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Makes me feel OLD !

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on What I Found in the Back Garden --- at 12/04/2020 - 11:01

Ha Ha !! No but I have the entire stock of outdated Film from a Studio Photographer in Benfleet, Essex !
He came to give a show at Brentwood Photographic Club and asked " Does anyone here still use FILM ? " -- so of course I piped up " YES ME ,but all my Film is Outdated now ! " -- " Oh -- you like OUTDATED FILM then ? " he Replied -- " If you come to my Studio you can have some as I want to make room in my Fridge for my BEER " -- so My Boy and I rushed to Benfleet from Brentwood and he showed us around and took us into his Darkroom and pulled out boxes of FILLUM from the fridge -- packs of 10 HP5+ and even some Kodak Panatomic -X dated 1982 which I have all used now -- so I have packets of 220 Kodak Vericolor III dated in the 1990's , 35mm and 120 B&W and other C41 stuff.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on What I Found in the Back Garden --- at 11/04/2020 - 18:57

Looking for some 'Photographic Inspiration' during 'Lockdown' I got out my lovely Pentax 6x7 Mk II and loaded with a roll of 220 size Kodak Vericolor III left over from Weddings many years ago ! I set 40 ASA. I had a look around with the 135mm f4 SMC Macro-Pentax 6x7 lens

VPS 220 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

VPS 220 02 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

VPS 220 03 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

VPS 220 04 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

VPS 220 05 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

VPS 220 06 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on What I Found in the Back Garden --- at 10/04/2020 - 18:43

I have been out on my 'ONE Exercise Allowed' with Old Medium Format Cameras and Old C41 films found in my Fridge to use up but they are NOT PENTAX
1950's British Ensign Selfix 12/20 Outdated Kodak Vericolor III rated 25 ASA in poor light

12 20 VPS 06 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

12 20 VPS 08 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Selfix 12 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
1930's ZEISS IKON with 105mm f7.7 Nettar lens -- outdated Kodak Vericolor rated 25 ASA

Zeiss Ikon 03 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Zeiss Ikon 04 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Zeiss Ikon Folder by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
1956-59 ROLLEIFLEX 2.8 E2 Xenotar with Scrached Taking Lens at Full Aperture, expired Kodak GPF rated 50 ASA

Scratched XENOTAR at full aperture by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Rolleiflex 2.8E Xenotar (A) by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
1920's -30's VOIGTLANDER BESSA with 75mm f3.5 'Voigtar' lens oudated 07/ 1998 Kodak Vericolor III

Flowers by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

White Shell by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Voigtlander BESSA 66 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Share your lockdown photography projects at 05/04/2020 - 10:01

One of my Contacts asked "Why did you not wear those 'Elton John Glasses'when you did your Video 'Easy Listening For Self Isolators? " so HERE IS 'ELTON JOHN alive and well after Chemo Number 5 with Chemo Pump and PiCC line and you can see the Video Here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq7LPYcBhws

ELTON JOHN in BRENTWOOD! by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

PENTAX K10D + Kit Lens, Sunpak auto 36 FD flash at f11

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on ELTON JOHN is alive and well in BRENTWOOD England ! at 04/04/2020 - 12:37

Brentwood & District Photographic Club closed until further notice and the Annual Exhibition in Brentwood Library Cancelled too ! We are having an on-line Judging of our 'PDI of The Year' on Friday March 27th by Colin Westgate FRPS , MPAGB and he will send thumbnails of the entries with short comments.

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Camera Clubs and Coronavirus at 26/03/2020 - 22:21

Yes -- he was a long way off with 300mm tele Canon lens!

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on ME with my PENTAX 6x7 Mk II at 23/03/2020 - 19:37

A snap taken on the occasion of the trip I organised for members of Brentwood & District Photographic Club to Warley Wildlife Reserve near BRENTWOOD Essex England. Saturday March 21st 2020.
Richard Lincoln took the snap -- thanks Mate !

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on ME with my PENTAX 6x7 Mk II at 23/03/2020 - 10:11

Tia -- yes i always use extra Exposure for outdated C41 films and B&W -- here i rated the 400 ASA to 200ASA
but the film had been in my Fridge for years -- for E6 SLIDE films sometimes you do not need to downrate so much TEST FIRST

Comment by Peter Elgar posted on Pentax 6x7 Mk II + 06/2005 Fuji Superia X-tra color 400 rated 200ASA at 23/03/2020 - 10:08

I organised a Photo -Trip to Warley Wildlife Reserve near BRENTWOOD Essex ENGLAND for members of Brentwood & District Photographic Club -- 5 of us turned up --- I had the 'Go-Ahead' from my Oncology Nurse on Friday March 20th if I did 'Social Distancing' so NO members could 'Breath on ' my Lovely 6x7 Mk II !
I took 105mm f2.4 SMC Takumar, SMC Pentax 6x7 45mm f4 and the SMC Takumar 135mm Macro + Filters I used the 'Matrix ' metering and all were perfectly exposed using 200 ASA as film was old dated 06/2005
105mm lens @ f16 with Pentax Polariser