Archive for December, 2008

Olympus OM-1

For Christmas, my Dad very kindly gave me a brand new second hand Olympus OM-1. I've been wanting one for a while, it's the camera that a lot of people learn to shoot properly on, something that I have been wanting to do and now can. Stoopidly (but typically), I just shoved the first film from my drawer into the camera without checking properly, and on developing it have found some vicious light leaks that, on checking the negatives, seem to be coming from the sprocket holes. I rechecked the film and realised that it was an expired roll, 2 years out of date, which hopefully will explain the light leaks. We shall have to see what the next roll looks like. Anyway, these are my favourite shots, light leaks and all, from the first roll:


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