Recent content by jimmyb

It's the FD mount 85mm 1.2. I've wanted an 'L' lens since forever so took the plunge. They didn't come as the pair but will be a pair for the foreseeable. I have the FD converter to mount it on my digital sony but no more talk of the D word in this section of the forum :D canon 85mm 1.2 by...

Thanks guys. I love the soft, flared, unpredictability of the Holga.

A roll currently running through this. Canon AE-1 by James B, on Flickr

Both Ilford XP2, Blackpool overexposed Blackpool Front by James B, on Flickr Theatre by James B, on Flickr

Not posted on here for a while. This was my favourite from a recent roll of Ilford XP2 400 shot with a Holga 135BC. Holga trees by James B, on Flickr

cheers for the pointers, i live in manchester, so pretty normal temperature/humidity for england. I have ordered a relative humidity meter though, waiting for that to arrive. I'll look into the damp problem and see where that gets me.

The Vulcan really is something. The only time I've seen one in the flesh was the one rotting at Blackpool airport, not sure if it's still there or not. Didn't realise the pilots had such limited visibility.

I haven't done much photography recently so my gear hasn't been out much. I got it out recently to find most of my lenses have fungus in them, some are very bad. I'm not new to having fungus in lenses, I bought one second hand a few years back that was infested with fungus which i sent back...

Like it. A bit of an imaginative job on the honda C90.

rain by JB Stills, on Flickr Kind of sums up the past few days. Off to Ibiza next week to catch some sun :D

Haven't posted on here for a while. Shot on 35mm Ilford XP2 The Arcadia Verses by JB Stills, on Flickr

Nicely captured, looks an interesting place.

Like it, the only improvement i can come up with is paint the digger yellow, leave it where it is then come back in thirty years when it's rotted and rusty, love the rusty yellow digger shots. This one's still a winner though.

The car looks great and without a better suggestion for a background I feel bad for saying I'm not keen on the background... think it needs more interest or something (just the background). The car looking exactly the same as in this pic with maybe a darker background to make it pop out of the...

Great set, the first three are the winners for me, colour and sky in the first two is spectacular.