Happy New Year everyone, specially all my #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography friends.
I'm going to break my image thread as we start 2026, even though I've only got to October. The old thread ended at https://mastodon.scot/@carusb/115812996539286193
The premise is, at least one photo from each roll of film. It seems I can't post a link and a photo, so the latter will follow.
Walking down to Portobello West Prom. I think this frame is a reasonable metaphor for walking into a New Year in hope.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100 film at EI 200, home devved in HC-110 dilution B (1+31, nominal 8 minutes), home scanned.
Stone-paved Edinburgh street. And yes, that's the East Coast mainline crossing at the end (and a student residence behind it). But that converted warehouse means it can do for #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday .
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100 film at EI 200, home devved in HC-110 dilution B (1+31, nominal 8 minutes), home scanned.
The other end of Croft-an-Righ, leading into Holyrood Park.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100 film at EI 200, home devved in HC-110 dilution B (1+31, nominal 8 minutes), home scanned.
In Holyrood Park.
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100 film at EI 200, home devved in HC-110 dilution B (1+31, nominal 8 minutes), home scanned.
Acorn. We had a prodigious acorn harvest last year. However, this image was really about "Can this 35mm f/2 lens do narrow depth of field?". Well, yes it can!
#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100 film at EI 200, home devved in HC-110 dilution B (1+31, nominal 8 minutes), home scanned.
New lens time for these barbed wire poppies in Jephson Gardens, Leamington. This lens was an extravagant purchase, the most I've ever spent on any photographic item!
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 320, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
The entrance to the Sensory Garden, Leamington. #DoorsDay
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 320, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
The Pump Room Gardens and bandstand. These gardens and the building behind the hoarding to the right celebrate the reason for the name Leamington Spa.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 320, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Canal-side living. The Grand Union Canal through Leamington.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 320, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Autumnal beech leaves.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 320, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Autumnal sweet chestnut leaves.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 320, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Autumnal sweet chestnut leaves 2.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Family bikes in the wood.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
The dog walkers. They are on a public footpath that runs across that field. (Last of the two colour rolls testing the Distagon 35/2. I'm pretty happy with it, apart from the weight.)
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Tree in Abbey Fields. This is the only frame I'll show in this thread from a roll of #Phoenix200 at EI 125 in 120, in my Fuji #GS645S. The colours just came out too weird (I already shared a frame with red berries that came out a weird orange). That trunk is grey-brown, not green at all! Develop and scan by Filmdev.
Pollarded oak tree.
#ZeissIkonta524, #Kentmere100 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution B, home scanned.
Abbey Lake.
#ZeissIkonta524, #Kentmere100 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution B, home scanned.
Abbey Lake 2. A bit of the keep of Kenilworth Castle can be seen mid right; nothing much but might give an idea of proximity.
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2 lens, yellowfilter, #Kentmere200 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Grand Union Canal 1. Under the bridge.
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2 lens, yellowfilter, #Kentmere200 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Grand Union Canal 2. Narrow boat.
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2 lens, yellowfilter, #Kentmere200 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
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I could add #FootpathFriday
Grand Union Canal 3. The distinctive shape of most canal bridges.
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2 lens, yellowfilter, #Kentmere200 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
I think I was wrong in the Alt-text here to say this was on a monopod. I found a roughly contemporaneous forum post in a thread about that weekend: "It appears I _can_ hand hold a Pentax Z-1 for shots longer than 1/10 second... sometimes!" It did go on to say I used the monopod the next day, but that was a different location. I was younger then!
(The Z-1 didn't last long. Too many menus for me. Bought it for £40, couple of AF lenses for £25 each, traded the lot the next year for a £169 LX!)
Kenilworth Station.
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2 lens, yellowfilter, #Kentmere200 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Grand Union Canal 4. Checking out the geology in a cutting, on the approach to the Shrewley tunnel. #TowpathTuesday
#Pentax MX, Cosinon-W 28mm f/2 lens, yellowfilter, #Kentmere200 film, home developed in HC-110 dilution E (1+47), home scanned.
Pollarded oak, last autumn. Not easy to see, but there is a crack in the main trunk, 2" wide at the top. I think that's why they pollarded it. Regrowth has been very poor.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Arboretum 1.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Castle window. The metal bar is modern, the window is for defence. #WindowFriday #FensterFreitag
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
Arboretum 2. I think the autumnal red conifer might be a variety of thuja.
Pentax LX, Carl Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 lens, UV filter, Fuji Superia XTRA 400 expired 2021 at EI 250, lab dev/scan by Filmdev.
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