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I'm a self confessed camera geek and this is how I let off my steam between my work as a professional photographer.Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-48211328859392587892023-06-27T11:26:00.003+01:002023-06-27T11:26:49.455+01:00Sir Peter Scott Walk; Walking from Sutton Bridge to King's Lynn<p>I've been wanting to do the Sir Peter Scott Walk for a few years now; I've always been too busy or not well. This spring time I felt it was now or never, the weather was looking promising for my last free week before the summer wedding season starting and so we set the date. </p><p>"We" was my old old old friend Bobby and I. We're usually bike riding buddies for exercise and adventures but on this day we had a good hike along the coastal path across the border of Lincolnshire & Norfolk; between Sutton Bridge & King's Lynn.</p><p>The walk itself took around 5-6 hours and was just under 15 miles in total but yes it could be done quicker and the journey could be shorter and easier for sure.</p><p>We added a walk out to the Inner Tidal Bank on the marsh and spent lots of time looking out for and watching the wildlife and this proved to be absolutely amazing!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1bdJUMCDrPcqUROwscYQ0al2-oqShAjJf0ZyCPfaZNuyEIPwzYqDKONHdPmYwCu1xmhGqnzsvPibYR7yV2Git9TGRyliIV2ilMfyHVGIt4tHcXdGuqBUObD89XGlsQSo8L8sUcVUMLHqg5C5C5NJKAuAloEia-XYVwZHrd3zxWKRemmHoHs5bIJztfH-/s1500/Sir%20Peter%20Scott%20Walk-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Red Kite | Bird Photography | Sir Peter Scott Walk Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1bdJUMCDrPcqUROwscYQ0al2-oqShAjJf0ZyCPfaZNuyEIPwzYqDKONHdPmYwCu1xmhGqnzsvPibYR7yV2Git9TGRyliIV2ilMfyHVGIt4tHcXdGuqBUObD89XGlsQSo8L8sUcVUMLHqg5C5C5NJKAuAloEia-XYVwZHrd3zxWKRemmHoHs5bIJztfH-/w320-h213/Sir%20Peter%20Scott%20Walk-22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We got at most 5 metres away from a beautiful Red Kite feeding on the marsh and it was truly astonishing! An experience that I would say is very rare to be that close. When the bird left the ground and took off it gave the best display of gliding just above us. No exaggeration we laid on the ground and were whispering "this is amazing, I can't believe this!"<p></p><p>I'd love to do this walk again and it will definitely happen again one day; let's just wait and see what experiences await.</p><p>Thanks for reading.</p><p>Ben</p><p>Now for the image diary;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlkGL8saMPPw6Yzz1yjaOGhHCClJcU9riAepEU2T84n1dOD3d08mNlz9yNy76gX2IGr3mAnZxoMkK3WZqlZE_XOJ5Sqb2MElhK3LtXauegbhdsCVq3WbT84toBMoEWlPR8Yz4fYiDJzgUlVi_apG9eFcwpb1xR8-IHkxabYs2_qilxhCplvYb8zvDTFIO/s1500/Sir%20Peter%20Scott%20Walk-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sir Peter Scott Lighthouse | Sir Peter Scott Walk Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlkGL8saMPPw6Yzz1yjaOGhHCClJcU9riAepEU2T84n1dOD3d08mNlz9yNy76gX2IGr3mAnZxoMkK3WZqlZE_XOJ5Sqb2MElhK3LtXauegbhdsCVq3WbT84toBMoEWlPR8Yz4fYiDJzgUlVi_apG9eFcwpb1xR8-IHkxabYs2_qilxhCplvYb8zvDTFIO/w213-h320/Sir%20Peter%20Scott%20Walk-1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I hadn't heard of it but I googled it and was well up for the short drive to Deeping. It's really out in the middle of nowhere; perfect for the wildlife.</p><p>I've said it before I'm no wildlife expert in the slightest but I do enjoy the challenge; watching the animal and trying to get 'the shot'.</p><p>I had my trusty Sony R10 iv; it's got to be the best all round camera out there! That's what a lot of reviews said about it and I do have to agree. It's got it's shortcomings but what it does well, it does really well!</p><p>A 600mm zoom on a camera no bigger than a DSLR and (maybe) kit lens; it's a beast!</p><p>So when we were at the lakes we were on a mission to photograph the Marsh Harriers and what a sight these amazing birds were. Proper birds of prey soaring majestically through the air.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjGfB7-o2My_NgLdbyi4I_h4rWjMN4-E63jpJoLqjQq_-7IKIvNoH8UprSnphGpPCeVgiSkZ8ZdnLhJAOjDM2VyANYZSfhugO84-3Jwy4nS3Nt8tc0waLNAYQsOWhq0y4vX1CJzJMPEEPHIJLD6iDizx-OlgbDCVObIvquOKu4G9o9EXUfY8W4Y2aTg/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marsh Harrier Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjGfB7-o2My_NgLdbyi4I_h4rWjMN4-E63jpJoLqjQq_-7IKIvNoH8UprSnphGpPCeVgiSkZ8ZdnLhJAOjDM2VyANYZSfhugO84-3Jwy4nS3Nt8tc0waLNAYQsOWhq0y4vX1CJzJMPEEPHIJLD6iDizx-OlgbDCVObIvquOKu4G9o9EXUfY8W4Y2aTg/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7m0jUL-8IZqQAZqu5ZSuMJRI4EVGROf8XNR-hMDKhuRBguLDomdyTD0w9v8qO44UzXWHR22L8QXnkfPxRk7afp_IEqfqS5hnvDi_8OjtgkrAsqJyGieEOtUAvIVWwKCLgcaxM0-46aDvMv73lxc1u8sHnkvWFnstbsQYCeIyjG1WemrVBEjjjBwQpg/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marsh Harrier Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7m0jUL-8IZqQAZqu5ZSuMJRI4EVGROf8XNR-hMDKhuRBguLDomdyTD0w9v8qO44UzXWHR22L8QXnkfPxRk7afp_IEqfqS5hnvDi_8OjtgkrAsqJyGieEOtUAvIVWwKCLgcaxM0-46aDvMv73lxc1u8sHnkvWFnstbsQYCeIyjG1WemrVBEjjjBwQpg/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hcuQByxacf5_L8ybcNjEWRdheGE7N5vXiiT8X9RxVvMJqJ1O_XLSr-mvSgM5ZJGSUh2STx1YjXDIVPi0gSnLGO0nt_f06HxSvuFPZnAiX-LMNPr4OUuK5A8qs-zAMxBbApTVajg3nrfBz6S1pM98kkABxoiHIPMvvC3T52lQOYxAei5kxKnNdb1PjA/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Marsh Harrier Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hcuQByxacf5_L8ybcNjEWRdheGE7N5vXiiT8X9RxVvMJqJ1O_XLSr-mvSgM5ZJGSUh2STx1YjXDIVPi0gSnLGO0nt_f06HxSvuFPZnAiX-LMNPr4OUuK5A8qs-zAMxBbApTVajg3nrfBz6S1pM98kkABxoiHIPMvvC3T52lQOYxAei5kxKnNdb1PjA/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yep I took a 'few' shots.<div><br /></div><div>The next highlight was the Little Owl's that we had been told about when talking to other people enjoying the lakes. A little hard to spot because they're more than well camouflaged.</div><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZ7-lanucq212imlNSxf3kbGAIBFFMHoHXy5TGgwKIOwQ5zMQXxgnACqX-Nzz3q_PYjnzilchRZkThqiFASTQAIouo2g22txOyc_Hbp6Xvqr5QTgOLVp2jrxieQKMGQ42MRTtWCEDN6aZ04wEVa96JuGBncNKbu9AM4DW7fV90IAcpA5BKUHwMeRWYw/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Little Owl Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZ7-lanucq212imlNSxf3kbGAIBFFMHoHXy5TGgwKIOwQ5zMQXxgnACqX-Nzz3q_PYjnzilchRZkThqiFASTQAIouo2g22txOyc_Hbp6Xvqr5QTgOLVp2jrxieQKMGQ42MRTtWCEDN6aZ04wEVa96JuGBncNKbu9AM4DW7fV90IAcpA5BKUHwMeRWYw/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Did you spot it?</div><div><br /></div><div>For a wildlife novice like me everything is fun to photograph.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Muntjac Deeping Lakes" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoVVKoZoHtpwSE19EIhGr0U5uaCh0JxyUKhFabE-FDfpQvuJm3KSlBoePKYlfEVt8V2L4uMiIZ-LmGqlP23z72fpSz9MDkjEzHF4FBRwACc3s2uBe4yy8-hxGPpsYEQmIw6NHnZUlnWmsiK89q8xnlfM2K9JGQyp7auJU2WaelN__Fr56ugCt-LM9bQ/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I love this photo of a Blue Tit.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_il8lWMNsYr4qr8YpHdbkB9RGCrM-egsKohPQ9O_yA7CNOEfw9bU2vRbc0PBEpvPotBiqaPP1Q9uxE7YvCcss7vkCOwp8LrmivZxlEj6_vX4lNdAUb-1imTlGB9w966xzv6UAjOe7qVovDJAwKzEihfbDtiwfsR0lOcsMFWL8Ga368bRfC7Aow4JOZw/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Blue Tit Bird Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_il8lWMNsYr4qr8YpHdbkB9RGCrM-egsKohPQ9O_yA7CNOEfw9bU2vRbc0PBEpvPotBiqaPP1Q9uxE7YvCcss7vkCOwp8LrmivZxlEj6_vX4lNdAUb-1imTlGB9w966xzv6UAjOe7qVovDJAwKzEihfbDtiwfsR0lOcsMFWL8Ga368bRfC7Aow4JOZw/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And yes; I'm still immature enough to find that funny!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The one that got away.</div><div>We were walking around the corner to an opening of the trees at the waters edge and Nathaniel said "HERON!" I quickly raised my camera and took this photo with what settings were already dialled in.</div><div>The shutter speed is too slow.</div><div>It's not focused perfectly.</div><div>And it was a tiny bit over exposed.</div><div>But considering I just raised my camera and snapped the photo in the split second I had the chance, it's not too bad.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAs81f3jEG2zelHyyyPGy5lOfr64Yed8ViM0wPJt7jwBF8kE_51n2ACwINFxEbqUlSyW1b4Viwde8M3XN4CBDkvAHpOiyUOwGuVf9htwcuudplHwP-DoznBXeczgy0aK2prtpBUhK7C2vhjqcAjYKWbVauz_lBcf3DHxoKy2WcpFy7hT4yifKZgONMQ/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Herron Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAs81f3jEG2zelHyyyPGy5lOfr64Yed8ViM0wPJt7jwBF8kE_51n2ACwINFxEbqUlSyW1b4Viwde8M3XN4CBDkvAHpOiyUOwGuVf9htwcuudplHwP-DoznBXeczgy0aK2prtpBUhK7C2vhjqcAjYKWbVauz_lBcf3DHxoKy2WcpFy7hT4yifKZgONMQ/w400-h267/Deeping%20Lakes-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And come on who doesn't like ducks?!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIun9-MfSB7KKe3gE-4hSfKBiaKNsjY2bDd5QPhzQtNnhxXC5Br5L-Ssh4J9ayctHP7PRKspoH5cr4ZzEPsh43mB9RRTvhZwkzOUkRN5JtcX27ctcskKrf856ptirNtvhAvChg9w9UwqhPMM41NVrvYLYrzwXunw474A-DPXMjlGnpIznQj5G5RLSfQ/s1500/Deeping%20Lakes-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deeping Lakes Photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIun9-MfSB7KKe3gE-4hSfKBiaKNsjY2bDd5QPhzQtNnhxXC5Br5L-Ssh4J9ayctHP7PRKspoH5cr4ZzEPsh43mB9RRTvhZwkzOUkRN5JtcX27ctcskKrf856ptirNtvhAvChg9w9UwqhPMM41NVrvYLYrzwXunw474A-DPXMjlGnpIznQj5G5RLSfQ/w400-h266/Deeping%20Lakes-15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The versatility of the Sony RX10iv has excelled as an 'all in one' tool. It allows you to get the photos that otherwise you'd perhaps need that 'big camera' and that 'big lens'.</p><p>I'm sure we'll visit <a href="https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/deeping-lakes" target="_blank">Deeping Lakes</a> again.</p><p>Now where's my credit card for that big lens?!</p></div></div>Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com2Deeping Lakes Nature Reserve, Peterborough PE6 8RH, UK52.6584183 -0.245819824.348184463821156 -35.4020698 80.968652136178846 34.9104302tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-80360027056647666332023-03-25T15:33:00.001+00:002023-03-25T15:33:26.885+00:00Photographing Deer With The Sony RX10 IV<p>Wow the Sony RX10 IV is an absolute beast!</p><p>It's amazing to carry around on a walk for photographing wildlife.</p><p>I've only had it 1 day and used it once for a photowalk along the river and it performs as well as you'd expect the worlds best Bridge camera to. It goes from wide angle to super telephoto; 24mm to 600mm. </p><p>As long as it's bright daylight the camera & images are fantastic. IS0 100 is clean and sharp. As the light levels begin to decrease and the ISO has to be increased to match, then the camera & image quality begins to degrade. It does alright for a 1" sensor but it will never match a full frame sensor 'in the dark'.</p><p>On board Steady Shot image stabilisation; I really can't decide if it works or doesn't on my camera? Sometimes at 600mm I feel like the image in the view finder is a bit shaky but then what can you expect? I'd imagine that the steady shot could be working and is probably doing a good job and maybe I'm not holding the camera still enough whilst I expect some kind of image stabilised magic?!</p><p>I do alright on my day job though!</p><p>I'll keep debating this one.