photo from week 105 - Start (Cmapm)

reflected self-portrait with Cmapm camera and red trapper hat (landscape), a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Using available daylight indoors at this time of year inevitably meant shooting at or near full aperture, at least with a reflex camera one can be sure of the focus.

photo from week 105 - Start (Cmapm)

hanging socket, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This was taken in a very dark abandoned factory during very heavy rain which was coming through what was left of the roof. I wanted to take full advantage of the limited depth of field, and given the low light I had no choice anyway but to use full aperture if I was going to hand hold. This was 1/30th sec at f2

Amateur Photographer column about the Minolta Disc 7 camera

Amateur Photographer column about the Minolta Disc 7 camera, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This week's Amateur Photographer.

Week 105 - Start (Cmapm)

Start (Cmapm), a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

What better camera to start year 3 with than a camera called START? This Soviet camera is around 50 years old, it was based on the German Exakta range, but internally is very similar to the much more common Zenit range from this era. It has the ubiquitous 58mm f2 Helios lens.

photo from week 104 - Ensign Selfix 820 Special

Ho ho ho - reflected self-portrait with Ensign Selfix 820 Special camera and santa suit, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

My last reflected self-portrait of the year has a festive element to it. By using a tripod I was able to stop down to f22 in order to be sure of enough depth of field. The exposure time was 1 second.

photo from week 104 - Ensign Selfix 820 Special

Christmas Eve Sycamore, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Taken on Christmas Eve at about 3pm, the low sun shows up the ridges and furrows on the grass.

photo from week 104 - Ensign Selfix 820 Special

winter foliage, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This was taken on a Boxing Day walk in Rother Valley Country Park. The aperture was quite large, and the focus was set to the minimum of 5 feet. I like the shallow depth of field that results.