Rodley Nature Reserve

The photos that I shared yesterdayusing the 40p(!) Olympus OM-40 camera were taken around Rodley Nature Reserve which is only a few miles away from our house, we walked along the canal, around the reserve and then walked home, stopping off for lunch on the way - it was a pretty perfect day for trying out a new (to me) camera.

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{I love this house, its just as pretty in black and white don't you think?}

Location: Rodley Nature Reserve, Leeds
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Film: Kodak 200

Not bad for 40p...

This camera is actually part of my 12 for 2012 series, but honestly, out of 12, I've used 8, so I think this project may be a bit of a fail.

Thomas's Dad managed to find the body of this Olympus OM-40 camera on a market for 40p. 40p!! I kid you not. He's my hero. Luckily I already had my Dad's OM-10 camera, so I just borrowed the lens from that to try this beauty out. I was a little worried about the shutter on this camera as it does seem to stick sometimes, but out of a roll of 24, 21 photos came out, so I don't think its a huge issue, though it is something I would want to try and fix before using it again.

Overall, I am really excited about these photos as playing with the aperture settings on a camera and getting close up detail shots is one of my favourite things (see my first experimentation with them here) even if I don't do it that often.

Hurray for f/1.4 and depth of field in close up shots. I just love love love these.I'm also fairly impressed that the £1 Kodak ISO 200 film I used to try out this camera captured the hazy light so wonderfully too. A success overall I think!

Location: Rodley Nature Reserve, Leeds
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Film: Kodak ISO 200

Robin's Hood Bay Part 2

These are my last photos with this roll of film and I'm pretty sad about that. I never expected to really love black and white results as much as I love these (I am a huge fan of colour) but I really can't get over these, I think its because there is so much black in them. I love the colour black (it was my teenage favourite for a long time, much to my Nanna's despair) and the contrast in these is so appealing to me.This is definitely another film to add to my regular films to use (much to my purses despair, haha).

p.s. Did you spot Robin Hood amongst these? I was pretty chuffed that I managed to find him and get a photo.

Location: Robin Hood's Bay, EnglandFilm: Kodak BW400CNCamera: Refurbished LC-A