photo from week 188 - IDAM Roc

Horse Chestnut, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is one of my favourite trees, and a regular subject in this project. I think I might have held a red filter in front of the lens for this one, but I can't remember, the blue sky is not particularly dark, so maybe I didn't...

photo from week 188 - IDAM Roc

reflected self-portrait with IDAM Roc camera and elephant hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

For my self-portrait, I had to come indoors, but this was possible as the camera has a "B" setting. There is no tripod bush, so I had to balance it on the top of the tripod, meaning that controlling the shutter would be impossible without moving the camera, so I held a piece of black card in front of the lens while I opened the shutter and struck my pose, before quickly moving the card out of the way without touching the camera, the exposure was around one minute, so there is no trace of the black card or my hand moving it.

photo from week 188 - IDAM Roc

Punch & Judy, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This very basic box camera needs good daylight, and fortunately we had good weather at the weekend when I saw this Punch & Judy show in a local park. The Punch & Judy tradition is even older than this camera.

Week 188 - IDAM Roc

IDAM Roc, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This little diecast camera takes 127 film. It was made in France in around 1951, and had the unusual feature of incorporating a visual extinction exposure meter, somewhat pointless as there are absolutely no exposure controls on the camera!
It takes 12 square photos, which are slightly smaller than the standard 4x4cm 127 squarea.
I've loaded it with one of my remaining Efke 100 rolls.

photo from week 187 - Dacora Daci

balustrade shadows, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

These striking shadows were not really spoilt by the inability fo frame accurately, the tiny, cloudy waist level finder really is not easy to use!

photo from week 187 - Dacora Daci

Heavy Plant, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The redscale film adds some atmosphere to this one, but the difficulty with accurate framing, together with what seems like quite a distant point of focus, rather spoils the result.

photo from week 187 - Dacora Daci

reflected self-portrait with Dacora Daci camera and safety helmet, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I suspected that the focal distance for this simple box camera would be further away than I am in this photo. Taken using a tripod, 30 second exposure.