Over the family weekend in the Midlands, I decided to try shooting with 35mm Film. A friend lent me a camera he had inherited from his grandfather. A beautiful little piece. 1963 Olympus Pen F. I only took 2 spools with me and unfortunately one film (the main film!) came out blank. But thats the nature of Film. You never know what to expect. Practically, shooting with this camera is a nightmare. Besides the normal differences of film – having to actually load a new spool, wind it in, manually pull focus for each shot, etc – this camera has no light meter. Most film camera’s after 1965 come with a light meter so you can see your exposures through the viewfinder. But this camera was made before before all that. You have to carry a separate light meter with you and adjust the aperture and shutter speed to your reading each time you take off the lens cap. It’s also quite unique because it shoots half a frame – hence the two frames per image below. I’ve just uploaded the raw images I got back from the labs this morning. No editing has been done on these pics. I quite like the rawness of these results, which suits the personal subject matter really well.