Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 17 October 2017
Kelham Island Museum
Kelham Island Museum is an industial museum in the Neepsend area of Sheffield and exhibits items representing Sheffield’s industrial history.
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 22 October 2017
The glasshouse
The glasshouse at Clumber Park. I was lucky enough to get some gorgeous autumn light.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.
Taken on 17 October 2017
Pumpkins
“In five days it’s Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en.
In five days it’s Hallowe’en. Silver Shamrock.”
Olympus Superzoom 105 G & Agfa Vista Plus 200.
Taken on 17 October 2017
The Fat Cat
Another shot from the Mess-Ikonta. There’s always something pleasingly vintage about black and white medium format photographs, I feel. Even with the modern cars, it still looks like it could be from the 1950s.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fomapan 100.
Taken on 22 October 2017
Old but new
I recently acquired a 1950s vintage Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 folder camera. It’s in good condition, but I had to repair a small hole in the bellows and then, subsequently, re-align the rangefinder patch when I discovered the camera wouldn’t focus to infinity. Also, I’ve noticed that the shutter sticks on speeds less than 1/50th of a second. This isn’t the end of the world though, as I don’t plan on shooting in dark locations or using long exposures, so I can probably live with it. For a sixty-something year old camera, I guess these things should be expected to some degree anyway. Whatever its age, it’s still a new camera to me.
Here’s it is. A few dings, scratches, and signs of age, but still a lovely little machine:
It’s weighty, but easily pocketable, and although the uncoupled rangefinder setup is slightly more complicated than what I’m used to, it was easy enough to figure out how it all worked. For anyone unfamiliar with this setup, an uncoupled rangefinder has separate focusing for the rangefinder patch and the lens. What you have to do is first focus the camera with the rangefinder, then look at the resulting distance setting on the focus wheel and then manually focus the lens to the same setting.
I took it out at the weekend for a test run with a roll of Fomapan 100, The weather was a little overcast to start with, necessitating wider apertures to be used, but brightened up after a while and allowed me to stop it down to f/11 and smaller.
On scanning the negs, I was a little disappointed to see that the first frames were a little soft. However, once I got to the exposures shot at narrower apertures, I could see the camera really come into its own, with very pleasing, sharp and contrasty photographs.
I’ve not uploaded many of them yet, but will post some of the softer images when I do. In the meantime though, here’s one of the results of the lens being stopped down. This is a couple of buildings in Paradise Square, in Sheffield.
Pretty, pretty good, as Larry David might say, I think.
Zeiss Mess-Ikonta 524/16 & Fomapan 100.
Taken on 22 October 2017
Autumn crunch
In the glasshouse at Clumber Park, there were lots of selections of autumn produce from the gardens on display. I though the colours came out particularly nicely on this shot of some apples.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.
Taken on 17 October 2017
Autumn fayre
I spotted this wheelbarrow full of various squashes the other day at Clumber Park. The light in the glasshouse was lovely too.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.
Taken on 17 October 2017
All manner of stuff
I saw this table covered in a variety of interesting subject matter at Brodsworth Hall at the weekend. Apart from a few obvious candidates, I have no idea what many of the things actually are, or their purpose.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.
Taken on 15 October 2017
Lacking in autumn colour
I’ve been out on a couple of days recently, camera loaded with slide film, in the hopes of getting some nice autumnal scenes. Sadly, there doesn’t seem to be all that much autumn colour around at present. There are a few trees ablaze with vibrant shades of yellow, orange and red, but on the whole they’re either still green or have already lost their leaves completely. Maybe I just need to wait another week or two.
Anyway, here’s a ‘bit’ of autumn colour.
Nikon F70, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 AF-D & Agfa CT Precisa.
Taken on 15 October 2017
