photo from week 361 - Voigtlander VF 101

Another indoor shot, but this time there was just about enough light to get a reasonable exposure.

photo from week 361 - Voigtlander VF 101

The slowest shutter speed is 1/30th sec, and this indoor shot is under-exposed as a result.

Week 361 - Voigtlander VF 101

This is a very compact 35mm camera with a coupled rangefinder and semi-automatic exposure system.

photo from week 360 - Contax IIa

I didn't have long to set this one up as I spotted the London bound train approaching, I think the shutter speed was 1/125th and the aperture f8.

photo from week 360 - Contax IIa

Despite the fast film, I needed to use a slowish shutter speed and wide aperture for this indoor shot

Week 360 - Contax IIa

This precision post-war rangefinder camera belonged to my dad, it has the f2 50mm Sonnar. I've loaded it with Rollei Retro 400S black and white negative film.

Week 359 - Ferrania IBIS 44

This is a simple 127 camera, taking 12 square shots per roll. Cosmetically it isn't in very good condition, and she shutter only works on 1/100th and "B", the 1/50th setting also acts as "B". There are two apertures, and a focussing scale, so it's not the very simplest of models.
I've loaded it with a roll of Vera Pan ISO 100 black and white negative film.

photo from week 358 - Hanimex Snap Shooter

Frame number 6 from the disc.

photos from week 358 - Hanimex Snap Shooter

This is a scan of the whole disc, all 15 shots were taken at a fireworks display.

Week 358 - Hanimex Snap Shooter

While checking this camera prior to use, I found that the shutter is faulty, and remains open while the release is pressed, effectively leaving the camera with a permanent "B" setting. It occurred to me that this could make it useful for the forthcoming Guy Fawkes night fireworks, so I loaded it with a Kmart branded disc

photo from week 357 - Smena 1

This self portrait used an exposure of about 1 second.

photo from week 357 - Smena 1

A detail from the disued magistrates' court in Chesterfield.

photo from week 357 - Smena 1

As part of "Red Oktober", which celebrates cameras from the Eastern Bloc, myself and three comrades took a trip to Chesterfield, where this disused court house could easily have come out of the USSR.

Week 357 - Smena 1

The Smena 1 is the first of a long series of simple but reliable cameras made in the USSR between the 1950s and the 1990s. I loaded it with expired Orwo NP55 black and white film.

photo from week 356 - Zeiss Ikon Ikomatic A

The film is showing its age here, the graffiti was quite vivid, but the colours are quite muted in this photo.

photo from week 356 - Zeiss Ikon Ikomatic A

This now disused school is where my grandfather was a pupil 100 years ago, during WW1

photo from week 356 - Zeiss Ikon Ikomatic A

This camera doesn't have a "B" setting, but the shutter is faulty, and when in the flash position it stays open while the release is pressed, this allowed me to take this indoor photo with an exposure of approximately 1 second.