I'm Martin, a amateur photographer from England that likes to shoot street photography, landscapes, seascapes and odd image of dogs.
Minster on Sea, England. 2026
This a crop from a full frame image taken at Barton’s Point Coastal Park, Minster on Sea, England. The image can be seen better here on RFF Gallery.
Leica M-P (Typ-240) Lomography Jupiter 3+ 50mm f/1.5 lens.
England, March 2025
No doubt many of you have dogs that do this and Charlie our Lurcher loves nothing more than laying in a patch of sun on the floor. This image is straight out of camera, with the only editing being to crop the top and left of the picture.
Problems drying film
I hadn’t taken much this month that I feel is worth uploading. The other problem have currently is drying film. Our shower was leaking, so the shower cubicle is always wet and it’s the only place I dry developed film.
It has amazed me how difficult it has been to find someone to fix the issue. Being a built in shower from the 1990s, no one seemed to want to fix it without removing half the bathroom wall. Finally this week I found a specialist plumber cured the problem without having to remove half the tiles or the wall. Yay! …I can get on with some developing.
Summicron 35mm f/2 ASPH
More money!
My 35mm Summicron has developed a problem. It seems this effects both this lens and the Summicron 28mm f/2 ASPH version 5 MK1. The front filter thread bezel has come lose.
As you can see from the images above, the aperture mark moves and indeed, I found if your not careful the bezel will completely rotate when removing a filter. It is very annoying as I have never fitted a filter on the front of this lens to tightly neither. With the Leica hood fitted, it gets even worse. Although a clip on hood, in use I find the hood moves and if your not careful it causes vignetting.
My Voigtländer 35mm f/1.4 Nokton lens, I hadn’t used it for quite sometime and decided to sell this lens. Oh lord, I’m regretting selling it now!
If someone knows how to repair this problem with this version of Summicron lens, do let me know in the comments.
Honfleur, France. 2022
Leica M-P (Typ240) with the Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH lens.
Barton’s Point, Minster, England. 2023
Leica M-P (Typ-240) with the Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH.
Minster Leas, England. 2022
Taken on my Leica MP, Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH on Fomapan 100 Classic film.
Barton’s Point Cafe, Minster on Sea, England. 2018
Originally I posted an image from the same film called ‘Cafe dog’ (below) but I don’t remember seeing this frame among the negatives. If I did I might of rejected it because my wife in the background and her pink coloured top at the back of the image. Looking again, I think this picture is now much better than the previous picture I posted, not only being the whole frame but with the three people in the image it leads diagonally to the dog.
Leica M4-2, Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH lens and taken on AGFA Vista 200 colour print film.
Minster Leas, England. 2022
Taken on my Leica MP, Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH on Fomapan 100 Classic film.
Isle of Sheppey, England. 2022
Leica M-P (Typ240) and the Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 II VM lens.
Honfleur, France. 2020
Leica M4-2, Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH on Kodak Tri-X film.
Margate, England. 2022
Taken with my Leica M-P (Typ240) and the Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 II VM lens.
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