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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
06-11-2020, 11:57 PM
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I took this as part of a series called "Fleeting glimpse". It was taken at Firestone Copse on the Isle of Wight on my Spotmatic F on Ilford HP5+ with a red filter (Cokin A003) on a very sunny day
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-08-2019, 11:28 AM
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Hi, I thought I would introduce myself. I am Jim currently on the Isle of Wight. At the age of 59 I am in my second year of study for my extended BTEC level three in photography and will be going on to university next year to do my BA (Hons) I have plans to follow this up with my masters!
I returned to photography after a forty year gap. A couple of heart attacks saw me buy a Canon EOS1300D with two kit lenses. I got on well with it but applied to the Isle of Wight College to further my knowledge and ability. I quickly bought a Canon EOS 7Dmk11, a sigma 150-600, tripods, gimbal, speedlite, frames, backdrops, lights....
In the second term of the first year I was reacquainted with film photography. A local seller was selling a Zenit TTL, which came with a Pentacon f2.8 25 - 70 and a Sigma 80 - 200, which has had fungus. It had been cleaned but still has some marks, but it gives an interesting effect. I picked up another Zenit, this time an EM in mint condition. This came in it's original case with a Helios 44-2 and a Pentacon 4/200, both in excellent condition.
And then...I have just bought a lovely condition Asahi Pentax Spotmatic F. This came in its original leather case and with a Takumar SMC 50mm lens, it really was very cheap, I also grabbed a bargain price Takumar F3.5 35mm. I got an adapter ring so I can mount the lenses on my canons, I get very interesting results with the vintage lenses on a digital body.
I have sent the camera straight to Asahiphoto in Brentford for a strip, clean and service. I cannot wait to get it back and start to use it. The Zenits are great, built like tanks and are brilliant for what they are, but I really look forward to trying the Spotmatic.
My primary interest in film is black and white photography. I am currently using Ilford HP5+ mainly for its very forgiving nature. I use Cinestill DF96 monobath (developer and fix combined in one solution) very quick, very fast washing and good results. I bought an Epson V600 photograph and film scanner which allows me to import the images and print from a computer. They still retain that certain quality! I will post some pictures as soon as I get the Pentax back.
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