</p><p>Is the Sony RX10 IV good for photographing wildlife? I'd say 100% yes!</p><p>I'm no wildlife photography expert; maybe I've photographed a few wild dance floors but photographing any animal apart from a dog is totally new to me. But I enjoyed this so much!</p><p>Trying to stalk and get as close to these Deer was a great experience. Nat and I kept saying "this is amazing".</p><p>Is focusing on the RX10 IV good? Apparently it's the same autofocus system as the Sony A9, which I own and so I'd say the autofocus system is superb!</p><p>Now it's time to see some images;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapzMBVfS58dGt4y-bIk6BFUE6gYOPYCwjyeXOld61H9ROkun3JvU1vp4PJtUHI6Y1eKMDim8QaHu4daBPdUbINOnEC5jRextg_6lrofNNba0WZpLVuASKOqI4IBt8eB9Ot2c4TW9ZBi23f6I566gHf-udO3-Q0i1yjEL6JS0_TzkESvrBPvLF4LBM-A/s1500/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deer Photo | Sutton Bridge | Sony RX10 IV" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapzMBVfS58dGt4y-bIk6BFUE6gYOPYCwjyeXOld61H9ROkun3JvU1vp4PJtUHI6Y1eKMDim8QaHu4daBPdUbINOnEC5jRextg_6lrofNNba0WZpLVuASKOqI4IBt8eB9Ot2c4TW9ZBi23f6I566gHf-udO3-Q0i1yjEL6JS0_TzkESvrBPvLF4LBM-A/w320-h213/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rainbow | Sutton Bridge | Sony RX10 IV" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksn-n9rospprxMiMT5b_k6H-yrQNeiO5qNNrrBiu0xQSzLm41savbinIfXDTHjW53btIBv7gVq2HpuczrVj9HXrW0iIx0cx_HoPFATSB07s0ef2TtgofWv6yrI1z5-qJ0sWgJSA_uAqTDMXqe99Ix6udq5gI6CjYLRrTLphfiNBEj5rponWaFPSYTlA/w213-h320/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeUZ96UbFwsac4aPRY8ho0Rf-WgiiQue5UhVxAXDDVlPJeqoeef87X4Muv6zGy9h4-BQMEEJJhHueuyv5-XvdkBvM8NdlAuZRCkLlr9U2HuJsFI3SHdJXNI2aEanNiIDYRulU0q11MM9tdWGth3Wn03ETFw-An5GAFzVRrjRsYCTtReANuZHJcRX1ow/s1500/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tydd Wind Turbine" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeUZ96UbFwsac4aPRY8ho0Rf-WgiiQue5UhVxAXDDVlPJeqoeef87X4Muv6zGy9h4-BQMEEJJhHueuyv5-XvdkBvM8NdlAuZRCkLlr9U2HuJsFI3SHdJXNI2aEanNiIDYRulU0q11MM9tdWGth3Wn03ETFw-An5GAFzVRrjRsYCTtReANuZHJcRX1ow/w320-h213/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was around 5.30pm and the sun was starting to go down and the storm clouds were coming in overhead, this was a test for RX10 IV in low light. IS0 2000 and above the images were much more noisy but with a little noise reduction in Lightroom they're still very usable.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wfQh00-YMfdyw96Myy5Fpvf-eNQKiosaNXGN-2zUePfCji17wI9iXNdPeZplhU0egikWU21h71cNDS8NCm3ENpn0V1Bp3U4_FR1afH-kgSBICTtLsT3EpCsHnKzhVw7wZ2H6oNbAJb_oINZKzE3xpr0C0gNo9WQkqZAcpyWs-E5A5rk5D7CsdiOIDw/s1500/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deer Photo | Sutton Bridge | Sony RX10 IV" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wfQh00-YMfdyw96Myy5Fpvf-eNQKiosaNXGN-2zUePfCji17wI9iXNdPeZplhU0egikWU21h71cNDS8NCm3ENpn0V1Bp3U4_FR1afH-kgSBICTtLsT3EpCsHnKzhVw7wZ2H6oNbAJb_oINZKzE3xpr0C0gNo9WQkqZAcpyWs-E5A5rk5D7CsdiOIDw/w320-h213/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNPe-_taGDV2yPF7VEGgecBAcwNrwv-pfkyvtplysQl4NiRktUt5HJxg2S4JK3CoL7ihNtiN4moCZks9eTt9x-UhrYhKk12Sr5zSdpt2AxjIUXWPvsxkbw3nMl8y_NAjV552tJ4wYnb7LyPRJNiLvHcY4Tcg1MOiPT-Hqj13s4ZEhhXkXvCTuAzpDJQ/s1500/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Deer Photo | Sutton Bridge | Sony RX10 IV" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNPe-_taGDV2yPF7VEGgecBAcwNrwv-pfkyvtplysQl4NiRktUt5HJxg2S4JK3CoL7ihNtiN4moCZks9eTt9x-UhrYhKk12Sr5zSdpt2AxjIUXWPvsxkbw3nMl8y_NAjV552tJ4wYnb7LyPRJNiLvHcY4Tcg1MOiPT-Hqj13s4ZEhhXkXvCTuAzpDJQ/w320-h213/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We just beat the rain back to the car. The colour in the sky was epic!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiU8oNmuEZBwKM0xrRvxUKzDrCC4j9tw5ems86-6IbzjKAbP5BZh34EDok0ZgRBEpHMVnpYzKr-yjPK5njkbSsyEaBl6KcU-PgLmoU0kwdizO6XeNB7UC5moGvT_pPVGOnze4NiLQG8W1_xthDxhfDT_6mnsUEGObYg6lWkm-hd9v4lkU-k7vyU1IiMA/s1500/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wind Turbine | Sutton Bridge | Sony RX10 IV" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiU8oNmuEZBwKM0xrRvxUKzDrCC4j9tw5ems86-6IbzjKAbP5BZh34EDok0ZgRBEpHMVnpYzKr-yjPK5njkbSsyEaBl6KcU-PgLmoU0kwdizO6XeNB7UC5moGvT_pPVGOnze4NiLQG8W1_xthDxhfDT_6mnsUEGObYg6lWkm-hd9v4lkU-k7vyU1IiMA/w320-h213/Deer%20with%20RX10%20iv1-19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Despite being a little bulky and a weight in my bag, I'm really looking forward to taking the RX10 IV out with me again and carrying on documenting what I see each time I go out for a walk.</p><p>I wonder what I'll see next time?</p><p><br /></p></div>Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-27491197548983584012023-03-20T06:56:00.000+00:002023-03-20T06:56:04.042+00:00Walking in Sutton Bridge with the Canon SD30 Digital IXUS i Digicam<p>I'm really loving walking at the moment; It's a bit of peace & quiet and time to clear my head. It's good for the soul, body & mind.</p><p>I said peace & quiet but to be fair I've always got my headphones on!</p><p>Let's just call it meditative (is that a word?)</p><p>Post surgery, I've got a lot on my mid and also a reason to enjoy the little and simple things in life.</p><p>Simple things just like being able to go out for a walk!</p><p><br /></p><p>I've bought a few cameras recently; expensive ones and cheap charity shops one's too. And guess what, I've actually been using the cheap ones more than the expensive one. </p><p><br /></p><p>The subject of today's blog is the Canon Digital IXUS i, also known as as the Canon SD30. It's a (something like) 2005 5 Mega Pixel point & shoot digicam. Wow things were simple 20 years ago! But hey the digital revolution had to start somewhere and from there; improve with every generation. And just look at where camera technology is at now! </p><p>These days cameras are like little boxes of magic in your hand. This little bad boy is still pretty magic to me though; it's so much fun seeing what I can do with it and its limitations.</p><p>The focus isn't too bad though and I'm a stickler for focus!</p><p>The 5 mega pixel photos are absolutely tiny! When I upload them to Lightroom on my 27" iMac (let's call it the Big Mac) the images cover the smallest part of the center of the screen; a bit like a 6x4 photo in the middle of my 27" screen. It's kinda funny!</p><p>I'm trying to get used to not being able to shoot in RAW and only relying on JPEG's. For a start I thought they were a little lacklustre, so I switched to the VIVID picture style to give the images a little punch.</p><p>Out on a wet & grey Saturday afternoon through Sutton Bridge it felt so good to get out of my sick bed and get some fresh air whilst seeing what the Canon SD30 could do.</p><p>I'd previously spotted a lone flower over the King's Lynn side of the bridge whilst driving passed; so that was the day's mission to photograph.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRIR2u-Z2BXZvb1wSkqcyhy97KUHmekq-PXSTZgn-V8dhoqp8V33pLuSgwyGST6bNVGAFt9sGb_bF23nb8w4Vbkfl_C_wCwTKuVNQxVv13r3i8p1zw2-KMKEQxkpHl3hAYAw9xnCtOUJmInKQTIJNXqDWnaqX7sxLR4gX1DRunoNZek7FjeL-upsboA/s2592/BRIDGE%20SD30-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Canon SD30 Digital ixus I" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRIR2u-Z2BXZvb1wSkqcyhy97KUHmekq-PXSTZgn-V8dhoqp8V33pLuSgwyGST6bNVGAFt9sGb_bF23nb8w4Vbkfl_C_wCwTKuVNQxVv13r3i8p1zw2-KMKEQxkpHl3hAYAw9xnCtOUJmInKQTIJNXqDWnaqX7sxLR4gX1DRunoNZek7FjeL-upsboA/w240-h320/BRIDGE%20SD30-7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Not bad ay!</p><p>Along the way I recorded what caught my eye such as the "Relentless" rubbish and the reflections in the rain soaked road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYl8D-7W_3BE5jm4gX9Ns-ao0JB44lSil-RA15dZXUosif-_yeH1E0epciKRn15gluIRWjsSrbyZYlNsoqLa6ueH42JT5m60ow8QDHg9plVACXOd_q2UfhGMt2l5NbSN0ON9nV8FXfArMZjnXNtikXjSATZwDM1MBwo0n8gx_eIXqJPXL2tbKbCfqzqg/s2506/BRIDGE%20SD30-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Relentless energy drink" border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="2506" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYl8D-7W_3BE5jm4gX9Ns-ao0JB44lSil-RA15dZXUosif-_yeH1E0epciKRn15gluIRWjsSrbyZYlNsoqLa6ueH42JT5m60ow8QDHg9plVACXOd_q2UfhGMt2l5NbSN0ON9nV8FXfArMZjnXNtikXjSATZwDM1MBwo0n8gx_eIXqJPXL2tbKbCfqzqg/w320-h240/BRIDGE%20SD30-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67OChxz32EUb8B5G_-uyjaNbTZxZKBpPUa3WpqxTWf-_iMTvWC1JEv8Ddm6BbhXBtv9wTgL8kOG98i-ZQYDAZk4xlNYKgbbbsHtIDWDM0wXWjfw31X-tCCDNmDt8XfV43d3fu-DN3eBgpepSd6eUggIEZS10ZInPCyRZv9TbBvnucG78HHO-0vnhAFw/s2592/BRIDGE%20SD30-10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Canon SD30 Digital ixus I" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67OChxz32EUb8B5G_-uyjaNbTZxZKBpPUa3WpqxTWf-_iMTvWC1JEv8Ddm6BbhXBtv9wTgL8kOG98i-ZQYDAZk4xlNYKgbbbsHtIDWDM0wXWjfw31X-tCCDNmDt8XfV43d3fu-DN3eBgpepSd6eUggIEZS10ZInPCyRZv9TbBvnucG78HHO-0vnhAFw/w240-h320/BRIDGE%20SD30-10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>And then I gave myself the little project of documenting different angles of the bridge.</p><p>Whilst using minus exposure compensation in order to try a keep little detail in sky and to show off the grey & moody weather in each image.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoMMzFbXcBSjldmbswhyZwBe1-uMSvRjtLSng1-BLa6-FoMukdRR_AoB_1Aj5AHMnibe0i71206khaUrXFSAQt7j67o19aNi9B2HLF0dRRjQLHYpPdweTUjChaPFJKGsG5dnXFemc7nExndziFFSTlJgv9ZSBw9SYPiZtUHz1J5vTJYI4gusg_Gy-RA/s2592/BRIDGE%20SD30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Crosskeys Bridge, Sutton Bridge" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoMMzFbXcBSjldmbswhyZwBe1-uMSvRjtLSng1-BLa6-FoMukdRR_AoB_1Aj5AHMnibe0i71206khaUrXFSAQt7j67o19aNi9B2HLF0dRRjQLHYpPdweTUjChaPFJKGsG5dnXFemc7nExndziFFSTlJgv9ZSBw9SYPiZtUHz1J5vTJYI4gusg_Gy-RA/w240-h320/BRIDGE%20SD30.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJAMoub4FmvJzsitGQ24QcdvYMWHSkgXLMiaMS7cIWJLtUDvVkhXM_MuxLCCpRJH4QWOtSPYlwEOo555860_CQ7C8pv-_RQfGWyMcKKanhBB8Oao1pMIRn-1K-x1ZeLaXQiR6C8qKUSQSCxUl_oK-c3QeWJ2vqxcbWHGl0-h2vnYmfK4rDigE_e69_A/s2541/BRIDGE%20SD30-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Crosskeys Bridge, Sutton Bridge" border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="2541" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJAMoub4FmvJzsitGQ24QcdvYMWHSkgXLMiaMS7cIWJLtUDvVkhXM_MuxLCCpRJH4QWOtSPYlwEOo555860_CQ7C8pv-_RQfGWyMcKKanhBB8Oao1pMIRn-1K-x1ZeLaXQiR6C8qKUSQSCxUl_oK-c3QeWJ2vqxcbWHGl0-h2vnYmfK4rDigE_e69_A/w320-h240/BRIDGE%20SD30-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm always drawn to the old Pill boxes along there. It's a shame about the rubbish that other people leave; they're full of beer cans and so too are the areas surrounding.