Recently I shot a roll of Kodak Gold in my Olympus 35RC whilst out and about. Spring has definitely been showing her colours this year and this roll of Kodak Gold was shot over a few days as I wandered about in the local woodland, the Park and around our Parish Church in town to try to capture some of that display of spring colour. Kodak Gold is a fine film to capture spring colours and paired with my little pocket powerhouse, my 35RC, it makes a great combination.
I have been using my 35RC in manual lately simply because I can. Many cameras with auto exposure modes need a battery to work, this is not so with the 35RC. Yes, it needs a battery to work in auto, but when using manual settings, the battery is just ballast. You can take it out and happily shoot in manual all day, every day. So I did.
I love my Olympus 35RC, it's small and fits in a pocket which is very handy when your other camera takes up the entire bag. I was out with my Goodman Zone trying to get used to it and having a bit of a nightmare in the process. My 35RC was a great back up camera that day and I made the most of it on that first walk around the nature trails and woodland near my home.
The next time I took it out was to try to finish the roll with a walk around Wigan Parish Church. I had gone to get some birthday cards for my grandson and whilst I was in town I took a few snapshots of the church. This is where the 35RC excels, Once I got sunny 16 in my head and figured out the settings I was using it as a point and shoot. All I did was make sure the composition was in focus and had fun.
Here in Wigan we get a lot of f/11 1/250th kind of days, but as this day was hovering around an f16 I bracketed my shots. I really didn't need to as Kodak Gold has enough exposure latitude to make the difference hardly noticeable. Once I had done the bit of shopping I had to do I headed to the Park and polished off the last few frames left on the roll. The Rhododendrons had started to flower and I had to get a shot or two.
When I got home the roll sat in my fridge for a few days as I was busy doing other stuff and after I had shot a roll of ColorPlus in a Pentax P30n I was recently given by a dear chum, I developed both of them in my Cinestill CS41 kit. Yep, that kit is still doing the business after three months as I take care to squeeze the air out of the bottles and keep it in a cool, dark cupboard. I scanned the film with my Ion Slides2PC scanner and processed the images with Affinity Photo.
Here's a few of my shots from this roll of Gold, I have placed them and more in an album on Flickr you can visit using the link below. Also if you enjoy my blog please consider giving a small donation via the Ko-Fi buttons. It helps me continue my blog. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy the photo's as much as I did taking them.
Kodak Gold - Olympus 35RC
This is my personal journey into Photography, both film and digital that I began in early February 2017. Here I will share my images and thoughts on the cameras and film I have come to know and enjoy in that time and maybe one or two I didn't get along with. I don't pretend to be a professional photographer, nor do I profess to be eminently skilled at this art. I'm just an enthusiast who wants to show that you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Kodak Gold - Olympus 35RC
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
My Top 4 Cameras of 2024
It's time for my review of the best cameras I have used over the last year and there's 4 that got way more time in my hands than any...
-
On our recent photo walk around Chester I had decided I wanted to use Double X, a 35mm black and white cinema film from Kodak. Double X has...
-
An article that Alex Luyckx published on his excellent blog caught my eye and immediately grabbed my attention. A few fellow bloggers were h...
-
A sunny afternoon at the beginning of December 2023 gave me a chance to head out with Ferrania P30, a slow speed black and white film that...
No comments:
Post a Comment