Winter Solstice

 Shorty after sunrise..., Glastonbury Tor in the distance.

 

Robert Redford - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

 Robert Redford passed recently.  I watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on first release, and always reckoned this was the best scene. 

Butch and Sundance, lying low in Bolivia, have obtained legiimate employment as bodyguards to a mine owner, played by Strother Martin. Here, the trio ride to collect the mine's payroll. The heroes conscientiously check the surroundings for robbers.... 

Panasonic DMC-LC50

 

Axbridge Reservoir, Somerset.     8th August 2007  at 20.48

Panasonic DMC-LC50   3.2 Megapixels  (2004).

 

Sony Nex-3N + Canon FD 50mm F/1.8

 

 

 

 

Sony Nex-3N 16.1 Megapixel Mirrorless Digital Camera (2013).

Canon FD 50mm F/1.8 lens (1982).  

The Doors - Ray Manzarek

Brean Down - Somerset

 2/12/2019   @ 16.03

 2/12/2019  @ 16.12

 3/12/2019  @ 15.38

Photos above done with Iphone 6. 

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Photo with Nokia Lumia 830  ( 10 Megapixels ). 

7/12/2016  @ 16.01 

 

 

 

Canon T70 - w/ Kodak Ultramax 400 Film

Weston super Mare    May 2025

 

Done with this.... Canon T70 ( 1985 )... 

 I love doing film photography. The costs nowadays are high, so I only do it sparingly. Very little change from £30 after the cost of the film, then sending off for development, prints, and return.  

I bought a T70 new in 1985. Canon's first foray into SLR's with microprocessors. I'd  been using a Nikon L35AF compact camera, and underestimated how inconvenient to lug around a full size SLR could be. Ultimately, the T70 didn't receive too much use. 

Many of the Nikon L35's have now succumbed to age, electro-mechanical, and lens issues. The Canon T70's seem to be just about bomb-proof.  I bought several extremely cheaply about 6 years ago, thinking that most would be throwaways. Only one turned out to be bricked. Still cheap now. And the Canon FD lenses are top notch. You just have to be OK with doing manual focusing. Having said that, the split prism focusing aid in the viewfinder almost does the job for you. Lens here is the 35-70mm zoom lens that I think most T70's came with.