The return of the Bessa R2M
June 17th, 2008 by JamesGeeky 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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