Fish Eye Film F*** Up

Got my film back last week from the P30n included on it were some shots form the cold and frosty session at Tilehurst back in October.

This was the first time I'd tried the fisheye on a full frame camera and wasn't sure what results I'd get.

Well the built in lens hood gets in the way resulting in shots like these…

Edited they don't look too bad…

So, having read about people removing the built in lens hood using a Dremel which sounded a bit drasticI was happy to see a link to a guide on how to remove it by loosening a few screws and removing the front element of the lens.
All was going well until the main body unscrewed and I am struggling to get it back together now.

Damp Bournemouth Skate Day

Back on the 23rd November, Gra and I went down to Bournemouth and met up with Paul and Jase.

It was touch and go whether anything was going to happen as the weather was a bit iffy to say the least.

Slades Farm was a bit soggy so Paul took us to the nearby Velodrome which was fun.
Then we skated Slades and Kings Park interspersed with tea/coffee and cake at Paul & Charlottes.

A great day with great people.

Thanks

Here's some photos…

(Pentax P30n, 35-80-mm f4.0-5.6, Fuji C200 expired 11/08)

P30n

Popped over to see my parents today, went out for a nice spot of lunch and then back to theirs.

Dad gave me this...

A Pentax P30n from circa 1988, he bought a job lot of cameras at a car boot sale that use to belong to a university and have had identifying marks burnt into them with soldering iron.

Not a bad little camera, 35-80mm f4 lens.

Looking forward to running a film through it and luckily being a Pentax I have a few other lenses to fit it including my fish eye hopefully.

In other news I weighed in at 204lbs (14 stone 8lbs)  today, I started at 223 lbs (15 stone 13lbs).

I bought some running gear to celebrate.

Drift Away

Trev drifting the BDS Danger Board through a damp corner at Ash Ranges

I Want One

Wanted one of these for a while now after reading about it in a camera magazine.

The Kalimar Action Shot 16.

16 lenses take 16 small pictures on 2 frames of 35mm film over a 2 second period, originally designed and marketed for golfers to analyze their swing.

I've had a search on ebay going, I was excited when I saw one pop up, until I saw the price.
Action Shot 16 on ebay


A bit like my Lomo Action Sampler but with 4 times as many lenses.

Panoramic Camera Tweaking

I picked up a cheapo 'Panoramic' point and shoot from a charity shop over a year ago.
Boxed, looks unused.

Now seeing as I sold my Vivitar UWS on ebay to fund my addiction for buying more useless crap, I had a look at this thinking it might be a substitute. Cheap, all plastic blah blah blah.

Now the way the 'panoramic' bit works is a just a plastic bit which masks the film, this means there is a black strip along the top and the bottom of the negative and then you need to ask the developer to print them 3.5" x 10". 

I figured I might be able to trim the masking bit away leaving a wider angle full frame. In the end it just pulled out, so I tried it without it in.

One problem is that the viewfinder is also masked so you can't see the top and bottom of the subject when looking through it.

Results with Kodak 400 not too bad, got that UWS lens-flare when pointed into the sun, no vignetting though.

Some results.

Really Sirius

Bought this lens off of ebay t'other day.
Collected it from the sorting office this morning.

Sirius 18-28mm Zoom. It's for the Minolta X-700, just a tad wider than the 20mm Vivitar.

Out & About In Brighton

Sunday 13th Feb, Canon Sureshot Supreme, Kodak 400

Snowy Woking SureShots

Finished my film up today that was in the Canon Sureshot Supreme.

Some of snowy Woking taken on Saturday 18th December last year.

The footbridge from Brewery Road carpark into the town

The frozen Basingstoke Canal looking North East

The frozen Basingstoke Canal looking South West

Pyrford Common Road taken whilst driving with camera out of window

U1 on the X-700

Got my prints back after finally using the film up.
Verdict? Need a wider angle lens or stand further back.

Shame I cut DaveH's head off in this one.

