My dad has been an avid photographer for a very long time now. He’s still got his film SLRs and he used to have a dark room. I used to think it was normal to have a packet of Ilford paper and rolls of films in the fridge and was always really surprised when other people didn’t. In March, he bought an adapter ring for his DSLR so he could use his sigma lenses.
Guess who got to play?
The results were… interesting (meaning bad!) but I really enjoyed manually adjusting the lens. Okay, so nine times out of the ten I ended up focusing on totally the wrong thing but it was fun anyway.
Focusing the the back of the pot instead of the little one inside.
Look how sharp the leaves are! Pity they’re at the back of the photo.
Hooray! I got it right!
My dad’s super cool light meter that we couldn’t figure out how to use. He says he has the instructions for it somewhere.
It’s my hallmark moment.
How lovely is this camera? My dad’s still in working order Olympus OM2. Apparently it was the camera of choice for photo journalists for quite a long time. It felt super-nice in my hands but there was no film for it (and I’m really not ready for that anyway). Several of the photos were taken with its lens.