photo from week 283 - Cosina CSR

Once again I used a wide aperture to throw the background out of focus. These are the railings in front of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

photo from week 283 - Cosina CSR

Another dim interior, and another shot at full aperture, this time I kept extra still and set the shutter speed to 1/15th.

photo from week 283 - Cosina CSR

The Agfa Copex Rapid film that I used has an ISO of around 50, so I was pushing the limits with this dimly lit scene. Even using the full aperture of f1.7, and the slowest shutter speed I could hand hold, 1/30th second, the negative is rather underexposed.

Week 283 - Cosina CSR

This came from a charity shop for £10, and also included a 24mm "Prakticar" lens. It uses the M42 mount, so there is no shortage of lenses that can be used on it. There is a coupled TTL meter, but although it appears to work, the results are erratic, so I will use a handheld meter to determine the exposures.

photo from week 282 - Ricoh Auto 35

A recently painted mural in Sheffield.

photo from week 282 - Ricoh Auto 35

Although the shutter sticks at most speeds, the "B" setting still works, so I was able to take this photo at f22 using a tripod, and with an exposure of approximately 1 second.

photo from week 282 - Ricoh Auto 35

The Ricoh Auto 35 is only barely working, the shutter will fire with "Type 6" film selected, all other settings are sticky, the aperture can be selected to a degree by using the flash settings. Given these limitations, I stuck to outdoor subjects in good light.