Category Archives: Cameras The Leica IF has gone to hospital, aka Malcolm Taylor for a much needed CLA and to have its shutter curtain replaced. Hopefully it will be back in a few weeks. Found myself at St Alfeges again. There is a childrens playground in the graveyard… how weird is that? Stangely, there were no children playing….  I went to snap the Gaza protest today and show my support and anger at the Israeli bombing of Gaza. In the press area outside Downing Street the snappers were reminiscing about old times in Northern Ireland as shoes sailed over our heads. A 1000 pairs were thrown apparently. Pairs FFS? And shoes aren’t petrol…  I took the FM2n with an old 105mm 2.5 Nikkor AI for a walk in Greenwich on New Year’s Day. People looked like they were suffering from amateur night. Amateur drinkers that is. Lots of secondhand faces. I’m smug in my sobriety hehe. A very grey day so I loaded the FM2n with Tri-X rated…  I thought I’d try stand developing FP4+ (box speed) in APH09 for an hour because I’m lazy enough to do that. I’m not overjoyed with the results though. Coupled with the Elmar 90/4 softness wide open I think the images lack something. Next time I’ll probably try 12 minutes with the usual agitation. Tower Bridge…  Luckily the sun was shining again because I wanted to see what the results of using the CV Color Scopar 21/4 would be like on the If. So I did the usual and hoofed it around Deptford and Greenwich photographing my usual reference points. That is what we like to see… throw down the brollies… |
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