remember the olympus pen f? yes, the one that gave you 72 photos from each and every 35mm roll of film?

and it was so unique, that it had absolutely no competition at all! and the quality of results it gave was so astonishing, even hardened leica users purchased it in droves!

well, i have one of them for sale, complete with it's original macro bellows. check it out here >> http://www.atomicmall.com/retrostuff999 or http://www.cqout.com/list.asp?seller=allsales

i was just having a rummage in my odds n ends box, and found all these films (shown above)!

some of them are unused, whereas others are obvioisly exposed and ready to process, although when, is another question!

mind you, most of these films came out of vintage cameras i have bought over the years, so there may well be a surprise when i do go and get them developed!!

who knows whose photos will appear....!

the mellow mornings of autumn are now with us (yes, yes, intermixed with gallons of rain as well..!!)and this is one of the best times of year i enjoy the most.

im one of those guys who tends to try and get his daily "stuff" done as early as possible, leaving plenty of time in the day free for other things. so what i do every morning is get my 18 month old alsation simba, out for his daily walk.

we are blessed as there is a large park just 10mins walk away where we live, so soon as we reach it, i let simba off his leash and he bounds away after the squirrels, which he has never managed to catch!

the morning walk takes place around 8am, so at that time, there's hardly anyone around.
and we do this in any weather -- rains, snow or shine!

on today's walk, i noticed that some of the trees in the park had developed dramatic colours in their leaves, and in the muted light of early morning looked so bright and cheeful.

so i collected some of the fallen ones, brought them home and took a few photos for you all to see -- i hope you like the one above!

yes...you guessed it!

i just wanted to talk a little about the rollei 35 camera -- what a beauty!

and its not just looks either, as many of you may know already. its almost unbelievable how the engineers managed to squeeze so much into such a tiny little space!
i have have the top model--the 35S with the schneider lens, although i also had another one with the tessar lens too and there's very little between them both.

but the photos i took with it have been enlarged to 12" by 12" and would you believe it, theyre so good!

i was chatting to a friend of mine who repairs cameras for a living (itself a dying trade!) and he was saying that if the rollei was manufactured today, the cost would be over $2000, or even more!

so if you have a rollei, or are thinking of getting one, bide your time till you can get the 35S or 35SE -- you may pay a little more but by golly will you have a fantastic little performer!

welcome news for polaroid enthusiasts at last!!

yes, yes, i know....you've got that familiar itchy feeling and want to try out your artistic talents once again using that old polaroid camera that aunt agatha gave you 10 000 years ago!! but you cant get any film for it!

or can you? whats that...CAN you get film for these cameras? the answer is YES, YES, YES!

the polaroid company collapsed way back in 2008 but some wise enthusiasts have succeeded in bringing it back to life again!

i can now supply polaroid film for almost all of the camera range, the sx70, 600, etc etc.

check them all out here

i have often read about the so-called alternative processes in photography, such as gum bichromate, lith printing, cyanotype etc, but have never had the time to try it out.

and having seen the results obtainable, i certainly did want to try my hand at it.

i purchased a job lot of kits that allow you to try your hand at these processes, and was thoroughly pleased at what you can achieve.

i will be posting my results on this blog soon, so please keep looking in regularly.

and if you too want to try these processes, drop me an email via this blog or tweet me via my twitter link here and i will let you know what kits i have in stock and prices etc.

over the past few weeks, the weather has been really, really oppressive.
you know the kind of weather -- humid, hot as if in a small over-worked kitchen, no air or breeze at all, sweat pouring off your body the moment you get up to do something....

well, yesterday evening it all changed! breeze appeared as if from nowhere, skies darkened and all became very much fresher.

so i decided to take a walk around my local neighbourhood, which led me to a church i often pass when walking my dog.

but instead of passing it by, i decided to walk into the grounds, and around the back, a part i had never seen in all the 45 years i have lived here!

and immediately noticed really great shots of the old stained glass windows, huge wooden doors and window shutters, ancient locks and gigantic bolts, all crying out to be photographed.

apparently, the church has been around since 1100 AD, so it is no everyday building!
i will be posting some of the shots i took there very soon here, so please try and bookmark this site and drop in when you can......