Right, I’m going to give the Nifty 50 Straight Out of the Camera September challenge, being managed by @cdcook48@vignouse a whirl.
Harking back to the old days where most SLRs came with a 50mm lens and you had a 12, 24 or 36 exposure rolls of 35mm film, either black and white or if you could afford it colour, which you then had to send off or take to the local chemist to get developed and you would possibly get one or two, hopefully more, decent shots.
To make the challenge even harder for myself, I intend to go back in time to when I had a Pentax K1000 SLR and I could only afford black and white film - so I’m going to be shooting only in black and white and all shots published will be straight out of the camera and not edited in any way (however tempting)
Thank you for your views, comments and favs on yesterday’s offering. Much appreciated.
Phil , you could always go another step, buy a black and white film and run it through an old film camera, I've just sent a 35mm black and white film off to the lab 9today) . I shot 37 exposures with a Pentax ME and Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 lens (it's a stunning lens) !
Thanks for joining in Phil. You're off to a great start. I think you'll find its a lot of fun and I like your idea of shooting only black and white. I myself will probably do a mix but it will be heavily weighted towards b&w. I know what you mean about the temptation to edit though. It is hard to resist but that is what my Extras folder is for - the shots I couldn't resist doing some PP on.
@phil_sandford Phil , Lincoln is a good source of vintage cameras and lenses in charity shops. When I last visited in 2020 (to watch Bolton play Lincoln City just before lockdown) I came back with a bag of lenses !!! Always a bargain to be found :)
Nice start to you little project