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOrNPWJRnzQwqI2Mrob2ZxHF8K2AWf2sv7_iCGJWkhbzu6buDtzfMFMndJIB4_8os6w5R-mNJdIebOLn44hHmM2d_4HPPXQPXTJmCTegEB1PX5Ey6FFagHUS4Iaw40AYNQN1CpShZpbHOCIr_b9Di0Q0wqqjdSO7QZr_XU-TlCe8fO_1MPB6GI99mkQ/s2541/BRIDGE%20SD30-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pill box" border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="2541" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOrNPWJRnzQwqI2Mrob2ZxHF8K2AWf2sv7_iCGJWkhbzu6buDtzfMFMndJIB4_8os6w5R-mNJdIebOLn44hHmM2d_4HPPXQPXTJmCTegEB1PX5Ey6FFagHUS4Iaw40AYNQN1CpShZpbHOCIr_b9Di0Q0wqqjdSO7QZr_XU-TlCe8fO_1MPB6GI99mkQ/w320-h240/BRIDGE%20SD30-8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ByUexlDptSAEGASOCzVK0AWzUJM0OPMO7vKn59x58YtjUA-TaWShvIRrjv_nFGO8t3OJALfQN0WIbSbtQiTCC_zI8yM_0Iok-RwgHjpImMe9iIuCvm_1lIKeExYsYgr63PsToVPFNPLwZBkhhGHM4UBx04JowjaMH3PR7xAKunWjSkzLF7aLXe6_8A/s2592/BRIDGE%20SD30-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Beer can rubbish" border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ByUexlDptSAEGASOCzVK0AWzUJM0OPMO7vKn59x58YtjUA-TaWShvIRrjv_nFGO8t3OJALfQN0WIbSbtQiTCC_zI8yM_0Iok-RwgHjpImMe9iIuCvm_1lIKeExYsYgr63PsToVPFNPLwZBkhhGHM4UBx04JowjaMH3PR7xAKunWjSkzLF7aLXe6_8A/w320-h240/BRIDGE%20SD30-9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So for an old timer like the Canon Digital IXUS i SD30. It's an absolute pleasure to use. <div>The screen isn't the best; you have to be at the right angle to see it and the battery life isn't great; </div><div>I'm sure mine has a battery error because out of nowhere it shuts off but then turns back on again!? </div><div>To be fair it's an old box of tricks, so a little glitch can be kind of expected.<div><br /></div><div>But for £2 (what I paid) would I recommend it?</div><div><br /></div><div>YES!</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh and here's a little photo with the other camera I was playing with that day; the Olympus IS-500; more on that one in the future when I get the film developed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xY-FxNEQPK4f3vbRNTFH6KID_tapJCVDG3HtWA_f65mftlOy_Z0IUpAps8UnassjYgdH7ipLcJSxx-MMLjkCLDmlkU2u0c7tjAoTm85VQqgGN0qRYvzH1MUJAZ7y7YNqHRKyFo-5MgzYdqiiiwBBC7o57i8FBynpRDDwVBEumDg5T9VZYBDV438l6Q/s4032/IMG_8383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Olympus IS-500" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xY-FxNEQPK4f3vbRNTFH6KID_tapJCVDG3HtWA_f65mftlOy_Z0IUpAps8UnassjYgdH7ipLcJSxx-MMLjkCLDmlkU2u0c7tjAoTm85VQqgGN0qRYvzH1MUJAZ7y7YNqHRKyFo-5MgzYdqiiiwBBC7o57i8FBynpRDDwVBEumDg5T9VZYBDV438l6Q/w320-h240/IMG_8383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for reading</div></div>Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889539.538176859065061 -34.967299999999994 66.000589140934935 35.345199999999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-88430644312022881212023-02-21T12:23:00.004+00:002023-03-25T15:40:17.056+00:00A grey day with the Ensinor 28mm and the dogs<p>Another walk with the dogs.</p><p>Another camera & lens combo to try out.</p><p>I'd used the Ensinor 28mm with the Pentax Q10 for the HDR images of the lighthouse and I didn't have high hopes about using it again but it was there on my desk and the dogs needed walking.</p><p>Winter dog walks in the mud, yuck!</p><p>Dodging the you know what that other people leave behind too. Well other peoples dogs! </p><p><br /></p><p>I think any lens can be sharp enough if you get the focus right.</p><p>28mm makes it easier too as you're never going to get wildly out of focus backgrounds.</p><p>The wider the lens the deeper the depth of field.</p><p>The longer the lens the shallower the depth of field; all that lovely creamy out of focus stuff!</p><p><br /></p><p>Focus peaking and magnification on my Sony A9 makes it easy to focus too.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what did I photograph? Not a lot!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB1pmms2JHaOQmiEIAotT-5uqmgOcSRSAJDmXxc1bbd4hXFcpwCRc8pw3hxO6WNAH5FrxBmKveH-GFGp2C3FBsk4mPrxjaqM8Bh6JvxosmAYzOw5ueVbrf-htebdtvES-wBRUIGeKJjYQcHjP4BpA_rG8Y1E-DdOBZKph22bruUibSG7UiVlY8MKYUw/s1500/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUB1pmms2JHaOQmiEIAotT-5uqmgOcSRSAJDmXxc1bbd4hXFcpwCRc8pw3hxO6WNAH5FrxBmKveH-GFGp2C3FBsk4mPrxjaqM8Bh6JvxosmAYzOw5ueVbrf-htebdtvES-wBRUIGeKJjYQcHjP4BpA_rG8Y1E-DdOBZKph22bruUibSG7UiVlY8MKYUw/s320/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLoBdGqa6JIbJ54OKrqnG8Hv2swewKzVnPvwnjSQ4tB6Xzy_TLWuze2tD-Qu-HtgWa1LGqF8HNNeSPlpVhGlWdsFJNNijD3-tJzPm9AGXc0p_8wihFNEG6xxybaFwHo5Zv7CzpmxME4Cr8FDJGJ94mkvanqSUTtkURKOiyssjtX3Nw19W1a94k_ittg/s1500/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ensinor 28mm photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLoBdGqa6JIbJ54OKrqnG8Hv2swewKzVnPvwnjSQ4tB6Xzy_TLWuze2tD-Qu-HtgWa1LGqF8HNNeSPlpVhGlWdsFJNNijD3-tJzPm9AGXc0p_8wihFNEG6xxybaFwHo5Zv7CzpmxME4Cr8FDJGJ94mkvanqSUTtkURKOiyssjtX3Nw19W1a94k_ittg/w320-h213/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSGjedUcLJufvU1MF0qqpzFdBe4ZoaopdBOAKfobtqoBziBbjhaGokgfFa6vtGCY-RYGAqblLQIDq9iqawDPAETsCj8VzISxXLWKsL5-TQ_btHl-cJrqwKlYzmZuFIs3qdie3LvDwwcII-iyDuV2bj0rg9acYEfT3car-ZkQO4wPA8zJGRRnuOQ-JxA/s1500/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ensinor 28mm photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSGjedUcLJufvU1MF0qqpzFdBe4ZoaopdBOAKfobtqoBziBbjhaGokgfFa6vtGCY-RYGAqblLQIDq9iqawDPAETsCj8VzISxXLWKsL5-TQ_btHl-cJrqwKlYzmZuFIs3qdie3LvDwwcII-iyDuV2bj0rg9acYEfT3car-ZkQO4wPA8zJGRRnuOQ-JxA/w320-h213/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOwSTV4E4-A5uPvgbZ9T2pI7RNR2wqopOg-PuDqtFd_43p_EC5vpR9zcTn5rNQJJo3EPjQPFwbqNIWBGli52-uR5rV0KolRVtfWrCngLWt2SK39O2AyBhlF9dd3z7Xy3OfM5Yy2ctYXY0Wovbshs24Eoe9jyTIBZuiGyvAhy8ysRbxxFFTHMnuodLdw/s1500/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ensinor 28mm photo" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOwSTV4E4-A5uPvgbZ9T2pI7RNR2wqopOg-PuDqtFd_43p_EC5vpR9zcTn5rNQJJo3EPjQPFwbqNIWBGli52-uR5rV0KolRVtfWrCngLWt2SK39O2AyBhlF9dd3z7Xy3OfM5Yy2ctYXY0Wovbshs24Eoe9jyTIBZuiGyvAhy8ysRbxxFFTHMnuodLdw/w320-h213/Ensinor%2028mm%20Photowalk-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889524.459149163821152 -34.9673 81.079616836178843 35.3452tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-68572417419414632532023-02-20T14:27:00.000+00:002023-03-25T15:40:12.305+00:00HDR landscapes with the Pentax Q10 + Ensinor 28mm vintage lens<p>Is the Pentax Q10 worth it in 2023?</p><p>Probably not! It really is a crap camera; terrible autofocus, rubbish image quality, poor battery life.</p><p><br /></p><p>What's the Pentax Q10 like to use?</p><p>I actually quite enjoy it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So there's 2 very different takes on the same camera.</p><p><br /></p><p>The image quality really is bad; mobiles have better sensors! </p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">And I don't really use the native lenses with autofocus; the Pentax <span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34); color: #202122;">02 Standard Zoom is possibly the biggest bag of shit I've ever seen, its awful!</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>The camera is so small that I can put it in my pocket (with a native lens attached) and carry it around no problem. It's a lot more chunky with different lenses adapted though but it's a lot more fun.</p><p>I've got loads of old crap M42 mount lenses that I've picked up from charity shops and car boots for a couple of quid. I'm enjoying putting them on different cameras and seeing what I can make with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This time it was the Ensinor 28mm.</p><p>I really put the camera to test; a golden hour HDR.</p><p>I didn't get setup quite on time though (blame the kids) so time was running out fast; it was getting darker and darker by the minute.</p><p>The biggest stumbling block for a HDR with the Pentax Q10; there's no exposure bracketing with the self timer.</p><p>I only found this out when standing out on a bloody cold riverbank......in the dark!</p><p>So the HDR image was always going to be slightly flawed as the images were never going to be exactly the same composition; with each press of the shutter, after changing the shutter speed, the camera will have moved even if only by 1mm left or right on the tripod.</p><p>And then there were the muddy, noisy files. I never wanted to create an unrealistic image of perfect highlights and no shadow; the usually over edited kind of HDR. I wanted make a near time image with a little more detail; you could say a dark one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I recommend the Pentax Q10 for HDR?</p><p>NO!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPk9AWLXektgRanYKM2mxLxuSY0f334fxRB6L8r4ORFIB3AjlaRpF3QoM2G46zTwUkvqR2Sl8_ILCmk8K1snjelqnwWukKp1m1JkSKo3cf1ekYPIbQ3DypOOYBFTLVyZ6NjUk4xCcWvIAm493pEqMddI2-DlDTDUzgN3Vd-NbnVSEfGF99Gdq0GCv5cg/s1500/Pentx%20Q10%20Ensinor%2028mm%20Peter%20Scott%20Lighthouse%20HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pentax Q10 HDR" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPk9AWLXektgRanYKM2mxLxuSY0f334fxRB6L8r4ORFIB3AjlaRpF3QoM2G46zTwUkvqR2Sl8_ILCmk8K1snjelqnwWukKp1m1JkSKo3cf1ekYPIbQ3DypOOYBFTLVyZ6NjUk4xCcWvIAm493pEqMddI2-DlDTDUzgN3Vd-NbnVSEfGF99Gdq0GCv5cg/w320-h240/Pentx%20Q10%20Ensinor%2028mm%20Peter%20Scott%20Lighthouse%20HDR.jpg" title="Pentax Q10 HDR" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpV_67nEClBeDyn0lGD2zFbtn6ehYQuGeAo7TJe8Zybb0P0A-y6fiKARKP5SMzH_iX1db3UZR6-N7wgLCzn4r90yjjXQPREC7eAYywWzyet6FVA5Cx3kFujdaT_ZLVjwfU38pgUi6awPIEzaUZp-GNDAmX9fDC9anfT76BAzw7VCT35OoRr4TcX7LemQ/s1500/Pentx%20Q10%20Ensinor%2028mm%20Peter%20Scott%20Lighthouse%20HDR-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pentax Q10 HDR" border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpV_67nEClBeDyn0lGD2zFbtn6ehYQuGeAo7TJe8Zybb0P0A-y6fiKARKP5SMzH_iX1db3UZR6-N7wgLCzn4r90yjjXQPREC7eAYywWzyet6FVA5Cx3kFujdaT_ZLVjwfU38pgUi6awPIEzaUZp-GNDAmX9fDC9anfT76BAzw7VCT35OoRr4TcX7LemQ/w320-h240/Pentx%20Q10%20Ensinor%2028mm%20Peter%20Scott%20Lighthouse%20HDR-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889524.459149163821152 -34.9673 81.079616836178843 35.3452tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-8402863754307056742023-01-12T10:31:00.012+00:002023-02-20T13:23:30.181+00:00Winter with the beautiful Helios 44-2 lens<p>The camera geeks the Helios 44-2 needs no introduction. It's got legendary status. That swirly bokeh!</p><p>Bokeh????</p><p>The out of focus loveliness.</p><p>Some lenses are better than others; soft, harsh and sometimes swirly.</p><p>I'm not sure any of these images are swirly but they have got some absolutely fantastic lens flare. I'm really into shooting into the sun although it can't be good for my eyes or camera! Shooting into the sun get some amazing looks though.</p><p>I've got 3 copies of this lens. Each from a different year/era. Each apparently have their own characteristics. All versions together though make this lens likely to be the most mass produced lens ever. In production from 1958 through to the 90's in Soviet Russia.</p><p>This photowalk was cold, very cold.</p><p>The big coat was on and so were the big head phones to keep my ears warm and you can't knock a pair of walking boots to keep your feet warm and dry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlgqJCMkt-DmNNJD0a0d6mgjGBoilTtQXcTsV05Dgb9C-99oENxG_DeCSPVkxABDc_-cVTCOWiU5IaRFALg0HpCFNUEsIXcCQABBlWWvSZRZVYiz5MXgEngBxv_2zy7AB5d8nkW3L24Hl2aUtOM_SZQiHEs3tGl1ZtphozhyEEc3gqLJKK1xyNKaYFg/s1500/Sutton%20bridge%20Winter%20Helios%2044-2-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Helios 44-2 Lens Flare" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlgqJCMkt-DmNNJD0a0d6mgjGBoilTtQXcTsV05Dgb9C-99oENxG_DeCSPVkxABDc_-cVTCOWiU5IaRFALg0HpCFNUEsIXcCQABBlWWvSZRZVYiz5MXgEngBxv_2zy7AB5d8nkW3L24Hl2aUtOM_SZQiHEs3tGl1ZtphozhyEEc3gqLJKK1xyNKaYFg/w320-h213/Sutton%20bridge%20Winter%20Helios%2044-2-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I can think of 2 possible times both easily 6-7 years ago and it has sat in a cupboard ever since. But put it this way, both possible times were bulk buys of camera and lenses so this lens cost me around 50p at a guess. It can happily sit in the cupboard.