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Ghost Town #1

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 arbitrariumUncategorized

These photos were taken with a camera I made with a smashed up plastic point + shoot, the shutter from an old press camera, and assorted lens elements from all over the place. I wind the film a random amount […]

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The Pentax ME Super: finding The One

March 12, 2019 arbitrariumUncategorized

Time for a self-indulgent essay on something that doesn’t impact you in any way; how I finally chose my favourite SLR. In case the title and banner image didn’t give you a hint, it’s the Pentax ME Super. At present […]

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Japan x Yashica 635

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 arbitrariumUncategorized

Japan was about as mad as I was expecting. Overwhelming, fascinating, ridiculous and beautiful. Second night there, outside Shinjuku station, a guy in a Godzilla outfit with a lightsaber, dancing to a deafening and incoherent saxophone. About sums it up. […]

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Found film #1

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 arbitrariumUncategorized

These first black and white shots came developed and rolled up in a canister amid a box full of miscellaneous photography stuff I got a while ago. Some exciting 80’s car-on-fire action! Also cat.   This second roll was in […]

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Altix Diary – Sept-Oct 2018

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 arbitrariumUncategorized

I’ve been using this little square format Altissa Altix III for a while now, having fixed the sticky shutter and cleaned the viewfinder (if you can even call it a viewfinder). There’s something sort of nostalgic about square images, and […]

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The Allotments

July 24, 2018September 23, 2018 arbitrarium35mmUncategorized

I’m currently somewhat immobile due to an onset of spinal stenosis, which usually only happens to elderly people but something about having extra thick bones has caused me to get it at age 31. The giddy thrill. Anyway, I can […]

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Highlights of Leeds #4

July 18, 2018September 24, 2018 arbitrarium35mmUncategorized

A few more of my favourite mounds of garbage around Leeds.    

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Reviewish – Ricoh Auto Half SL

July 17, 2018September 24, 2018 arbitrarium35mmUncategorized

Pocket-sized. A lens on par with the Pen F range. Spring motor drive. Full auto metering. And utterly adorable. It’s the Ricoh Auto Half SL.     FASCINATING BACKSTORY I’ve previously owned a Ricoh Auto Half E, and it basically […]

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Lapland x Pentacon Six

March 29, 2018September 24, 2018 arbitrarium35mmUncategorized

Earlier in March this year me and Wife went to Inari in Lapland, where a friend of Wife is learning the crafts of the indigenous peoples. I took my newly acquired and dubiously reliable Pentacon Six TL with Biometar 80mm, […]

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Knackering film

February 20, 2018September 24, 2018 arbitrarium35mmUncategorized

Having found the requisite patience to let a soaked canister dry for a couple of weeks on the radiator, I have achieved the film soup look I was… looking… for. Look. This was a roll of Agfa Vista 200 soaked […]

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