Week 300 - No. 3A Autographic Kodak Camera

I suppose week 300 is something of a milestone, so I decided to mark it by using this large old Kodak folder. It was made between 1914 and 1934 and used the A122 film, to take postcard sized negatives, which would then be contact printed. Needless to say the film is long obsolete, so I'm using 120 film, which is about 25mm narrower than the postcard film. By using an old 120 film, I worked out how many turns of the spool were needed to advance the film between exposures. If my calculations are correct, I should get five exposures out of the roll.

photo from week 299 - Pentax efina T

I like the way the organic yellow flowers play against the hard lines of the yellow edge marking.

photo from week 299 - Pentax efina T

The obligatory self-portrait with dubious headgear.

photo from week 299 - Pentax efina T

There was already a film in the camera when I found it, it was on frame 5 of a 40 exposure film, so I decided to finish it off. This is two consecutive frames, taken at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and showing Anthony Caro's piece "Promenade".

Week 299 - Pentax efina T

This compact little APS camera came from a charity shop and cost £1. There is a partly used APS cartridge already in it, a 40 exposure film, on frame 6, so I plan to finish the rest of the film off this week.

photo from week 298 - Pentax Auto 110 Super

Yellow traffic lights controlling a pedestrian crossing in Malaga.

photo from week 298 - Pentax Auto 110 Super

The sunlight was streaming in through the bathroom window, so there were no worries about hand holding this one, and of course as a single lens reflex, there is no problem with accurate focusing at close range.