Category: Film Friday

Another film Friday, and a photo of the sign of my favourite coffee shop in Lincoln. Taken on a Leica M4.

Time for an another film Friday. This was a picture taken with a large format 5 x 4 camera.

This is an old photograph taken on Ilford HP5 Plus.

This is the entrance to the Quakers friends meeting house in Lincoln. This is part of a long term project of doors, archways and alleys.

This February’s 2026 picture of the month was part of this project.

In Lincoln once a month in the castle square between Lincoln Castle and Lincoln Cathedral we have monthly farmers markets and also a monthly artists market.

I often have a wonder around with my Leica taking snapshots.

Southwold Lighthouse shot on my Hasselblad using Fuji Velva RDP-50 film.  The copyright date is correct, its from an old film that I just got round to scanning together with the films I shot during this week.

I’ll be heading Suffolk for a few days soon to do some photography and enjoy some long dog walks with Timmy the Greyhound.  When its grey over the marshes I often reach for film and either shoot with my Hasselblad or Leica M4.

This shot was taken nearly a year ago with my Leica M4 while we were visiting Snape Maltings, the weather ideally suited the Kodak Tri-X I had loaded in my camera.

Its been a while since we had a film Friday so here is one I took many years ago.  It was either a Canon A1, AT or Nikon FM2 with 50mm lens. The film was Ilford HP5 Plus and its part of a series I did on urban landscapes back in the early nineties when a lot of the old Lincoln industrial factories were still around.

Now most have been knocked down and are shopping centres to housing estates.  In the fleeting world we now live even some of those shopping centres have since been redeveloped again.

Another quick film Friday; I heard the scooters before I saw them, already had the cameras exposure set, so it was just a matter of focus and choosing the moment.  With an all manual Leica M4 that does not even have a meter or any electronic aids or auto modes is pays to be ready.

We have not had a film Friday for a while, so I thought I would dig an old Leica M4 shot out to publish.

This was a couple of winters ago and myself and Chris was photographing the birds on a local frozen lake.

With the extreme (for Lincoln, UK) conditions I thought I would take a quick snapshot.  I do love my Leica M’s for their carry everywhere convenience and as the M4 is purely mechanical its not that effected by the cold conditions.

For my SLR I had the battery grip fitted containing two batteries and a third battery being kept warm in my jacket pocket.

The smaller Micro Four Third bodies, Fuji X100, and if your willing to accept no view finder the Ricoh GR also make excellent carry everywhere cameras.