Category Archives: Agfa

Isolette :(

This is the last photo with the Isolette III. I’ve consigned it to the bench. Sad
It really does have a close focus issue. I’m not sure if the focus is even working . Using it stopped down, the depth of field covered most of the problem but it was becoming more obvious that something is...

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Setting sun

It was a stunning evening yesterday with low strong sunlight.
Picture in a picture
If, as has been argued, any picturesque scene is something that is already a picture (by definition huh?), a photograph of a picturesque scene being painted is highly recursive. It appeals to me anyway.
Since I did not know the people painting (there was...

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The Love Tree

While staring at this tree (as you do) I noticed that somebody had stuck the word ‘LOVE’ on it (in an old hippy font). It isn’t obvious.
Love – can you see it? Click to enlarge…
I photographed the tree the day before on another roll of film but assumed I had screwed up the focus because...

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Isolette

I picked up an Agfa Isolette III with a Solinar 3.5/75 lens. The rangefinder was out of alignment and I’m really chuffed that I was able to take it apart and fix it. I cleaned up the viewfinder at the same time. The difference in visibility is huge!
Deptford Creek
I wasn’t expecting great thing from it...

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