photo from week 43 - Komaflex-S

Harrier, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is the Harrier part of "Harrier and Jaguar" at the Tate Gallery on Millbank.

photo from week 43 - Komaflex-S

Jaguar, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is the Jaguar part of "Harrier and Jaguar" at the Tate Gallery on Millbank.

photo from week 43 - Komaflex-S

David, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

Taken in the cast court at the Victoria and Albert museum, this was hand held at 1/15th second.

Week 44 - Minolta Dynax 5

Minolta Dynax 5, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

I found this camera in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago for £5, the batteries cost the same again!
This is a class of camera that I have never owned or used before, coming right at the end of the era of popular highly flexible film cameras, soon to be replaced by digital.
As well as being "auto-everything" is is extensively customisable and can be used fully manually.
I've loaded it with an ISO400 colour negative film, and, weather permitting, will take it to "Fright Night" tomorrow.

Week 43 - Komaflex-S

Komaflex-S, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is one of the few 127 rollfilm SLRs ever made. They were first manufactured in 1960 and produce twelve 4cm x 4cm photos on a roll. If used with reversal film, they could be mounted as "superslides", which could be projected in a 35mm projector, but had a larger (40mm x 40mm compared with 24mm x 36mm) picture area.
This model has a reputation for unreliability, partly because the wind on and cocking mechanisms are far from intuitive, and without a manual, there is little hope of getting it right, and every chance of damaging the camera! This example seems to be in working order, but this will be the first film I have put through it.

photo from week 42 - Super Ikonta

Tickling Stick, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

Statue of Ken Dodd with his tickling stick and a diddy-man. This was hand held at 1/10th second at full aperture, taken at Liverpool Lime Street station.

photo from week 42 - Super Ikonta

pipes, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

An art installation at the Lverpool Biennial, the camera was placed on a window sill for this 1 second exposure at f8

photo from week 42 - Super Ikonta

Albert Dock with distant Liver Building, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

Albert Dock in Liverpool, on a very wet day!

photo from week 42 - Super Ikonta

reflected self portrait with Zeiss Super Ikonta and battered straw hat, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This week's mirror portrait, as always the light levels are low, and this was slightly underexposed at 1/25th second at full aperture, a compromise between getting the correct exposure while avoiding camera shake (or using a tripod)

Week 42 - Zeiss Super Ikonta

Zeiss Super Ikonta, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This camera belongs to my dad. It takes 16 exposures (4.5cm x 6cm - vertical format) in 120 rollfilm. Having learnt the lesson of the illegible numbers on the Shanghai GP3 film (at least in some cameras), I carefully re-rolled this film onto a Kodak backing paper, I probably will have lost the first frame, but at least the rest should be correctly space.
I plan to take it to Liverpool on Tuesday.

photo from week 41 - Agfa Clack

horse chestnut tree, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is the same tree that I photographed in week 21 using a Zeiss Box Tengor.

photo from week 41 - Agfa Clack

Contemporary Terracotta Warriors, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

this one was taken with the 3' - 10' lens in position, as the nearest figurwas quite close

photo from week 41 - Agfa Clack

Eve, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

"Eve" by Richard Hudson, part of "Beyond Limits" at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.

photo from week 41 - Agfa Clack

Contemporary Terracotta Warriors, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is sculpture by Yue Minjun, installed on the cascade at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.

photo from week 41 - Agfa Clack

reflected self-portrait with Agfa Clack and horse head, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

I had to find a tripod for this exposure, which was around 12 seconds. I came across the horse mask while I was searching for it.

Week 41 - Agfa Clack

Agfa Clack, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This chunky box camera has aquired something of a cult status in some circles. It takes eight 6x9cm exposures on 120 rollfilm. There is one shutter speed, approximatley 1/60th second and "B", two apertures and one lens for relatively close subjects are selected with a lever on the lens.
I was planning to start using it today, but it has been so grey and overcast that I will leave it in the hope that there is better weather later in the week.

photo from week 40 - ISO Duplex 120

horse chestnut - bichrome process, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

Another example of the bichrome technique in which a colour image is generated from black and white negatives shot through coloured filters.

photo from week 40 - ISO Duplex 120

reflected self portrait with ISO Duplex 120 camera - bichrome process, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

Reflected self-portrait using the bichrome process

photo from week 40 - ISO Duplex 120

horse chestnut pair, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

For some of the exposures I taped a red filter over the left lens and a blue one over the right.

photo from week 40 - ISO Duplex 120

yellow comedy bus, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is a stereo pair with a yellow bus in the foreground and the Wheel of Sheffield in the distance.

photo from week 40 - ISO Duplex 120

the wheel to the left, the town hall to the right, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

There is no double exposure prevention on this camera, so by covering one of the lenses, it is possible to get 2 separate photos instead of a pair. These were taken form the same spot, but about 90 degrees apart from each other.

photo from week 40 - ISO Duplex 120

The Redhouse, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

As I suspected, a lost a few frames from this roll through not being able to see the numbers on the backing paper, but it wasn't too bad, I got 17 exposures instead of the full 24.
This is a stereo pair of the Red House pub..

photo from week 39 - Lomo Fisheye camera

Red Fiat 500, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

photo from week 39 - Lomo Fisheye camera

cheesegrater and velocity tower, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

photo from week 39 - Lomo Fisheye camera

reflected self-portrait with Lomo Fisheye camera and top half of baseball cap washing frame, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

Another under-exposed self-portrait, the result of using a camera with fixed shutter speeds and aperture in anything other than bright daylight.