A favourite old camera

-Oy-

-Oy-

Bloke with a camera
Location
Lancashire
This Fujifilm GW690 is one of my favourite old film cameras. BIG 6x9cm negatives from a big old beast.

All these shot were taken in the last 5 years.

1. The camera
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2. Mooring on the pier in Cromarty, Scotland.
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3. Ullswater Steamer - Western Belle
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4. My eldest daughter, Sarah.
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5. River Dee in Cowgill, Dentdale, Cumbria.
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6. The Kent Estuary at Arnside, Cumbria.
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OY... Just a question, I know you're a Pro Photographer, do you freelance or are you employed by the Media?..and are you still working during this Pandemic ?

My daughters Ex was a Sports photographer for the National papers :)
 
An old Exakta VX my father bought when we went to South Africa in 1951 and I was only three. While there I learned on that beast then when we came back to the USA in '57 I took claim of it. One really neat feature was that you could put a take up film cassette and, as you advanced the film it went into that allowing you to cut the film and then continue on with the rest of the film later. Of course you had to take out the casset in a darkroom, it had a little pull down knife that allowed you to cut it while still in the light. Have some images I took but can't seem to find them. We had an old hand held Gossen Multi Meter.
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Can I play? My Dad's old Minolta SRT 101 fresh back from cleaning, new light seals, etc. I found out my niece took it after he died and she was gracious enough to let me have it. The lens is the venerable Rokkor 58/1.2, lovely piece of glass.
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Love this lens, it renders beautifully. I enjoy using it on my digital cameras too. This one though was made on the Minolta.

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Another of my faves - at the other end of the size scale.

My much loved and re-skinner Olympus 35 Trip. Great little camera and still performs well.

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And with a selection of canal photos with it I took at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port.

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