First Photo

And since the First Photo I’ve had more not-bad photos and have learnt a thing or two about controlling exposure on this very automatic camera.

I love this! It was the only photo, and the first one, that I was unquestionably happy with – made my day! Exposure looks fine and distance on the focus zones looks ok (1m chosen), just slight blur from her motion. Only adjustment was adding 12% Blue in Photo Filter to counteract the Orange-ish cast it had (blue is the opposite of orange!). At first she commented on the little array around the lens and I explained it’s actually for receiving solar power which is quite insane given it was made three decades ago and there’s nothing around like it today. It looks more familiar as one of those gigantic round saucer lights the dentist shines in your mouth. Wow, never expected the camera itself would start conversation! She seemed cute chatty enough so I asked for my first photo, wahoo! Asking is soooo important; I have a huge problem with any sort of special attachment to something you took from 8km away.

Now for the two not-bad photos from the first roll:

  
Not sure if this is too orange. It was a combination of sunset light and the orange skid. Pretty much all film pics have a colour cast unless you correct them. This was too magenta originally so I added 10% Green in Photo Filter.

The two deflated tires in the rear makes for a great angle, but the background isn’t too appealing.

 
And the obligatory measure-your-lens-distortion-phallic-size brick wall shot which miraculously does look pretty damn straight like a grid! The only error is my perspective not being exactly parallel. Very reassuring for when photographing buildings and things that should be straight.