You still use an OM1?

 When I first started to get back into film photography c.2019, putting photos up on Instagram seemed a logical idea. I had found a load of other photography accounts, and my daily feed was mostly their output. But then things started to change... Fast forward a few years, and my Instagram feed is full of videos of dodgy football decisions, cars being driven badly, pickpockets in action, plus adverts for all sorts of gadgets I never knew I needed. Where have all the photos gone? Then there was the matter of Instagram's owner being rather close to the political turmoil going on in the USA. I had already left Twitter/X - maybe it was time to move on from here too. So I was interested to hear about the world of Pixelfed, which at first glance looks a bit like Instagram used to - mostly photos and artwork, but without the adverts, videos, and everything else you have to scroll through. It is actually a decentralised product - in effect anybody can set up a Pixelfed server, and link it ...

 It's been a while, but my photographic journey has been taking me into the dangerous rabbit hole of cheap cameras. I have bought, tried, tested, and mostly sold, several candidates for the role of "shove it in a bag and take it anywhere" camera. I think I have finally settled on the Pentax Pino 35, and you can read about it on the excellent 35mmc site here .  But now I am back to the world of the OM1, and they have accompanied me on a few recent trips. The M1 had its first real outing (after a test film when I bought it) to Mevagissey and The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. I can't be certain, but I think the lens for the harbour debris shot was the Zuiko 24mm, and the flowers were shot with the Zuiko 35mm. Meanwhile the all-black OM1 tried to look inconspicuous at an Anti-Racism rally in York. This sort of event is always good for photos, often because of the banners and placards which people are holding. Here are a few of the best from that day. The lens was t...