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(All pics via an EOS 3000, K400, Y2 filter, dev'd yesterday in ID-11 unless otherwise stated, scanned today)
Tomorrow I'm starting off to the Highlands to visit a mate. So of course there is only one car for a 1000+ round mile trip.
A 1998 mint green Corsa B with 44k on the clock. I've had it 3 years and its had a clean MoT pass each year. In fact the only MoT issue was a failed switch in 2007. A bit of routine maintenance and starting to gather some emergency tools...
Whilst I was there I degreased the engine as there is a slight leak on the rocker cover gasket I want to keep my eye on.
I've decided I'm going to document my trip ONLY on film. Taking one or two cameras...
Top row from left: Mamiya C3 (my favourite), Mamiya Super 23 (a bl**dy complicated beast)
Bottom row: Minolta MT-9 (35mm point & shoot) which will be the 2nd main day to day camera, Supasnaps (110, fixed focus & aperture, single shutter speed probably around 1/100), Minolta 16 II but I've swapped this out for my Minox EC (not pictured, sub miniature, 9.2mm film giving a 8x11mm negative)
Cameras not pictured: Canon EOS 3000 and a 50mm prime lens with remote cable release that will be mounted to the interior of my windscreen with a humongous suction pad so I can take pics whilst driving and another EOS (750?) with a 35-80mm zoom for day to day non driving pics that I'll treat as a fancy point & shoot on auto everything.
To make the jaunt more fun but infinitely more complicated for myself I'm going to develop the preceding 24 hours worth of shots whilst in a hotel or at my mates house, dry them overnight and the scan them in the morning for posting. Basically all these photos have been practice for this endeavour. Will it work? Don't know. Why do it? Not rightly sure.
The beautifully wrapped scanner and the "modern" Win 8.1 computer.
I've also been practising on the road shots...
I quite like some of them but there is a v high proportion of duds. I've got the 50mm lens on manual focus at virtually infinity (I don't want it "hunting" for focus when I'm at legal motorway speeds) on aperture priority at f8 and letting the camera decide shutter speed. That's great for distance shots. Where I've been let down is using the same focus settings in urban areas. If I want shots at slower car speeds in built up areas I'll need to pull over and re-focus at 50ft-ish.
Because inevitably there will be a 24-36 hour delay in the photo updates there will be a few Instax shots to literally add a bit of colour.
Might have enough film...
See you on the morrow when I set off.
Tomorrow I'm starting off to the Highlands to visit a mate. So of course there is only one car for a 1000+ round mile trip.
A 1998 mint green Corsa B with 44k on the clock. I've had it 3 years and its had a clean MoT pass each year. In fact the only MoT issue was a failed switch in 2007. A bit of routine maintenance and starting to gather some emergency tools...
Whilst I was there I degreased the engine as there is a slight leak on the rocker cover gasket I want to keep my eye on.
I've decided I'm going to document my trip ONLY on film. Taking one or two cameras...
Top row from left: Mamiya C3 (my favourite), Mamiya Super 23 (a bl**dy complicated beast)
Bottom row: Minolta MT-9 (35mm point & shoot) which will be the 2nd main day to day camera, Supasnaps (110, fixed focus & aperture, single shutter speed probably around 1/100), Minolta 16 II but I've swapped this out for my Minox EC (not pictured, sub miniature, 9.2mm film giving a 8x11mm negative)
Cameras not pictured: Canon EOS 3000 and a 50mm prime lens with remote cable release that will be mounted to the interior of my windscreen with a humongous suction pad so I can take pics whilst driving and another EOS (750?) with a 35-80mm zoom for day to day non driving pics that I'll treat as a fancy point & shoot on auto everything.
To make the jaunt more fun but infinitely more complicated for myself I'm going to develop the preceding 24 hours worth of shots whilst in a hotel or at my mates house, dry them overnight and the scan them in the morning for posting. Basically all these photos have been practice for this endeavour. Will it work? Don't know. Why do it? Not rightly sure.
The beautifully wrapped scanner and the "modern" Win 8.1 computer.
I've also been practising on the road shots...
I quite like some of them but there is a v high proportion of duds. I've got the 50mm lens on manual focus at virtually infinity (I don't want it "hunting" for focus when I'm at legal motorway speeds) on aperture priority at f8 and letting the camera decide shutter speed. That's great for distance shots. Where I've been let down is using the same focus settings in urban areas. If I want shots at slower car speeds in built up areas I'll need to pull over and re-focus at 50ft-ish.
Because inevitably there will be a 24-36 hour delay in the photo updates there will be a few Instax shots to literally add a bit of colour.
Might have enough film...
See you on the morrow when I set off.