</p><p>But 2022 was the year for the Hanimex 35mm lens. Out it come, pretty much looking brand new apart from a loose manual focus ring and by that I mean the grip is loose; it focuses perfectly fine.</p><p>Another head clearing bit of exercise out in the cold and grey of Autumn/Winter in Lincolnshire; a little village photowalk with my headphones on just shooting what I see.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA9qbhG0z5ctTHPOALQpzM3j8DsJo_onYSvCz5QHp0dXCgWTtA_ibnVk0a__5LGt39vBSzdnpODlBe5FAzBzGxbZmqOgkZGByRUatna80fvO86noKvqy86wM3uhgvFAyDxCtgig8P-1D43Qeeji8aXdfqdUNA4bsuzMHWJavUhRJ_qPm3PJBoBrts_g/s1500/Sutton%20Bridge%20Autumn%20Hanimex%20Automatic%20MC%2035mm%20MM%201-2.8-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA9qbhG0z5ctTHPOALQpzM3j8DsJo_onYSvCz5QHp0dXCgWTtA_ibnVk0a__5LGt39vBSzdnpODlBe5FAzBzGxbZmqOgkZGByRUatna80fvO86noKvqy86wM3uhgvFAyDxCtgig8P-1D43Qeeji8aXdfqdUNA4bsuzMHWJavUhRJ_qPm3PJBoBrts_g/s320/Sutton%20Bridge%20Autumn%20Hanimex%20Automatic%20MC%2035mm%20MM%201-2.8-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The lens wasn't as bad as what I thought it would be; it's not super sharp in the middle and the corners are smudgy but just don't put the subject in the corner and it will be fine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoot close and you can soon get out of focus backgrounds too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy.</div>Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889524.459149163821152 -34.9673 81.079616836178843 35.3452tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-62907549588359017822023-01-11T17:16:00.001+00:002023-01-18T09:31:18.465+00:00Winter with the HOYA HMC TELE-AUTO 135MM F/2.8 EXC. Manual focus and the amazing lens flare<p>One of the best £10 charity shop buys ever!</p><p>It could have been a total waste and better spent on a couple of beers in Spoons; yeah you know me!</p><p>But on this occasion a cheap ol' lens for the 1980's has done wonders.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could find much out about the HOYA HMC TELE-AUTO 135MM F/2.8 EXC on the net. This time google come up pretty much trumps apart from other people trying to find out more about this lens.</p><p>In my search whilst walking around Lynn I read peoples opinions on forums saying that it wasn't great and I was gutted that I'd wasted that tenner; those 2 beers!</p><p>But it was now in my possession and it went in the cupboard until I had time.</p><p>Come the start of December and I'd caught up with Autumns weddings and I had a couple of weeks before they started again. I needed to get away from the computer (funny that as here I sit again in front of the screen typing this) and out of the house. Winter was in full effect and it was bloody freezing outside. Time for the big coat, hat and cold hands as well as my Sony A9, the Hoya 135mm 2.8 and a cheap Sony FE to M42 adapter, so I could mount the lens on a camera far superior to what it was ever intented for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thats the thing about these old cheap legacy lenses; they were produced in the days of film, a media a little more forgiving than modern digital cameras with ever growing pixel counts. On a modern digital SLR or mirrorless camera their weaknesses are soon highlighted.</p><p><br /></p><p>So don't go diving in the deep end thinking you're going to get crystal crisp images like you do with a nice new lens.</p><p><br /></p><p>They're often soft as hell wide open and a mission to manually focus.</p><p>I've set up a custom function button on my Sony A9 to zoom in (digitally) so I can get as close to spot on focus as possible; with focus peaking too I usually manage to get something acceptable. A bit of wind blowing a leaf though and you'll have to fire a few shots to get one in focus.</p><p>But....</p><p>This little Hoya 135mm 2.8 is....little. It's easy to carry around so why not carry it around.</p><p>And then...</p><p>That f@#*ing lens flare is amazing!</p><p>Rainbow lens flare. I've never seen anything like it; not without trying to by using lens prisms etc. With this lens its straight out of the box.</p><p>Yeah I was lucky with the weather; the sun being low in sky and easy to get in the back of my photos, ready to give me all these perfect imperfections.</p><p>Sharpness? I forgot all about sharpness!</p><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUr6fiR-fm69AIxLyLLAZqS27-jl-fKC5FeJ5QJ6BVe16Khjz6TZ7CULqtLFwTQm4SMRSTZ-WdgDyOQ3Ot0qyYeX8lvs-e6Ba6ei7eqQcIlkLTLxt_IFKTXj8G8i4b15-HhkyWGulrzMyqEc4D-9gR7p3MD7TQA56tYyuh0O9sEBocASD4unprQW9fg/s1500/WINTER%20IN%20THE%20PARK%20HOYA%20135MM-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUr6fiR-fm69AIxLyLLAZqS27-jl-fKC5FeJ5QJ6BVe16Khjz6TZ7CULqtLFwTQm4SMRSTZ-WdgDyOQ3Ot0qyYeX8lvs-e6Ba6ei7eqQcIlkLTLxt_IFKTXj8G8i4b15-HhkyWGulrzMyqEc4D-9gR7p3MD7TQA56tYyuh0O9sEBocASD4unprQW9fg/s320/WINTER%20IN%20THE%20PARK%20HOYA%20135MM-1.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AMAZING!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U064iCpr10rlTsBL-_ur3LgXFQ08KrwN9fm7LOUcaEQoEZF-kSUWa6-p-fPPkKqJx4FCeRdo8WEPBq1trYOJMVQjtlw9Pg4l98nW4s2eyKjzuiiCkTcDivCwNHN0opVUNNJLrb5Qgyuni4bQQnsMsVKmJeaRhRQb-hiZX--xao0nd0Ps5CWeqWmlhw/s1500/WINTER%20IN%20THE%20PARK%20HOYA%20135MM-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The smallest interchangeable lens camera ever made.<p>Now I'm a self confessed camera geek!</p><p>I see a camera and I think "I want that!"</p><p>And more often not it's not even a good camera, I've got good cameras I don't need anymore (as of yet), so it usually ends up being some quirky thing that just looks like fun.</p><p>I'd seen the Pentax Q range before and thought it looked cool.</p><p>Early March, I was watching a Youtube video and see a Pentax Q on the shelf and that was it, the eBay search begun.</p><p>These cameras and lenses are not cheap!</p><p>Yeah they're not extortionate but after all they are over 10 years old and they're not great either.</p><p>So let's just say they hold their money well.</p><p>I didn't know what to expect when mine arrived in the post.</p><p>This little bad boy is tiny! I haven't got massive hands at all but the camera and lens fits easily in the palm of my hand.</p><p>So what can you expect from such a small camera?</p><p>Autofocus; Yeah it's got autofocus but it's not going to set any records. In fact make sure you've got plenty of time.</p><p>Battery; the battery is tiny so therefore the battery life is awful!</p><p>Image quality; nothing special. I think I'm right in saying that a modern mobile like an iPhone has a similar sized or even a larger sensor. So you could be better off just getting your phone out to take a photo.</p><p>The rear screen; oh god it's bad, good luck with seeing anything in the daylight. I did try turning the brightness up which did work a bit but that drains the battery even quicker.</p><p>But!</p><p>Did I mention that this camera is cool already?</p><p>It's a challenge. </p><p>It's tiny!</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the Pentax Q10 body I purchased 2 lenses; <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">SMC </span>Pentax<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);">-</span>Q 02<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86);"> Standard Zoom 5-15mm F2.8-4.5 & </span></span><span class="bc_r_camname_mfr" style="font-family: inherit; white-space: nowrap;">Pentax</span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: nowrap;">Q 15-45mm f/2.8 06 Telephoto Zoom.</span></p><div><br /></div><div>The 02 standard lens combined with the small sensor; image quality is terrible, I've only used it twice starting with a photo walk in the park.</div><div><br /></div><div>Shooting the flowers; pointing the camera towards the sun with a crap autofocus and a rubbish rear screen was a little trial & error. And because these were some of the 1st photos taken with the camera I didn't know how the images were going to stand up with regards to highlight and shadow detail. So I erred on the side of caution and went for a darker look.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bY4t7ofsWytKDCfTVl-fn_KAzlkJwY-KpVg-YnTjolUKOkVg5S7IzoxDylIAzzS4dkhyt_LDiAHAsl7UrPe30yxnQ15AQBlWurxnebfNTWRzdcLfDEckvDdOypAvP_74ZllbJHZom5ApRH9d-Fmx7iOVKu-UHNi6BAkyoUEvEciwk7RBneNE8qC8lw/s2000/Spring%20Flowers-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bY4t7ofsWytKDCfTVl-fn_KAzlkJwY-KpVg-YnTjolUKOkVg5S7IzoxDylIAzzS4dkhyt_LDiAHAsl7UrPe30yxnQ15AQBlWurxnebfNTWRzdcLfDEckvDdOypAvP_74ZllbJHZom5ApRH9d-Fmx7iOVKu-UHNi6BAkyoUEvEciwk7RBneNE8qC8lw/s320/Spring%20Flowers-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcNVyft8-GUV5iUonjKnzPiqQpSvBsjFfDDIkEqJSXyQLdU6aJzJX4CtH0KuK_FvGGmsiyv5vOy53s_ABVPYQMyQHbL4MPgqOVOiYhBvp-dQOrYmln-_9-oAeALg0XN_MZbaNbrW6e1tG7GGbyFHX0FIqaz92fs5U73V3ReomQyjKI8gR6MxKzREivA/s2000/Spring%20Flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcNVyft8-GUV5iUonjKnzPiqQpSvBsjFfDDIkEqJSXyQLdU6aJzJX4CtH0KuK_FvGGmsiyv5vOy53s_ABVPYQMyQHbL4MPgqOVOiYhBvp-dQOrYmln-_9-oAeALg0XN_MZbaNbrW6e1tG7GGbyFHX0FIqaz92fs5U73V3ReomQyjKI8gR6MxKzREivA/s320/Spring%20Flowers.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The next time I used the 02 standard lens was during some street photography in Wisbech.</div><div><br /></div><div>I used to shoot a lot of street photography in Wisbech and it was great to be back again documenting local life; the good, the bad & the ugly.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhwpgxdJuy2Gaf2w-4jwKPEQ9ZwxVx4p8j9NVDwZxwN3ewXvbbT3636cJiMtN__XZ-1JeJduA3U2YyzZW5Nw7HZOwHZTA2Dmk1Oi0G1z4dZhzNgetsh1fF0EQBIXA3XQBkEHS4hfDNTPoerDgXnzE--IO3BeBM8y-PWDfqZ9Z9lsCNuzDZW4h4JViYg/s2000/Wisbech%20Street%20Photography.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhwpgxdJuy2Gaf2w-4jwKPEQ9ZwxVx4p8j9NVDwZxwN3ewXvbbT3636cJiMtN__XZ-1JeJduA3U2YyzZW5Nw7HZOwHZTA2Dmk1Oi0G1z4dZhzNgetsh1fF0EQBIXA3XQBkEHS4hfDNTPoerDgXnzE--IO3BeBM8y-PWDfqZ9Z9lsCNuzDZW4h4JViYg/s320/Wisbech%20Street%20Photography.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>It was like a trail of bread leading me to a photo opportunity.</div><div>I love a bit of lens flare and the 02 standard lens flares like mad.</div><div>As always it was a difficulty composing using the rear screen and getting the focus right.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibw0abdybeQ_L3S-YA7zEiFJmo1MrjHrjqPxlOzREBPg-UdN2hdamfRNyNup93V2a78IOvpy2JrKdhcE7S3uGj1QUXa7GyWZJZZNT53yCnk5oVURX6Gt1MoETvjGgnh-wuRJlJEQqmXcNEKusTcyZ4IAYo8G-sZRtYaYlX8DSIIsNEJ4aGc9NKE8lolA/s2000/Wisbech%20Street%20Photography-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibw0abdybeQ_L3S-YA7zEiFJmo1MrjHrjqPxlOzREBPg-UdN2hdamfRNyNup93V2a78IOvpy2JrKdhcE7S3uGj1QUXa7GyWZJZZNT53yCnk5oVURX6Gt1MoETvjGgnh-wuRJlJEQqmXcNEKusTcyZ4IAYo8G-sZRtYaYlX8DSIIsNEJ4aGc9NKE8lolA/s320/Wisbech%20Street%20Photography-3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The next challenge; the Pentax Q10 is no athlete. When you press the shutter button there's a delay whilst it thinks about it. So I admit that shooting people I'm using the continues shooting mode hoping that one of the images will capture the people before they disappear.</div><div><br /></div><div>And usually I've pre focused because I haven't got time to wait for the camera to try and do that again!</div><div><br /></div><div>All of the below images are taken with the 06 telephoto zoom.</div><div>The image quality is better than the 02 but don't go zooming in and pixel peeping because it's not that great.</div><div><br /></div><div>Being more than a little rusty at street photography, I'm not so confident at getting up in peoples faces anymore. So using a zoom lens has been a nice easy way of getting back into it. </div><div>Plus I'm usually pushing Florence in a stroller so I can stand a little further back with her and stay as inconspicuous as possible.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3Ob-igtdz5SyQLHLzWWXLMCFaO3qzEhVMDMzgNxGAd-jowQ0FhgwFHu95yvTVXBgjwNqIPRs5a8AXoiysaLrIbeokPEkwy5F8o18uJZDEv8p4n35pV4uO-ojsjXvKAKHTdc4v0ta8S_BskjKcOFXo_9tM7nfasu18SoxEcfO0MiacR56RMcrmNLz2A/s1500/Wisbech%2019-04-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3Ob-igtdz5SyQLHLzWWXLMCFaO3qzEhVMDMzgNxGAd-jowQ0FhgwFHu95yvTVXBgjwNqIPRs5a8AXoiysaLrIbeokPEkwy5F8o18uJZDEv8p4n35pV4uO-ojsjXvKAKHTdc4v0ta8S_BskjKcOFXo_9tM7nfasu18SoxEcfO0MiacR56RMcrmNLz2A/s320/Wisbech%2019-04-22.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If I counted up how many times over the years I've used the word 'time' in my blogs then I would use up a lot of it doing so. I'm really like a stuck record when it comes to time. Who thinks there should be a world decision to add, let's say, 6 more hours to the day? Tada! more time!<br />
