Flowers and Protests - some recent photos

 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 the Zuiko 35-105mm zoom, which I find to be a good choice for capturing everything from the entire crowd to a placard several yards away.





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