Old Town II
More photos from Wharf Street in Old Town, again taken with the Mamiya M645 on Ilford 100 Delta Pro.
See Old Town for more photos taken with this camera and Wharf Street Stroll for others taken with a point and shoot.
Three – From a Time Capsule
This is a reblog from the 52 Rolls project of the companion piece to today’s other post. It includes the same photos, but converted to black and white to get the most out of the poor negatives.
Check out the other posts at 52rolls.net – there are some good ones!
Anyone that got a notification about a WP share from my blog – my apologies, I thought I was reblogging from my phone. I have deleted that share and replaced with this reblog.
This week’s roll of film comes via two Pentax ME cameras and various lenses bought as part of an intact kit that was last used 10 years ago, then abandoned. I find these camera bags to be like time capsules and of interest in their own right. See my post A Photographer’s Kit for details not only about the contents of the camera case, but also a full set of colour versions of the same images shown here with notes on lenses used, and a bunch of other images from the same roll. I shot (or tried to shoot) half a roll in one of the bodies and then moved it over to the other in order to quickly test both of them.
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A Photographer’s Kit
A few days ago I bought this camera case with contents, mostly because the price was irresistible but also because I was aware through Gary of the Film Advance blog that the Pentax MEs are nice cameras that can take (or be used to take) very good pictures – I would not be surprised to one day see a post in Gary’s very well written Favourite Camera series. Also, even though quite different than the Spotmatics I used for decades, they feel very familiar and comfortable to use. Finally, it was very interesting to me to obtain an entire photo kit that was in use until about 10 years ago, then abandoned like a time capsule. This post includes a discussion of the kit as well a test roll of film run through both cameras.
ME (1) – 50/2 – Ogden Point
These cameras seemed like a good acquisition for use on the 52 Rolls Project, and at $50 (!) I reckoned I could easily get my money back if I did not like the cameras or other parts of the kit. I loaded one of the MEs with a roll of Kodak Max 400 that was in the case and probably expired about 10 years ago. I shot half of that roll in one camera (or at least I thought I did), and then moved it over to the other to test both of them for light leaks, metering and so on. I used all of the lenses from the kit in this initial test, and while I was out shooting I dropped into a thrift store and they had a 135/3.5 in good condition for $15 so I added it to the collection and shot a few frames with it too.
I have simultaneously published a post (Three – From a Time Capsule) on the 52 Rolls project using a selection of these shots converted to black and white. This is because the test film was badly degraded by time and likely indifferent storage. As a result, the shots are very grainy, lack contrast and are otherwise quite thin. I worked on all of these photos quite a lot to bring something out of the negatives, both during the scanning and in Lightroom. There are some things I could not adjust for though such as the grain and heavy curling of the film which would not flatten for scanning. Thus the scans are not as sharp as the film, though this might be a moot point since it is hard to see that missing sharpness amongst all the grain.
Old Town
These pictures are along Wharf Street in the heart of Victoria’s Old Town, in fact within the former footprint of the Hudson Bay Company’s Fort Victoria. These are taken with the Mamiya M645 on Ilford 100 Delta Pro.
I liked the light, and took more pictures than intended.
Below is a crop from the first image, of the part of the scene that I was trying to capture.
Great Grandmother
I have mentioned before that when I am using the Mamiya M645 I have an urge to make portraits.
In this case my mother kindly agreed to have her picture taken, as did her great-granddaughter.
The little one was hard to keep up with in low light at f2.8 – focus was nearly achieved, and this is the only shot of four that I can say that much for.
Unfinished II
I think it is time to give Coombs a rest for now.
It seems appropriate to close off with another shot of the unfinished building that I started this little series off with.
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Out of Order
Behind the glitzy façade of Coombs, some things are out of order. Some people too, in all likelihood.
One thing, going to the restroom in Coombs gives a much-needed rest to the optic nerves.
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