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But seriously it's now the end of July and I'm only now writing about March's roll.<br />
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I've got rolls from May to scan and digitise.<br />
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And I'm not even working that much because of the...we all know what happened in 2020...but I never seem to be able to put fingers to keyboard to blog or especially film to scanner.<br />
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But now I have! It's 6.35am, Florence is crawling around the living room and Charlie is still asleep, let's blog!<br />
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March on the film front looked like this; A roll of Konica Centuria ISO 200 in my Canon T70 SLR camera fitted with a 50mm f1.8.<br />
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The camera; Canon T70, was made from 1984 (the year before my birth) and is a chunky piece of plastic with some electronic automation, which was pretty new back in 1984. Focusing was an all manual affair.<br />
I shot a few rolls with my copy about 10 years ago when I was crazy into buying and shooting film cameras and ever since it's been waiting it's turn to be brought out of retirement again.<br />
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March 2020 was it's time but not for long.........it broke 11 frames in to the roll!<br />
Damn!<br />
It still works but the battery compartment hatch has crumbled and no longer closes and stays shut, not good for a camera that relies on electronics to work!<br />
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Early on in the month I thought I'd pick up on my long lost passion of scouting for vintage cameras and on day 1 I picked up a Canon EOS50e for £7.<br />
Now this was meant to be, seriously, the day before I was looking at this camera on the net thinking that this would be good for some experiments and the next day day there's one sitting waiting in a charity shop.<br />
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So why did I want one?<br />
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Because this camera, like it's big brothers of the era had what was called 'Eye Control AF'.<br />
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What this means is that the camera has a sensor in the viewfinder that can see where your eye is looking and will choose 1 (out of 3) of the focus points for you to focus on your chosen subject.<br />
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Does that make sense?<br />
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Basically, with a pinch of salt, the camera will focus on the thing that you are looking at.<br />
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Come on that's cool!!!<br />
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So when the T70 bit the dust, I cleaned up the, new to me, 50e and put it into work.<br />
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Right that's enough camera talk, now let me bore you with chat about the film but I'll be quick.<br />
I've got a good amount of expired film.<br />
When film goes past it's expiration date it looses it's sensitivity and you have to account for this with your exposures; give it more light.<br />
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They say that film loses a stop of light for every decade past it's use by.<br />
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And this is where I made a proper face palm moment. My roll of Konica Centuria was UB 02/2002, basically 2 decades out of date.<br />
For some reason in a rush of excitement to get shooting I shot this roll at ISO 100, the roll started off as ISO 200 and this has resulted in a dark set of exposures.......it should have been ISO 50.<br />
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When I was unloading the finished roll and looked at the UB to record it for this blog I asked myself 'why did you shoot it at ISO 100???'<br />
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Oh such a proper film photographer problem!<br />
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Oh well, in the future I promise to use my brain.<br />
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Ok let's talk photos.<br />
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Dark, under exposed photos!<br />
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I'm always trying to shoot a few frames of my day job on film just to compare the shots with my 'proper' digital work.<br />
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Lisa & Lucy met me in the woods for a social distanced pre wedding shoot.<br />
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I loved using the T70 for these shots, it has a bright viewfinder and manual focusing was easy.<br />
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The good thing about the EOS 50e is that I can use my new modern decent lenses and flashes.<br />
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For a family snapshot!<br />
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When we visited Hunstanton I found that the EOS 50e has a common problem; batteries.<br />
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It seems that some batteries are a little smaller than others and therefore can move around a little inside the camera and loose connection, making the camera not work.<br />
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Don't worry though, a piece of folded paper to the rescue.<br />
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The expressions!<br />
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Charlie is a sod for stepping in front of the camera just at the moment of 'click'<br />
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And there we have it, another month, a broken camera and loads of dark photos.<br />
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Another successful month!<br />
<br />Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889552.730959 0.108269 52.807807 0.269631tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-90343798432250992442020-05-13T18:55:00.000+01:002020-06-08T12:45:49.418+01:00February's Roll of Agfa VistaMonth two.<br />
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February 2020.<br />
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Agfa Vista 200 aka Pountdland film.<br />
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It's May, we're well into lockdown, my house is full of screaming kids, barking dogs and a wife intent on decorating every room in the house all in.......NOW!<br />
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When I used to develop my own film, it always took me a while to get round to doing it, now I get it shop developed but it still takes me ages to scan and digitise the negatives.<br />
Month's after shooting February's roll I'm trying to find time to share the images with the world.<br />
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Armed with a roll of Agfa Vista, the trusty Poundland film, of which I've still got a few rolls left in the freezer and my £10 Canon EOS 600 SLR let February begin.<br />
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One Sunday afternoon we decided to all jump in the car and take the dogs for a walk around The Walks in Kings Lynn. A perfect way to tire out a toddler and a perfect excuse to record some memories on film for me.<br />
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The day was a golden and warm one for winter; great weather for a 2 year old to explore his surroundings.<br />
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Using my trusty 24-105L zoom lens made following Charlie around on his travels a breeze.</div>
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It's not a lens I use much, typically only for newspaper work but when it does good it does really good.</div>
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You can't take a child to a park without going to the park.<br />
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And sometimes I get things wrong.<br />
Faced with this backlight, with the sun behind Laura I dialled in some over exposure to combat it but it seems it wasn't enough.<br />
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With either a light leak or seriously blown out highlights right at the top of the frame.<br />
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My next trip out was meeting up with Jasmine & Lee in Shouldham Warren.<br />
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When I'd got the 'proper' shot's of them celebrating valentines together I pulled out my film camera attached to my 24-70L lens and shot a few frames.<br />
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Shot wide open I missed focus on the last frame but the film aesthetics are still lovely!<br />
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Another month, more growing up, Florence tried food for the 1st time.<br />
Why not document the moment.<br />
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And Charlie wanted to steal the limelight as always.<br />
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One miserable day outside, Charlie & I were stuck in doors watching Bing, probably, when I looked outside and it was snowing.<br />
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Quick!<br />
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Charlie grab your wellies.<br />
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We only went as far as the driveway but Charlie had a great time experiencing snow for the 1st time.<br />
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Whereas, I've never liked the cold white stuff, I was happy to go back in the warm.<br />
