I took some new photos and tested cameras out.

Nothing too fancy here, this is from My Minolta XD-11. This is the first roll I used with My new 45mm pancake lens, it seems quite sharp, but also soft at the same time? I do think it has very nice glass. This was shot using Kodak Gold 200, and im not sure why I dont like it a whole lot, but I really like it in 120/medium format? Doesnt make sense in my brain either.

So this roll was a triple test among many things. First things first, this is Illford HP5 pushed to 1600 ISO, I have never pushed film before, it doesnt really do it for me and I don’t think Ill do it again anytime soon. The next test was a new lens, The Helios 44-4M. Its an odd lens that I had to slightly modify so I could use it on my Nikon F2. It was definitely different than when I had a Helios 44-2 but it was still good. I missed focus a few times because I had a to use a M42 to F mount which had a extra piece of glass to make it so the lens could go to infinity focus. The third test was for the Pentax spot meter I recently bought which did surprisingly well.

So In late December I bought a Olympus Infinity Stylus Zoom. I so far have shot two rolls on it and I accidentally didnt send in the other roll that I shot. I bought this camera for $35 with 7 rolls of expired Fuji 400 (sadly its 24 exposure rolls, but Ill get over it when I eventually shoot it). I honestly didnt know what to expect because it was not tested. The guy I bought it from said he has never used it, and the last time that it was used was by his parents before they bought a digital camera, so I’m assuming this camera hasn’t been shot since probably the mid to late 90s. The camera was super clean and Im glad that it works