photo from week 310 - Minolta Riva Zoom 105i

The weather might have been cold, but there was some blue sky and sunshine this week, as seen in the piece of edgelands detail.

photo from week 310 - Minolta Riva Zoom 105i

Although the camera seemed to be fully functioning when I put a batery in it after buying it, once I'd loaded it with film, it became apparent that the LED display was playing up, it didn't show the frame advancing, and out in the cold, it stopped working altogether, which may have been caused by a tired battery getting too cool. Anyway, I decided to push ahead with it, accepting the risk that there might be problems. This is a scan of three consecutive frames.

photo from week 310 - Minolta Riva Zoom 105i

You can see from this mirror self-portrait that the camera is something of a monster, not the compact model that it appears to be in photos of the camera without any scale reference.

Week 310 - Minolta Riva Zoom 105i

I found this on a bric-a-brac stall for £1. There was no battery in it, but at that price I was prepared to take the risk of it not working. One I installed the correct battery, all seems well. The camera is a bit of a monster, I'd seen photos of the model before, but hadn't realised how big and bulky it is.

photo from week 309 - Canonet QL17

I used expired black and white ISO400 film, which may account for the grain here, though with such a huge dynamic range to contend with in this scene, the exposure was always going to be a compromise.

photo from week 309 - Canonet QL17

The exposure here was 1 second, the 50 year old mechanical shutter still works fine on all speeds.

photo from week 309 - Canonet QL17

I thought I should take advantage of the f1.7 lens on this camera to see how shallow the depth of field can be. In fact the light was fading fast, and I had to use full aperture for this one in order to be hand-holdable at 1/30th sec.