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So that was February's roll and February's fun.<br />
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A few mishaps but that's what it's all about. When you can't check a shot on the back of a camera you have to wait and see what you've got and it's sometimes it's what you've missed.<br />
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I've still got a handful of Agfa Vista left in the freezer and I'm looking forward to shooting it again.<br />
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I've now got to get my arse in gear and scan March.<br />
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I don't know if I ever have before?<br />
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But then I can't think of any that I've set before this one.<br />
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Shooting a roll of film each month isn't just a new years resolution it's a personal project, something for me to enjoy, something to not worry about, if the shots come out they come out, if the film camera breaks half way through the roll then #*^% it! That's already happened by the way.<br />
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I've got a freezer drawer full of film that I've collected over the years. Some of it is the famous AgfaVista aka Poundland film that is no more, some is black and white film long expired and among others are multi packs that stared me in the face in Holbeach Tescos a few years back and I just had to have it.<br />
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A mixture of 35mm and 120 medium format, all sitting in the cold and dark all waiting to be pulled out, defrosted and loaded up. All waiting for it's time of glory.<br />
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So yeah a roll each month, it shouldn't be too difficult. I just need to get back in the habit of carrying a camera with me where ever I go, something I haven't done for a while, apart from my iPhone, after all the best camera is the one that you have with you!<br />
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I need to get back in the habit of just shooting a few frames of things that catch my eye. Something I've not done for a long time. We live in the digital age, information and data is filling up our computers, phones and the internet every minute of the day. Why take pictures of things that aren't going to make me any money..........Why?<br />
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For the love!<br />
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Seriously, as I sit and type this blog in March I've already had 3 months of this project and on occasion I've gone for a walk and have literally shot pictures of puddles and the sun shining through shapes on the street. Walking along with camera in hand, tunes on in my headphones and a massive smile. I hadn't forgot but it really has felt like I'd forgot how much I love photography!<br />
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So back in January I shot my 1st roll, a roll of Kodak BW400CN film, loaded up in my £10 Canon EOS600 SLR.<br />
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Actually back in September I shot my 1st roll, that roll above, before I forgot about it and then really kicked my arse in to gear to carry on in January.<br />
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So in September I shot 9 frames of this 12/2006 expired black and white, colour negative, film at Richard & Lydia's wedding at The Ffolkes in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.<br />
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I remember being excited to pull the camera out and snap away whilst I was shooting their newlywed portraits in the early evening light.<br />
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It was literally heavy work as I had 3 cameras hanging off my harness; my 5d3 with 85mm, my X-pro 2 with 23mm and finally my EOS 600 with my 24-70mm, all waiting for their moment.<br />
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Then the EOS600 got packed away again, it was taken to weddings afterwards but it was either too cold or too wet to mess about with 'another' camera whilst my couple stood waiting.<br />
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Back to January and I committed to doing this, I started to carry the camera around on dog walks, family trips and sometimes just around the house.<br />
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I'm sorry OK but when you've got kids it's easy to finish a roll of 24 exposures on bath time, play time and bed time.<br />
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Sorry, not sorry!<br />
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Shooting with an ISO 400 film at ISO 100 makes things a little interesting when shooing in doors. It's wide open aperture or nothing.<br />
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Shooting moving children with a wide open aperture on a camera that only has a centre focus point, now that's a challenge.<br />
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And on top of that, pressing the shutter when that moving child has their eyes open, sometimes you catch a funny 'drunken' expression!<br />
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The film; Kodak BW400CN 14 years out of date, shot at ISO 100, it did great.<br />
I love it!<br />
It's got that film softness and grain and all the imperfections of shooting expired film on a camera made 31 years ago.<br />
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I can't wait to develop February's roll.<br />
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I'll see you soon.Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0King's Lynn, UK52.7516798 0.4022963000000001152.7324578 0.36195580000000011 52.7709018 0.44263680000000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-48088598134836498782019-04-12T08:25:00.001+01:002019-04-12T08:34:23.849+01:00A return to the mean streets of Sunny HunnyIt’s been almost 1 whole year to the day since I last wrote this blog.<br />
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A lot changes in a year.</div>
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The past 12 months have been crazy busy for me.</div>
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Busy’s good. Busy means money, busy means mortgage payments. Adult, grown up stuff, tick. ✔️</div>
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Photography for fun?</div>
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Photography for the love of the hobby?</div>
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That’s a fail. ✖️</div>
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No street photography, no urbex.</div>
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But all that changed a couple of weeks ago when I had a free Friday. Laura and Charlie were on a play date at Farmer Freds in Heacham. So I had a walk round Sunny Hunny on the hunt for some street photography action.</div>
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Recently at the Photography Show, I purchased the Sigma 35mm Art lens. A buy I’ve been considering for a while now, so the credit card took a beating.</div>
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Sigma lenses come with that nagging feeling of slightly off focus. So I wanted to get some real world usage in before I make any adjustments.</div>
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So far I think it’s spot on, though perhaps infinity could do with a little fine tuning, I need to get in the habit of photographing far away things but where’s the fun in that?</div>
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It’s all about getting in close for that killer shot.</div>
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Being very rusty at the art of street photography and carrying around a big full frame DSLR with abig lens on the front of it, instead of a smaller Fujifilm model that’s just not so in your face, it was was quite the exercise getting close.</div>
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People were definitely aware of the big camera.</div>
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That’s not a bad thing, I really focused on capturing that moment when they spotted me.</div>
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I sat perched on a step for at least a minute with the camera glued to my face just waiting for him to look at me but alas he didn’t. </div>
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Maybe I need a bigger camera so I’m even more obvious!?<br />
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Now I waited for ages for him to look my way but it never happened, I’m sure he clocked me in the corner of his eye and just plain refused to have a look.<br />
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Walking along the promenade with the mind to wrap up and go home, someone shouted to me “you can take a picture of me if you like”.</div>
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Frank, I’m sure it was Frank, forgive me Frank if it isn’t Frank, loves taking photos himself and loves to watch the world go by.<br />
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This couple of hours spent just walking around and enjoying my favourite hobby was fantastic.</div>
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I really need to do it again.</div>
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I just don’t know when.</div>
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And here’s a photo of Laura to finish with.</div>
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I don’t think she wanted to drive!<br />
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Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Hunstanton, UK52.9389139 0.4910320000000183452.862369400000006 0.32967050000001835 53.0154584 0.65239350000001828tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-50781683663214834722018-04-29T20:58:00.000+01:002018-04-29T21:00:10.901+01:00On top of my little world in Sutton BridgeLast week I was offered the chance of going to the top of the church in my village. An offer I couldn't refuse.<br />
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It's like urbexing with an invite.<br />
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The church itself; St Matthews was consecrated in 1843 and according to the internet it's the only flint stone church in Lincolnshire. Is it a that a wow thing?<br />
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I went armed with a couple of lenses; 24-70, 70-200 and a tripod (and obviously a camera). I used both lenses and just had a play.<br />
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It was windy at the top (excuse no.1) and I don't do landscapes (excuse no.2) but the shots that I got have come out quite well, in my opinion.<br />
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It wouldn't be right to not get shots of Sutton Bridge's namesake and it's other most famous landmark.<br />
