t Pentax 28-80zoom. Film Ilford HP5+ first shot FP4+ Second shot. Dev. Kodak X-Tol Stock 8:30

Get Out Your Box!

One big advantage with the new photo scanners is they will take 120 roll films and sheet film.

I got my self a new scanner two weeks ago so I can now scan all the film formats I use, this is good news as I will use my TLR's and Box cameras more.

I took this shot last year with a Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor, this is the Rolls Royce of box cameras, its a joy to use. I have some 50asa 120 slide film I might run a roll through the Tengor and see what happens.

Follow this link to read more about the Box Tengor http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tobiko/boxtengor.html

Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor. Lucky SHD 100 Dev Agfa Rodinal?? or Ilford ID11. This film curls like mad!!!

Sally Ann. Rolleicord II

First outing with my Rolleicord II.
I have been meaning to take this old chap's picture for a while now, He is there every Saturday.. glad I did it with a Rollei.

Rolleicord II (Zeiss Triotar) Kodak T-Max 100 + Agfa Rodinal Special

The Day All The Boats Came Home

The day all the boats came home... No fishing boats out at sea today its X-Mass day.

Canon A1 Canon 50mm f1.8 + Yellow Filter Film= Kodak Tri-X Dev= Agfa Photo Rodinal Special

Please Do Not Feed The Birds!

The sign reads please do not feed the birds as they damage the buildings, lots of people do though.

Leica IIIF/ Collapsable Fed 50mm/f3.5 Fomapan 400+R09 1:40

River Bed

River Bed

I took this shot in the early summer when repairs were being made to the sluce gates at sluce Bridge in Boston. This is the only time I have ever seen the river completly dry.

Canon T70 Canon 28mm/f2.8. Ilford FP4 +Ilford ID11 Stock

Contax and the Clown

Boston

This shot is taken using a Contax III, this is 1940's 35mm Rangefinder camera.

It is fitted with a coated 50mm/f2 Sonnar. Kodak Tri-X400

The Sally-Ann

Nikon FE 28mm/f3.5 Nikkor. Ilford Delta 400 +Ilford DDX

Boston 10/12/06 ADOX / EFKE CHS 25 + APH09

I haven't shot any slow B&W film for a while, I have mainly been shooting Tri-X and Delta 400. I was using a Leica II last week in Norwich and using Plus-X pan and Pan F+. You get so much more detail with the slower emultions.

Saturday was a very clear sunny day, an ideal oppertunity to use a 25 ASA film.

ADOX CHS 25 is one of the very few 25asa films on the market.

Both shots are shot using my 28mm f3.5 Nikkor + Yellow #1 Filter.

The film is developed in Adolux APH09 AKA old formula Rodinal, I used it at 1-100, this is supposed to give you soft negatives and fine grain. The negs are a bit on the soft side for scanning with my clunky old scanner, but will print well.

Nikon FE 28/3.5 Nikkor

Boston 03/12/06 Leica IIC 5cm & 9cm Elmar

5 cm Elmar

9 cm Elmar










Couple of shots here from Boston , I was Testing a couple of new lenses and using Ilford pan F+
The Lenses are Leitz Elmar' s One is a coated 5cm f3.5 Elmar manufactured just after WWII and the other is a 9cm f4 Elmar manufatured just before WWII. In short they are good.
Both shots have been taken with a Leitz Yellow #1 filter Exopsure for the First shot is 1/100 @f8 the second shot using the 9cm lens is at 1/200 @f 5.6
There is a similar shot taken using Ilford FP4 in the June archive of this blog you can compare the Elmar to a 1970'S 50mm F2 Nikkor link is below.

http://newyorkmonochrome.blogspot.com/2006/06/windmill-in-boston-taken-from.html


Leica IIC Leitz Elmar 5cm f 3.5 & Leitz Elmar 9cm f 4 Film Ilford Panf+ Dev Agfa Rodinal 1-25

Couple of wide angle shots from Boston

Customs House Quey

Dolphin Lane

I took these two shots using an 18mm lens, this is a very wide angle lens and was rather expensive ..but good fun!!

Nikon FE + Nikkor 18mm f-4 Ilford Delta 400 EI 400 Dev Ilford DDX