The return of the Bessa R2M

June 17th, 2008 by James

Geeky stuff: Canon EOS 3, 35mm lens; Kodak PlusX, Agfa APX 100, Ilford HP5 +2. Colour photos taken with a Nokia N95.

Borough Market

Borough Market is quite popular with tourists now, and where there are tourists there are beggars.

Kerry had a chorizo, rocket & roast piquillo pepper burger.

I went for a big German Bratwurst. Look at the size of those things!

Kerry models the Bratwurst .

And then tries to hide behind it.

Later that day I went to UFC 85 and met this couple.

I think this shot is the beginning of the Matt Hughes – Thiago Alves fight.

Sleepers

Sleeping in public seems to be all the rage at the moment.

There is a plimsoll shop close to Brick Lane; I wanted to buy a pair or two for this guy but I couldn’t remember how to get to it.

Other bits

Speaking of brick lane, I bought a t-shirt from Sally can’t dance in the Old Truman Brewery. They sell shirts in Brick Lane / Camden Lock Market if you like their sense of humour.

Some artists were making a graffiti impression of an apocalyptic London.

Picnic on a random Sunday with Brandy. As Borough Market is not open on Sundays we got our goods from Spitalfields.

Bumped into James White and had a chat about Segways and security guards.

Return of the rangefinder

Finally my Bessa is back from Japan. Everything has been fixed and the viewfinder is clearer than the day I bought it! I’m so happy to have a film rewind handle again. Thank you Japanese people and Robert White for sending it!

In other news, Silverprint has started stocking ADOX black & white film, a roll of which is currently sitting in my Bessa. We’ll see how it comes out.

Until next time…

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