tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634Mon, 07 Oct 2024 06:04:12 +0000http://widebloke.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (widebloke)Blogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-7847842189767241320Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:29:00 +00002010-01-23T00:29:49.800+00:00 In October we went to the last air show of 2009 at Duxford. These pictures were taken using the 80-200 f4 lens on 400asa fuji film. When I first looked at the prints I was a bit disappointed as the graining was really bad and scanning made it worse. However knocking the colour out and some careful cropping I ended up with some images with a really nice vintage feel. This last one was http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2010/01/duxford-airshow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-8332694915261223775Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:12:00 +00002010-01-23T00:14:18.760+00:00 Here some pictures I took up in Wells-next-the-Sea as usual Velvia lived up to its reputation. some fantastic colours and lovely fine grain. Most of these were taken using the 80-200 f4 lens. http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2010/01/pictures-from-norfolk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-8753276055372773028Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:59:00 +00002010-01-17T12:18:40.736+00:00 Durdle Door Nikon FM, Clubman 28mm, f8@1/125s ISO 50, Fuji Velvia Well, I finally plucked up the courage to try out some slide film and got my self 4 rolls of the famous Fuji Velvia 50. This is the favorite film of many of the worlds landscape photographers for intense colours and sharpness, it is a lot slower than I am used to at ISO50 I normally shoot with ISO200 and you have to be spot on http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-shots-with-velvia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-6647854164593551480Thu, 07 May 2009 19:55:00 +00002010-01-17T12:19:54.842+00:00Nikon FM, Nikon 80-200mm f4, Fuji superia 200 I Recently had a spare half day in Sweden so I took the camera out and explored some of the islands around Göteborg. These island are quite stunning and I was blessed with plenty of the famous Scandinavian light. I took a ferry out to an island called Donso, which is to the south. The islands are very quiet many don't even have roads this one has a http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/05/pictures-from-sweden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-3392133913002802004Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:06:00 +00002010-01-17T12:20:22.337+00:00As it was my birthday last month I decided to treat my self to a dedicated 35mm scanner. after a bit of rummaging around and realising I cant afford a Nikon Coolscan V I found a Plustec 7300 which fitted the bill perfectly. I got mine from Campkins Cameras in Cambridge where I get most of my stuff from. Its a proper camera shop staffed by people who know what they are talking about and while http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-birthday-presant-35mm-scanner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-8523372526916425663Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:42:00 +00002010-01-17T12:20:51.507+00:00This weekends task was a fairly simple one, in the box of stuff there was a few old flash guns. 3 were still in there boxes and now work perfectly, 1 was loose and had some battery acid damage to the battery cover. This is a Sunpak auto 321 model and is quite compact but well jointed so it can be used to bounce the flash in just about any direction. This could be quite a useful tool as the other http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/02/flash-gun-fun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-3558879015765192730Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:11:00 +00002010-01-17T12:23:21.862+00:00On January 12th I dragged the family bright and early on a Sunday morning to a camera fair in the hope of picking up a bargain. I've never been to one before so was expecting a bunch of bearded old men in wool jumpers and smoking pipes. Actually it was quite an interesting event, only a handful of beards and the odd woolly. I took along a few old bits that I didn't want in case I could use themhttp://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/camera-fair-bargins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-4492339042624394891Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:18:00 +00002009-01-19T22:20:50.167+00:00Got the tooth ache fixed. Yay!Had it pulled out and now it hurts. Boo.http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/toothache-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-4354147832806512169Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:46:00 +00002010-01-17T12:23:48.690+00:00Well today was the day to replace the seals! I have suspected that they have been leaking a bit of light into the film chamber as it was quite a loose fit, also some images have had a slight colour cast to them or its struggled with other colours. So after a bit of searching around I brought a complete kit from an eBay seller called "interslice". The kit is of a very high standard and even http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/replacing-light-seals-and-mirror-damper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-9171674203372663181Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:46:00 +00002010-01-17T12:24:36.724+00:00Got the light tent out the other day and decided to use the FM and some of its lenses as subject. I used a Canon 300D with 50mm f1.8 and a 75-300mm f4-5.6 lenses. Lighting was the 1000w lamp mounted on a tripod and the camera was also on a tripod. Click the images for larger versions. In this image is the FM fitted with the 50mm f1.8, on the left is the Clubman 28mm f2.8 and the zoom on thehttp://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/some-pictures-of-fm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-3924842957783071549Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:09:00 +00002009-01-08T00:14:44.369+00:00I don't like it. It hurts. A lot.http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-tooth-ache.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-5309838053965558419Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:26:00 +00002010-01-17T12:26:09.475+00:00Well I've got the pictures back and they're....Ok! A few were taken in Goteborg on a cold dark night and I stupidly forgot to bring the cable release along so most were blurry from camera shake but a few came out Ok. The others were taken while visiting an old friend in Norfolk. We took a stroll along Wells beach to find the most amazing sunset and dramatic unusual light as well as some seals onhttp://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/first-proper-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4636278363334395634.post-6498791558112237320Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:23:00 +00002010-01-17T12:29:43.481+00:00Well I've got all the stuff home unpacked it and thoroughly rummaged and tinkered with everything. So now I have 2 boxes of old kit and from it I've put together a set of all the good stuff. So far there is: Nikon FM black body 50mm f1.8 Nikkor 28mm f2.8 Clubman 70-200 f5.6 intercity (?) 2x Teleconverter Gossen "sixtino" light meter Nissin tw360 flash including coloured gel set and remote http://widebloke.blogspot.com/2009/01/out-of-box.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (widebloke)0