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Back inside I captured a few more sights that only a few will ever see.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This thing is loud when it goes off!</td></tr>
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It's both because I'm not really into landscapes and/or because of this I don't practice and try to get better at shooting them. But when faced with the almost 360 degree view I thought I would create a panorama of what 'makes' Sutton Bridge; One image containing both the bridge and the power station.</div>
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It took 9 shots in total. And 2 attempts because of the wind that resulted in a couple of shaky shots.</div>
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Thank you Mark for the invite.Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889499999999770852.730959 0.10826899999997708 52.807807 0.26963099999997708tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-69763650054375435992018-02-02T18:56:00.002+00:002018-02-02T18:56:52.961+00:00Same place. Different person. Wisbech.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Wisbech, UK52.666317 0.1587970000000495952.5892695 -0.0025644999999503981 52.7433645 0.32015850000004958tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-3245511307160194332018-01-03T19:09:00.000+00:002018-01-03T19:09:45.661+00:00Fishers Shop, Sutton Bridge. How time has changed.Towards the end of the summer of last year, thats right 2017 is now last year, I resisted a location that I 1st explored in 2014, heres the blog post; post;https://benchapmanphotos.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/exploring-close-to-home-in-sutton-bridge.html<br />
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Lloyd fancied a quick explore and I wondered how the place had changed almost 4 years later.<br />
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When I 1st visited, i was aware that it was once a shop only by the layout, shelves and price tags still visible. After that 1st visit, i tried to find out more information. Online i found a website about Sutton Bridge; http://www.bridgewatch.org.uk, i emailed the people behind the site and the reply told me that the shop was Once 'Fishers', a small general store. I was also told that once it was hoped it could be renovated as a 'listed' building but the hopes were dashed by a lack of funding.<br />
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So three and a half years later, the site had been slightly improved; a broken fence, waste and overgrown vegetation and trees had somewhat been cleared. Windows had been removed around the building, though i do not know why?<br />
I presumed someone was working on the building but once in side i could see no evidence of this.<br />
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Deterioration and dereliction continue to slowly consume the building. Rain continues to soak through the levels, one day to leave only the walls standing. But standing for how long?<br />
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Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889499999999770852.730959 0.10826899999997708 52.807807 0.26963099999997708tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-29386793126867870822017-12-17T10:52:00.004+00:002017-12-17T10:52:40.490+00:00Half Frame, Lots of FramesSo, when its -1'c outside and I'm sat in my dressing gown, I am not going outside to look at the camera.<br />
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Ill just say, I'm not sure what model it is because I've look at loads of google images and wikipedia comparing to pictures on my Instagram and I can't find a camera that look s the same as mine; they all have different shutter buttons.<br />
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So mine looks like a PEN EE but has the shutter button of a PEN EE.S. If I braved the cold and gave the neighbours a fright id be able to figure it out, I'm sure by the maximum aperture. But right now I'm happy with just not knowing. Stay warm!<br />
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Either way the camera comes from sometime between 1961 & 1981. It's half frame, fixed focus & fully automatic, meaning it does what it does when you point it at things.<br />
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I picked it up for something like a £1 from the Sunday market. At 1st I wasn't interested until I opened it and noticed that the frame mask was tiny and in my head alarm bells rang with a 'its a half frame camera, get it, shoot loads of exposures'<br />
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This half frame camera, shoots twice the amount of exposures on a roll of 35mm film. so 72 shots on a 36 roll etc.<br />
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But the negatives are small. So don't expect detail and large prints.<br />
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Ive only shot 1 roll, not including the few shots that were left on the roll in the camera when I purchased it. A lot of that roll was ruined when I opened the back of the camera not knowing there was a film in it. But who buys an old camera without checking it 1st.<br />
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The camera joined us on a weekend away in Norwich, December 2016, a roll of Fujicolor C200 in tow.<br />
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Point and shoot.<br />
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I like Anglia Square in Norwich. It's like the place that Norwich forgot. Once the big shopping centres were built there's no real reason to go there and so either shops sit empty or are used by discount chains but who doesn't like Poundland??<br />
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Theres a massive vacant office building, trust me I've looked round it for a way in, which is absolutely covered in graffiti.<br />
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A perfect subject to capture via a 20+ frame stitched image;<br />
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<br />Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Norwich, UK52.6308859 1.297355000000038752.476717900000004 0.97463150000003873 52.7850539 1.6200785000000386tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-19812071320123626532017-12-06T18:04:00.003+00:002017-12-06T18:04:28.467+00:00Flying low at RAF HolbeachEstablished in 1926 in the sleepy little village of Gedney Drove End, RAF Holbeach is a practice gunnery and bombing range. For those of us that live in the area close to, its a constant source of NOISE.<br />
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For sure you can see your fair share of fighter planes and gun ships but the majority of the time you just hear the jet engines and the thud thud of distant helicopters and this can go on for hours!<br />
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Drones are a bit of a novelty. A very expensive novelty too.<br />
I like them, no doubt about it, they're cool but......<br />
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Things are no longer off limits, well apart from airports (for most people apart from those near missers), places are now in reach that were never in reach before. Views and angles previously only available to people with light aircraft are now achievable to every member of joe public.<br />
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A cold and windy Sunday in October, i loaded up my bike on the back of my car and drove to the marsh and then got my, head wind, pedal on to the waters edge.<br />
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Fly safe!Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Marsh Ln, Spalding PE12 9PJ, UK52.8409874306079 0.1918315887451171952.8361919306079 0.18174658874511718 52.8457829306079 0.2019165887451172tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-25522160067354384642017-10-22T21:11:00.000+01:002017-10-22T21:11:21.785+01:00Hidden troubles in SpaldingAs I've said previously, don't let your images collect virtual dust.<br /><div>
Don't let things become stale. Push yourself. I really am sitting here right now, MacBook on my lap, headphones on, trying to think of a long term project that can keep me interested and push me to do something different.</div>
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I've got one idea. I've now just got to put my hand up in the class room that is social media and say "ummm, would anyone be interested in.........." and hope that I get at least one "yes" back. Although it wouldn't be much of long term project with just one sitting or session.</div>
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Anyway, something that always seems to interest me is the beauty in the decay; the things that people don't see or more like don't want to see.</div>
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I come across a lot of shelters and beds in derelict buildings but this one was a real surprise. Its in a tiny little space down the side of a building with no shelter over head. </div>
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I do however draw the line there. I will not photograph a homeless person as an easy street photography target. I wonder which is worse though? Photographing the easy still target in the gutter or invading someone's space whilst maybe they're away from their shelter?</div>
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This photowalk was a cold jaunt around Spalding, early 2017, I'm sure after a hospital appointment. Looking for alley ways and detritus, thankfully in the market towns around me both are plentiful, the latter the local councils may not be so thankful for.</div>
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What I do remember from the start of the year was reading an article about Stephen Shore; a pioneer in 1970's colour photography. Being someone who has always had a liking for all things black and white, vivid colour images of all things that would now been seen as retro were fresh in mind as I walked past this empty Royal Mail building with serious........red!</div>
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Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Spalding, UK52.790101600000007 -0.1537023999999291852.713268100000008 -0.31506389999992918 52.866935100000006 0.0076591000000708065tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-16208109517993613382017-10-01T19:39:00.000+01:002017-10-01T19:39:35.083+01:00From Russia with love. To Stamford with art.Don't go thinking that I've been to Russia. Or, by all means, you can go thinking that I have been to Russia, think all you like. I haven't.<br />
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However the camera used for these images has been to Russia, in fact it came from Russia.</div>
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The Kiev 4 was produced between 1947 - 1987. So I might have been 2 years old when was mine was made, might have?<br />
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I paid £5 for the camera and 50mm f2 lens attached. Half of me thinks I paid £5 too much for it. The trouble is I haven't decided if the camera is faulty or not. After about frame number 30 of a 24 exposure roll of Agfa Vista, I thought f@£* it! it's not winding on. Only to develop the film and to discover that it was.<br />
