photo from week 98 - Durst Duca

sycamore, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

It seems that my changing bag is far from a dust free environment!

photo from week 98 - Durst Duca

reflected self-portrait with Durst Duca camera and Che Guevara hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This camera has a fixed shutter speed and aperture, so can't be used indoors, meaning that my reflected self-portrait had to be taken in a window of the local college..

photo from week 98 - Durst Duca

snicket, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I only managed to get nine exposures this week, re-loading the Agfa Rapid cassettes is a bit hit and miss, this time I obviously didn't load enough, but the resistance had got to the level where I was going to damage the film if I tried to cram any more in.

Week 98 - Durst Duca

Durst Duca, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I left my final decision about the choice of this week's camera until I saw what the weather was like, we have had a very gloomy week, and this camera, with a fixed shutter speed and aperture needs good light. Saturday morning was sunny, so the Durst Duca got the go ahead. There are only 12 exposures per load, which is just as well, as we are now back to very dull conditions.

photo from week 97 - Pentax S1

reflected self-portrait with Pentax S1 camera and leather hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

One advantage of using an SLR for the mirror self-portrait is that I can be more accurate with the focus and so use a wider aperture to allow a hand-holdable shutter speed indoors.

photo from week 97 - Pentax S1

three sparklers, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Several seconds hand held exposure, using a Sigma 24mm lens, with the aperture set arounf f11.

photo from week 97 - Pentax S1

Passing Through Tudor Square, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I chose to use this camera this week partly as there would be fireworks and other outdoor events to photograph, where I might be able to use long exposures to good effect, but this one was taken using the slowest shutter speed I thought I could get away with hand-holding. At full aperture, f2.2 I used 1/30th sec. Even with ISO400 film, it is somewhat underexposed.