photo from week 227 - Canon AE-1

Another photo from Mr Straw's House, again at the limits of hand-hold-ability in the dark attic space.

photo from week 227 - Canon AE-1

Another National Trust property, the Work House at Southwell, has a dressing up area for visiting children, I managed to try on three different hats while no one was looking!

photo from week 227 - Canon AE-1

I was planning a visit to Mr Straw's House, an Edwardian semi-detached house in Worksop that has been preserved as its inhabitants left it, with much unchanged since the 1950s or earlier. The Canon AE-1 with its f1.4 lens was useful in some of the very gloomy parts of the house. I used ISO400 film, but even so, this one was taken at f1.4 and 1/30th sec.

Week 227 - Canon AE1

This was a recent charity shop find, it came with the 50mm f1.4 lens and the much sought after 135mm f2.0 lens. The AE1 was made between 1976 and 1984 and was apparently the first SLR to use a micro-processor to control the exposure system. Over a million were made, and they seem to be quite common. I've never used a Canon SLR before, and this one seems quiet and efficient.

photo from week 226 - Zorki 1

Chesterfield Flea Market, where I've picked up a few cameras over the years, the Zorki isn't one of them, but the Konica AA-35 that I used in week 222 came from here.

photo from week 226 - Zorki 1

You'd never guess this wasn't a real Leica would you?

photo from week 226 - Zorki 1

It was a dull wet day when I took the Zorki to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, but at least this allowed, indeed forced, me to use a large aperture in conjunction with the only working shutter speed, 1/200th sec. Focusing on the nearest object has thrown the more distant things out of sharp focus, which I think works quite well.