Minolta X-700, 20mm lens, generic flash, Fuji 200asa

...A-Ah Saviour Of The Universe

Remember the other day I said I'd got a Minolta 132PX?

Well today it's mahoosive brother arrived in the shape of the Minolta 360PX.

Tilt and swivel, bells and whistles. Syncs with the motordrive on 1/16th power but only at 2fps using normal batteries, seems like I've got to find the Power Grip 2 to sync at 3.5fps.  

Oh yeah, I've also ordered an off camera flash lead and 132PX instruction book for the and a kook friend in Kentucky has bought, paid for and is going to post me a wide angle diffuser to fit the 132 (of course I'll refund him his costs) thanks Adam

MD's And Rokkors

Bought myself a 50mm lens off of ebay for the Minolta X-700 with some of the money my parents gave me for my birthday.

When I popped round a few weeks later my dad said he had a lens for me that he'd got from a car boot sale.

A 50mm lens for my Minolta X-700. Doh!

Turns out they are different though.

The one I got off of ebay

The one my dad got from the carboot

Comparison

The MD (above left) has a min aperture of f22 whilst the MD Rokkor (arove right) has a min aperture of f16.

Guess I'll have to do a comparison roll of film.

Last Few Days Of Nothing To Do

Took advantage of this fact by going down to Brighton with the wife.

We went to the Duke Of Yorks Cinema see the new Mike Leigh film 'Another Year', enjoyable in a Mike Leigh type of film way.

I like the Duke Of Yorks, they've got a nice bar and they let you take your beer in (albeit in a plastic glass), we sit up on the balcony on the comfy sofas, very dignified type of cinema.

I had a bottle of Darkstar Brewing Co. Espresso, nice full bodied black beer that has freshly ground espresso coffee beans added to the mixture. 4.2%, nice black coffee aftertaste.

I also adopted another orphan camera from a charity shop, a Canon Sureshot Supreme of about 86 vintage.
The first Mrs Mullet had one of these, great camera, lovely f2.8 lens.
The battery is flat though so I am waiting for one to arrive, Boots wanted £11.49 for a 2CR5 battery, I paid £2.50 with free shipping on ebay.
Only paid £1.99 for the camera.
It's got a film in it so will be interesting to see what's on it.

Shoreham Sequences

Shoreham was rad.

Took loads of pics. Including some with the Minolta Motordrive.
Last 3 frames of the film, pity could have done with a couple more of the ride away.

If they ain't moving click on the pics and they should animate themselves...



Oakley Liddell inverts one.

Ricardo floats one Frontside

Spooky

I was in a charity shop in Brighton last weekend when I remarked that what I was really looking for was "a photography book but not one about digital photography as I want to get a better understanding of films characteristics, oh just like this one..."

B&W MSN

A couple of pics from Midsomer Norton last week.
Taken with the Minolta X-700, Vivitar 20mm, expired Kodak Tri-X Pan 400.
A bit grainy but hey ho. I've filtered these a bit with Noiseware a great free bit of kit.

More pics on Flickr.

Reverse Lens Wheels

I've been playing with my X-700 with a reversing ring to fit a Pentax 50mm f1:1.7 lens on back to front in order to take close up photos.
Pretty cool, you get a very shallow depth of field and a tilt shift type effect.

Minolta Motordrive

Got an early birthday present of a 2nd hand motordrive for my Minolta X-700.
Here's the camera with the motordrive and the Vivitar 20mm f1:3.8 lens.

3.5fps baby!

Latest Freecycle Freebies

Picked this up this evening...

Minolta X-700 with a 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 zoom.
Sun 2x teleconverter
Vivitar 20mm f3.8
And a 36exp roll of film about 5 years old (estimated by the guy that gave it all to me)

Not Fed Up...

...in fact I'm quite happy with the results from my Fed5B even though I had problems with the film snapping whilst I was rewinding it.

Here's three pictures of the glasshouse at Wisley Gardens, got a nice muted vintage feel to them.