pentax P30T – I BOUGHT AN OLD FILM CAMERA

St Mary’s Lighthouse

It’s been a while since I last posted as I haven’t been going out too much because of Covid-19 and I’ve been spending a lot of time working in the garden. Now that it’s getting colder I thought I’d look through some photographs I hadn’t published before and post them. Much the same time asContinue reading “St Mary’s Lighthouse”

A second outing with my ‘new’ lens

Following on from my trip around Bollington, Cheshire to try out my newly ebay purchased 50mm 1.7 Pentax-A lens, I went out again this time exploring some of the staircases in Macclesfield which connect the lower part of the town, where the railway station is, with the main town square. Another cold dull day butContinue reading “A second outing with my ‘new’ lens”

Trying out my ‘new’ lens for the Pentax P30t

I finally got out to try my ‘new’ 50mm lens as a replacement for the 28-80mm zoom lens which I found just too clumsy and awkward. The day I chose may not have been the best but I wanted to go out, so on one misty morning I did just that. I had a walkContinue reading “Trying out my ‘new’ lens for the Pentax P30t”

Some photos from Newcastle

While I’m waiting for an opportunity to try out the ‘new’ 50mm f1.7 lens I bought on Ebay I thought I’d share some photos taken in Newcastle at the end of October last year. It was actually a bright sunny day unlike many of the times I’ve been out and about taking photographs. I likeContinue reading “Some photos from Newcastle”

Trying Delta 400 in the Pentax P30T

The next time I took the Pentax out I loaded it with Ilford Delta 400 film as a change. I wanted to see if Delta 400 lived up to its promises of still giving less obviously grainy results despite its greater speed due to its reported different grain structure. I quite liked the idea ofContinue reading “Trying Delta 400 in the Pentax P30T”

First film through the Pentax P30T

As I was keen to try out my newly purchased Pentax P30T, I loaded it with a roll of Ilford Delta 100 film and went off to nearby Little Moreton Hall, a National Trust run property in Cheshire. It was a bright but cloudy day, no sunshine but plenty of light, ideal for photographing thisContinue reading “First film through the Pentax P30T”

My second “new” film camera

I didn’t intend this to happen but looking through some blogs on film cameras the other day made me think that a second film camera might not be a such bad idea just in case I have problems with the Zorki again. Reading through various suggestions it seemed to me that a Pentax K1000 mightContinue reading “My second “new” film camera”