A rather wet Horncastle 21/07/07

Very high water levels today in Horncastle. Many doors are sandbagged up.

The marks on the pictures are not a processing fault but rather unsurprisingly given the weather rain drops on the UV filter covering the lens.

Canon F-1 28-55mm zoom & 20mm-f2.8 S.S.C Film. Agfa Vista 400 & Agfa APX 400(new) Dev. Paterson Aculux 2

Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops 14/07/07

New laws same old cup

Time for tea

Rear window

Framed

Let there be light

This series of photographs are shot on fast B&W films. This set of photographs are shot on HP5+ uprated to 800 the lost souls are shot on Neopan 1600. Both are developed in Kodak X-tol. I find this developer very useful for low light shots, I get very good emulsion speed fine grain and good sharpness. Neopan 1600 is a film I have only ever used once before, I developed it in Rodinal it was really grainy but great tones. It really works well in X-tol, I shall use it more for low light shots. The only downside is that it is quite expensive. I bulk load most of my film which keeps my film costs very low. The HP5 is outdated but has been well stored its shooting well even at 800 asa it only cost $15 for 100ft.

Nikon FM. 18mm/f3.5 &35/f2.8 Nikkor. Film Ilford HP5+ @800 asa Dev. Kodak X-tol. Stock

Lost Souls. Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops 14/07/07

More lost souls.

Nikon FM 35/2.8 Nikkor. Film. Fuji Neopan 1600 Dev. Kodak X-Tol. Stock

Lost Souls. Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops May 07

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Some lost souls found amongst the clutter in some of the curiosity shops of Horncastle

Nikon FE. Sigma 28mm f2.8 Film Efke KB100. Dev Not recorded.

Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops June 06

Some shots taken round the Antique and curiosity shops of Horncastle. I was using an incrediably cheap Pentax P30T and a good pentax 50mm f1.4 lens that I have.

Pentax P30T Film Ilford HP5+ Dev Kodak X-Tol stock 8.5 mins

Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops. Leica IIIF 10/02/07

Another wander round the Antique & Curiosity shops of Horncastle. Last time I was using a 125asa film and a Leica IIC, this camera does not have a slow speed dial so the slowest shutter speed is 1/30. This time I was using a Leica IIIF which has the slow speed dial. A 400asa film helps to although all the indoor shots are at 1/4 second.

Leica IIIF + 5cm f3.5 elmar. Agfa APX400 (old) Dev Paterson Aculux 2 14 mins at 20c

Horncastle Antique & Curiosity Shops. Leica IIC 21/01/07

If you like antique, curiosity and junk shops Horncastle is the place to go.

I took these shots on sunday with a Leica II. I was a little worried about being acused of shop lifting as I was carrying the Leica in my coat pocket. The leica is an antique it self. I was using Ilford FP4 which is not the best film to use for dimly lit indoor shots with the Leica IIC as this camera does not have a slow speed dial so the slowest shutter speed is 1/30, I did have a f2 lens which did help and the FP4 is pushed to 200ASA.

Leica IIC Jupiter 8 50mm/f2. Ilford FP4 EI 200 Dev Kodak D76 stock.