John : Well fancy you used to get photos in the 'Iford Pictorial !! I did as well -- paid 5 shillings I remember !! I used to get photos in the 1960's of the 'Trad Jazz' scene in the area such as the 'Cellar Jazz Club' in Ilford Lane and the Jazz events at the Ilford Town Hall all on my 1960's Asahi Pentax S3 !

I'm an 'OLD Adult' -- can I 'Google' David Hamilton please ?

Yes -- unfortunately most local newspapers now rely on 'Free'submissions from Readers, Council Employees ( 'Girl in the Office with a Nikon Coolpix') and I met some Sports Agency Snappers there who also were complaining that 'Good Enough' from a Phone is ruining 'Paid Work'. The 'Standard Rate' is £25--00 a job and it has not been increased since 1998 according to my records kept for Tax purposes.

Thanks for viewing -- just had a 'phone call from Chief Photographer of the 'Brentwood Yellow Advertiser' newspaper saying they will use all the photos I sent them over ( the YA does NOT PAY any more but they give me a Christmas Lunch and a present every year ! )

Sunday was the day for the annual Brentwood Half Marathon and 3 mile Fun Run - I went 'On Spec'for three local newspapers -- no use -- no FEE !
I used mainly a 28-70m f4 SMC Pentax-FA lens from my gift MZ-5 and set continuous auto-focus as the runners set off and was disappointed to see that the actual focus was some distance BACK -- I have had this before with the 18-55mm SMC Pentax-DA kit lens and have to resort to manual focus. I used a little -1 Fill-in flash from the built-in flash on my K10D.

I have a 58mm f2 Russian 'HELIOS' on Zenith -- maybe its the same 'Sonnar' design ?

Taken on a trip to the Lake District ( UK) with the Pentax Club many years ago -- I found this 10x8" print filed away so scanned it. Can you see 'The Guardian' of the title? Pentax 6x7 Mk I+ 105mm f2.4 SMC Takumar, 1/60th at f4 on Ilford XP1 film, very dull conditions.

Today I received some more medium format transparencies sent back from my agency found in their files never used -- one was a photo I took of the M25 Motorway near Brentwood, Essex as a time exposure on my Pentax 6x7 Mk I and the 105mm f2.4 SMC Takumar lens, Kodak Ektachrome. It is a straight scan in Vuescan from the 6x7 tranny.

Here is my 6x7 Mk II -- I got it secondhand in a deal including the 135mm f4 SMC Macro-Takumar, several huge filters and a Billingham bag all for £500-00 ( Don't tell the Wife ! ) I sold the Billingham bag at my Camera Club auction later for £35-00 so got some money back ! The camera was Mint' but the 135mm lens was 'well-used' with another Mk I body he had.
I show it also with the 45mm f4 Pentax 67 lens I got in Seattle USA in 1992, the 75mm f4.5 SMC Shift Takumar I got with my Mk I new in Nov. 1980. I did a lot of Architectural work with the shift on E6 film then the company giving out the work went BROKE so no more work with it now !

I haven't got an 'IPhone' or since my Prostate op a 'Dongle' either !