Monthly Archives: September 2009 Down under in the Leake Street tunnel, Waterloo, with Toby who is over from Down Under (Australia) for a few days. He had his Nikon D700. I had the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta. The D700 was rarked up to ISO 1600-3200. The Super Ikonta was being metered at ISO 100. There isn’t too much available…  Fuck capatalism (sic) What exactly is the mindset of the person who half erased the word ‘Fuck’ but left ‘CAPATALISM’ spelt like that? Huh? I’m not sure what I find most offensive *. However, what is left is in capitals, with a view of the capital of capitalism in the background (The City and Canary…  Sometimes a pinhole camera is a must! This is Sevendroog Castle. Designed by a Mr. Jupp, this folly was built in 1784 by Lady James in the grounds of what was then Park Farm Place. She built the tower following the death of her husband, to commemorate his capture of the pirate fortress of Severndroog…  Les studying form I spotted Les sitting in this recess and asked if it would be OK to take his photo. ‘It wouldn’t be the first time’ he said cryptically. He used to work for a small specialist photographic dry mount company (dry mounting is the use of a dry tissue adhesive that is activated…  For slightly less than the current cost of a lightly used, burnished-aluminium hinged Bay II lens cover for the Rolleiflex 3.5F, I picked up a Rolleicord IId from eBay. As is often the case both with eBay and a camera built in 1949/50 it was a bit of a gamble. Mr Vader has left the… |
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