I thought I would gather some photos made using a film I will spend an awful lot more time with. For some time, my favourite positive film was Fuji Astia 100 - but the economics of film being what it is - it was recently discontinued by Fuji and I shot probably my last roll of 120 a few weeks ago and have exactly 8 rolls of 135 left. Fuji Provia it will have to be (by the way look out for another blog entry with some Astia photos coming soon) but that is not much of a hardship as I like the results. My Leica bodies and Noctilux seem to give sublime results with this film. I have also show it a lot of with my Mamiya and Hasselblad medium format kit along with my Nikon and Canon bodies. All good I say. What do you think?
A beach in Devon, England where they pull the fishing boats out of the water. Lecia M7 with Noctilux 50/1.0.
The same beach, showing the lovely tones this film is capable of.
Sunflowers in a temple in Yanaka, Tokyo. Nikon F3 with 50/1.2 AiS lens.
Lillies in a pond in Wiltshire, UK, Leica M7 with Noctilux again.
Lanterns at a shrine in Kagoshima, Japan. Lecia M7 with Noctilux.
Used kimonos for sale at Yasakuni Shrine, Tokyo Japan. Hasselblad 500CM.
Graveyard in Sendai, Japan. Lecia M7 and Noctilux.
Door on a church in Wiltshire, UK. Leica M7 and Noctilux.
Red Bull. Green park, London, UK. Leica M7 and Noctilux.
Fushimi Inari in Kyoto, Japan. Leica M7 with Noctilux.
Careful building demolition. Macau, China. Leica M7, Noctilux.