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The smallest camera I own

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A few shots today from my new (to me) Olympus XA3 which I acquired a month ago. I’ve shot three rolls with it so far and the results from each have been pretty impressive. It’s a low-frills camera, but it makes up for it with a sharp lens and tiny form factor – a benefit both in its portability and also because the film transport is so short that I’ve gotten 39 shots a roll from it each time!

The photos from this first roll were made on a walk around the edge of the city centre and intended mostly to test the camera for oparating problems / light leaks etc. (of which there are, thankfully, none) so expect a bunch of slightly randon pictures of buildings and anything else that caught my eye on the day in coming posts.

Random city scenes
Just the things that catch my eye
While taking a walk

Graffiti and bike
The old bus garage
The Leadmill

Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.

Taken on 16 May 2021

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Street corners

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Just a couple of shots of street corners today.

I’ve had quite a full and busy weekend, but not much time for any photography. I have finished scanning another roll of 35mm film though, leaving me with just another two rolls yet to scan. This makes a total of six rolls of film (4x36exp 35mm & 2x12exp 120) from which I’ve not published a single image as yet. At least I can relax in the knowledge that I can feed the blog for a few weeks without running out of new photos should I need to. I’ll probably have shot more before that happens though…

Plenty of pictures
Waiting in the photo bank
Soon to be seen here

OH MY GOD WE'RE BACK AGAIN!
Pedestrians crossing

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Colorplus.

Taken on 16 May 2021

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Modern monolith

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Like a Borg Cube descended to Earth, this angular structure sits adjacent to the River Don behind Savile Street. The circular “portholes” and horizontal bands break up what might otherwise be a plain and undistinguished structure. I like the way it looms in the picture both above and below the water.

Angular it stands
A monolith by water
Blue and grey tower

Riverside

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Colorplus.

Taken on 9 May 2021

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No ice cream today

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Not for me, at least. Seeing this photo has made me long for a nice Mister Whippee 99 with some raspberry sauce, but all we have in the house is a brick of vanilla that our freezer has probably turned into permafrost.

On hot summer days
An ice cream treat is fun ’till
It drips down your hands

Everybody's favourite

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Colorplus.

Taken on 9 May 2021

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Ball Street bridge

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The Ball Street bridge crosses the River Don a little upstream from Kelham Island and is immediately adjacent to Kelham Weir. The bridge dates to 1856 and was built by Milton Iron Works at Elsecar. The bridge holds grade II listed status.

The bridge is now only open to non-motorised traffic (although maybe motorcycles too). I believe that this is to manage road traffic around the area.

Red and green iron
Spanning the flowing river
Now blocked to traffic

Riding across the Don
Across

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Colorplus.

Taken on 9 May 2021

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A man walks down a street…

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A man walks down a street. It could be the guy in the photo, or it could be me – I walked down a lot of streets on this day.

This is probably going to be my last photo from this roll of expired Elite Chrome 200, but it delivered a bumper crop of photos with almost the whole roll being good enough to publish. Whether anyone else feels the same way is open to question, but that doesn’t really matter.

I’ve loved the results this roll gave, the colours are wonderful, the colours rich but not brash, even if not completel accurate to the scenes they portray. Shooting slide film on a point-and-shoot compact was fune too. Will I do it again? I’m not sure. The exposures on all the images is great, even though the camera is 35 years old, with the only downside being a slight softness on the images – I’m not sure why this is the case as the lens on the camera usually produces nice, sharp results. It could just be my post-processing though, or maybe my pickiness.

I have two more rolls of this same stock in the freezer, plus a couple of the 100asa variety too, and I’m looking forward to shooting more when the time is right.

Expired E6 film
It’s potential sat waiting
For twenty years now

Twinmney

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Elite Chrome 200 (expired 2003).

Taken on 17 April 2021

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Heading into town

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Another one of those quick posts today – I’ve only just finished work and am ready for the weekend and don’t really have it in me to type much this evening. A shower, a change of clothes, and an night of vegging out watching TV all beckon.

So here’s a trio of consecutive images made while walking back towards the city centre during a walk a few weeks ago. This is London Road, a street chock-full of colourful restaurants, takeaways, and businesses. It’s always an interesting place to make a photgraph.

Let’s get around town
We’ll be seeing and hearing
The sound of the crowd

The top of London Road
Into town
Near Harrison's

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Kodak Elite Chrome 200 (expired 2003).

Taken on 17 April 2021