So what are my thoughts? Well, it’s fun and different, that’s for sure. However I think I need to make a couple of modifications. Firstly, the viewfinder – it needs upgrading. Looking through a single rectangle doesn’t work, as a minimum, you need two rectangles. This is probably going to be too tricky to do, both in terms of focal length and general aim, so I’m going to try a gun sight. It won’t help my composition, but should at least allow me to centre my shots.

Secondly, the wrist strap. I thought it was ‘useless’, but now I realise it is more attention seeking than Paris Hilton. Too many of my shots feature it, although never on all three parts as they aren’t lined up.

Finally, it’s a good shutter speed for panning, giving a good level of background blur. Here is my favorite shot of the film;

GT40, robot 3 camera test shot

I wanted to try panning, so went to a place I thought might have some good passing cars, just the otherside of my village. As it was, the parking place was way lower than the road, and of the first 4 cars, one was a TVR, and the other was this GT40, a replica I assume. I lucked out and got a great photo.

It does show the difficulty I have in aiming, especially vertically. I must fix that. Anyway, I’ve put it on flickr and added it to ‘score my car. I can’t wait to see the comments. I’m expecting scores in the 3/10 range, especially as most photos in that group are uber sharp. This is a bit out there for them, lets see what they say…

These were taken mostly at Silverstone, at the FIA GT racing, with my Pentax ME Super. It is suprising how many odd looks you get when using a classic film camera, and manually focusing, but I love the result.

I can’t recall the film I used, I’ll look it up when I scan it properly. It was slide film, and I had it developed and scanned at Tesco for £1.98. It can take a bit of persuading to get them to put it through the developer, but once done, you can’t argue with the prices! 99p for processing with no prints, and another quid for a CD? All within an hour? Yes please

Anyway, let me know what you think. I know that xpro is a love it or hate it effect, so I won’t be offended if you don’t like the results. All feedback and comments are welcomed.