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Confused.com.<br />
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Granted, like many cameras, I only ever shoot one roll of film before the camera gathers dust in the drawer or gets sold on. So I have no hard evidence whether the camera is faulty or not, it seems I either wasn't counting exposures correctly or its fine?<br />
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On to the experience. Its a great camera, its solid, heavy and using the rangefinder is a pleasure with the focus wheel on the top of the body. Im not sure I had the 'Contax Hold' down to a T though as each time I put my eye to the viewfinder I saw my finger.<br />
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The photos for this blog were taken on New Years Eve in Stamford, Lincolnshire.<br />
I was surprised to find street art and so I really should go back and search out some more.<br />
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The roll of Agfa Vista was my worst home developed roll so far. A truly awful amount of water marks had initially ruined the roll. Until I read that a little bit of breath and a lens cloth is the best way to get rid of it.<br />
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I do wonder if my chemicals are reaching their use by???<br />
Maybe I did something that made the process very 'soapy'?<br />
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I've got a few rolls waiting to be developed in my fridge.<br />
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Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0stamford, Lincolnshire52.645146596003713 -0.4614257812552.606615096003715 -0.54210678125 52.68367809600371 -0.38074478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-71821080446812251752017-08-30T17:55:00.001+01:002017-08-30T17:55:36.384+01:00Don't let images collect virtual dust. There is a real problem with film for me. Its my usual problem but it seems to really affect my film pursuits.<br />
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That whole magic, 'you don't know what your going to get', thing for me turns into 'you won't ever know what your going to get until you develop the film that's sitting wasting away in the fridge and then collecting dust waiting to be scanned'.<br />
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The saying then continues with 'and once you've scanned them, you need to import them into Lightroom and then finally do something with the images that have taken months to materialise'.<br />
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I don't see that phrase being famous and used on posters, t-shirts etc. But I'm sure i can't be the only person in the world who loses images in their ever expanding Lightroom catalogue. I don't lose them their well named and tagged, its more forget. I've got lots of images that i have forgotten about; whole days, whole holidays that i have never shared and have definitely not printed.<br />
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All on my lonely hard drive waiting for one big failure to happen and poof........they're gone.<br />
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So to get back on track I'm going to start with the remaining shots from a roll of Truprint 35mm.<br />
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The box speed was ISO 400 but an unknown expiration date made me think shooting at ISO 100 would be a good idea....it was.<br />
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In a previous blog post I'm sure i said how much i liked the vivid colours that i got from this roll. I continue to apart from one shot where the horrible red skin colour is just too overpowering but its important to share a failure now and then;<br />
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But now thinking about this guy might of the beetroot persuasion???<br />
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For subjects such as a local funfair the vivd colours are very fitting.<br />
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So I'm really going to try and sort my blogging out and really start to share some of the photos that have been collecting virtual dust in my Lightroom catalogue.<br />
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And i do apologise for the random image content this time. I just really like the colours from this roll.<br />
<br />Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-5496304669329498892017-07-29T20:14:00.000+01:002017-07-29T20:14:06.646+01:00Truprint Portraits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Occasionally I get given film and cameras.</div>
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One of the many Kodak Brownies I've been given sits proud in my living room. It makes a great ornament.</div>
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This post is about a roll of Truprint 35mm film that was a welcomed gift from an ex work colleague.</div>
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Its been stored in my fridge for a year. Im not sure how it was stored previously; likely a kitchen drawer.</div>
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I have know idea of the expiry date but I'm guessing it would be in the 90's or the early 00's. It was labelled up as ISO 400 but because I was unsure of the life but also sure it was well beyond I shot it at ISO 100. Besides I sometimes feel that my film images can be a bit under exposed so at ISO 100 I could even be over exposing by a stop....win win!</div>
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I loaded it up the last week of March into my Canon EOS 600 SLR and headed out with Laura around Kings Lynn with a Tamron 90mm f2.8 attached. </div>
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Plenty of available light on this bright and fresh day.</div>
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The day after we went for a walk around Sandringham woods.</div>
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I wish I had more of this film. Its scanned really well (since this roll I've improved my scans so these images could be better), the colours are really vibrant and all the images have come out really warm.<br />
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<br />Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0King's Lynn PE30, UK52.7516798 0.4022962999999890652.7324578 0.36195579999998906 52.7709018 0.44263679999998906tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-13939420061334342182017-07-03T20:14:00.001+01:002017-07-03T20:14:35.244+01:00Early Mornings. Find beauty. Shoot.So I've blogged the Analog Nights and the Kodak Moments in Wisbech.<br />
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This leaves the shots i took on early morning winter starts.<br />
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Cold, foggy, intense low sun, wet, fresh, either/or but always there is beauty if you look for it.<br />
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And you really don't have to look far.<br />
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Perhaps the wrong way to go but ill start with my most treasured early morning frame.<br />
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I can't explain how magical i found this scene to be.<br />
I hate fog, i especially hate the use of car fog lights. So a foggy start is guaranteed to put a downer on the journey. It was one of those bright early mornings where the sun is intense in your windscreen as your trying to see past the condensation on the window. Nothing visible but the street furniture and cars directly in front.<br />
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Heading to somewhere that i don't want to go to.<br />
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And then.....<br />
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Blue sky, white clouds and the towers peeking above the fog. The beauty i wasn't looking for that found me. It sent shivers down my spine. Something as simple as the change in weather. The moment that the fog started to clear.<br />
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This is what opened my eyes to looking for beauty, this shot, this scene right here.<br />
No matter the crap that you have to wade through everyday, if you just look, something like this magical moment will be happening in front of you, if you just open your eyes.<br />
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Maybe it was just a turning point for me. Not long after this i walked out of my day job.<br />
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Shooting the scenes on film really did let me relive the moments. When i scanned the fog scene and it slowly appeared on my screen i shouted out loud "yesssssssssss", knowing me there would have been more swearing. Id forgotten that i had taken the shot on film. Id also taken a shot on my iPhone and so i thought the moment was captured but over.<br />
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Oh, the waiting for film magic!<br />
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So theres the final bog from the roll of Kodak Color Plus shot with a Canon EOS 600 SLR.Ben Chapman Photoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01513373732560117871noreply@blogger.com0Sutton Bridge, Spalding PE12, UK52.769383 0.1889499999999770852.730959 0.10826899999997708 52.807807 0.26963099999997708tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273807379650577289.post-28038825518200741052017-06-01T08:24:00.000+01:002017-06-01T08:24:01.738+01:00A Kodak moment in WisbechThis roll of Kodak Color Plus has got to be the best roll of 35mm I've ever shot.<br />
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Or at least its the best roll thats ever come out. For all i know those fails, when the film wasn't winding on or when the camera back opened, now they might of been epic.<br />
Emphasis on the might of been, probably less on the epic.<br />
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I enjoy using the EOS 600 SLR. It cost me about a tenner, its electronic, i already had a battery that fit it, its simple to use; years of DSLR use means its a doddle to pick up and alter the exposure. My collection of EF lenses from fisheye to 70-200 means i can grab a lens and go.<br />
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Autofocus; the photographers best friend. Ive got camera & lens combos that are manual focus only, with a bit of patience you'll get the shot. But having autofocus, despite it being only in the centre is a welcome feature.<br />
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Back over to my favourite photography haunt; Wisbech.<br />
Im always there. Ive shot it a million times but i will continue, although i admit its getting a little boring. The same roads, the same alleys, the same shadows, the same faces.<br />
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But different camera, different lenses, different medium.<br />
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Standing in the same spot, using the same exposure, you can get a different photo every time.<br />
Zoom, crouch, focus.<br />
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