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Beamish Museum... (Lumix TZ-20)
Southern Cape, South Africa... (Samsung Galaxy S6)
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds... (Nikon D200)
My wee Westie, Pippi.... (Sony Xperia XZ Premium)
https://flic.kr/p/28cjCEw
From the other day. Shooting with a 24mm 1970s lens (or 80s maybe?) - the tamron adaptall 24mm 2.5. Wish there was a small, fast 24mm for dx format - the 24mm 1.8 is fairly large. A dx 24mm f/2 would probably be a bit smaller...
A couple of my favourite candid/street shots
A few from a photo course I did at Brooklands last weekend, courtesy of an early birthday present from my wife.
Let's try again...
Not the sharpest lens in the world, but it definitely has a different look to more modern lenses - the colours are softer and more mute, and the out of focus stuff is "busier" - some would say that's a bad thing, but it's certainly interesting. Straight aperture blades means hexagons
Lastly, a shot from work on my break. Took it on my mobile phone (Nokia 8), edited in lightroom mobile and exported. As I'm shooting more and more again I'm finding the real limitation is often not my equipment, but me.
I dislike using my big bulky DSLR so I'm thinking of trading in for a Sony A7ii or a Fuji of some kind - this will let me adapt vintage lenses easier (I already have a few) and I'm more used to older, smaller cameras anyway so handling will be nicer. No doubting the quality from the Nikon, though...
There's some great photographs in this thread.... keep them coming!
Three from a trip to Duckpool Beach, watching the sun setting in Cornwall about a week or so ago....
For easily processed and scanned negatives it does offer a fairly good solution, especially with regards to ICE, and from the lab’s point of view it will be handled almost the same as colour film.
Ilford HP5 would be my choice of film for its granular structure and push/pull capabilities, along with flexibility once scanned.
I have to say though that along with almost every other pro photographer I know, I stopped shooting film around 15 years ago and switched to digital as it’s so much cheaper and makes more sense, especially as most of the film processed these days ends up being scanned and digitised anyway!
The main thing though is actually forget all of that, get out there with your camera and just enjoy it as a hobby, and don’t disappear down the rabbit hole of technicalities.
Having said all that I love old film cameras and have a collection in my mancave. You can pick up gear that originally cost £thousands for peanuts.
If a crowded street triggers your illness don’t start there. You probably don’t want to start there anyways. I’m not a massive fan of landscape stuff but it’s miles easier to go out into a field or a park or a beach and learn what does what with no one around, that’s how I got started - I’m a real beginner by the way so bow to anyone else’s experience on here.
I’d love to see you getting out there and doing some stuff, anything!!! And if you ever need to talk to a stranger on the internet my inbox is always open. I hope you take this in the positive spirit that it is intended.