photo from week 173 - Nimslo 3D

A pair of fakirs - animated stereogram, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The Nimslo was designed to make lenticular stereo prints, this process is no longer commercially available, but some impression of the 3D effect can be gained from an animated stereogram.
Blogger does not appear so display animated GIFs, so you will have to click on the image to open it in Flickr, where the 3D animation should be visible.

photo from week 173 - Nimslo 3D

reflected self-portrait with Nimslo camera and hard hat - animated stereogram, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The Nimslo was designed to make lenticular stereo prints, this process is no longer commercially available, but some impression of the 3D effect can be gained from an animated stereogram.
Blogger does not appear so display animated GIFs, so you will have to click on the image to open it in Flickr, where the 3D animation should be visible.

photo from week 173 - Nimslo 3D

cactus - animated stereogram, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The Nimslo was designed to make lenticular stereo prints, this process is no longer commercially available, but some impression of the 3D effect can be gained from an animated stereogram.
Blogger does not appear so display animated GIFs, so you will have to click on the image to open it in Flickr, where the 3D animation should be visible.

Week 173 - Nimslo 3D

Nimslo 3D, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This camera from the 1970s takes four images simultaneously, which were then processed to make "lenticular" stereo prints. These are the ridged prints which were popular as postcards for some time, the Nimslo allowed the consumer to make their own (at a price). As far as I'm aware nobody is currently commercially processing films from the Nimslo, but animated GIF images can be made from scans of the negatives, though I quite like the simple repetition of four near identical pictures in a row. Each set of four images takes up the width of two standard 35mm frames, so a 36 exposure film will yield 18 sets.

photo from week 172 - Konica Pop

moon&fish&chips, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

photo from week 172 - Konica Pop

reflected self-portrait with Konica Pop camera, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

There is no focus on this camera, so depth of field can only be controlled by changing the aperture, for this indoor shot I couldn't push my luck too much, so this was f5.6, but it is almost in focus.

photo from week 172 - Konica Pop

closed shop, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

With such a bright yellow camera, I thought it only right to seek out yellow subjects where possible, this is the security shutter of a local shop.

Week 172 - Konica Pop

Konica Pop, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The sun came out on Saturday, so I decided to load up this bright yellow camera to celebrate! The Konica Pop came in several different colours, I also have read and blue versions. It's a cut above the bog standard toy camera, having a range of apertures from f4 - f16, but a single fixed shutter speed of 1/125th and no focussing.
I've loaded it woth Kodak Color Plus from Poundland.

photo from week 171 - Pentax K1000

yellow samba, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Another photo from the lantern festival, in this you can clearly see the effect of using a slow shutter speed and a flash (in this case with a yellow gel on it). This one seems to work better as a square crop.

photo from week 171 - Pentax K1000

reflected self-portrait with Pentax K1000 camera and party hat (135mm lens), a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

THis self-portrait was taken with the 135mm telephoto lens at full aperture.

photo from week 171 - Pentax K1000

Sheffield Samba Band, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I took the Pentax with me to the annual Sharrow Lantern Festival in Sheffield. This event starts at dusk, and I used a combination of slow shutter speed and electronic flash with various coloured gels taped on.

Week 171 - Pentax K1000

Pentax K1000, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

A friend gave me this camera and two further lenses, as she no longer has any use for it. I've never had a K mount camera before. This example seems to be in good working order, so I loaded it with Agfa Vista from Poundland and took it with me to a local lantern festival, where I used a flash gun with various taped on coloured gels.

photo from week 170 - Olympus AF-1 Twin

lavatories, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

A scene I've photographed before, this stack of lavatory pans has been outside a local plumbers' merchant for some time.

photo from week 170 - Olympus AF-1 Twin

reflected self-portrait with Olympus AF-1 Twin camera and gold cowboy hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

A problem with auto-focus is how it deals with mirrors and glass, this one taken with the 70mm is slightly out of focus, the one taken with the 35mm lens was completely out of focus.

photo from week 170 - Olympus AF-1 Twin

winter horse chestnut, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

As the name suggests, this camera has 2 lenses, 35mm and 70mm, this picture shows the view from each one.

Week 170 - Olympus AF-1 Twin

Olympus AF-1, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is a recent acquisition, unlike later models which had zoom lenses, the AF-1 Twin has two lenses, one 35mm and one 70mm, they are selected by a switch, and although nothing changes externally, a satisfying clunk suggests that a mirror is being moved to defelct the image from the appropriate lens. I've loaded it with some Agfa Vista ISO 200 from Poundland.

photo from week 169 - Kiev 30

reflected self-portrait with Kiev 30 camera and Russian hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I used a tape measure to set the focus to 1m, the poor light meant that I would have to use full aperture, and I wanted to do my best to get the focus right.

photo from week 169 - Kiev 30

snow in the play park, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Once more, snow was a major outdoor subject this week...

photo from week 169 - Kiev 30

Unintended self-portrait while checking the shutter was working (it was!), a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

As I suspected, there were problems with winding my home-spooled film on. Sometimes the shutter cocked and sometimes it didn't, this accidental self-portrait occured when I was trying to work out what was happening.