Jim Simon photography

Film Photography and some other stuff, you'll see



Yashica Mat



Medium format - there are SLR's and Rolleiflexes and Mamifujicontathisandthat, but I have a Yashica Mat and I'm fine with that. I don't use it a lot, probably because I find it almost impossible to get 120 film onto my film spool before I develop it, but once it's all in the tank all is well. My current process is darkroom-free (shame on me...) so I only scan and whilst I have a very good 35mm scanner, my 120 stuff goes through my elderly Epson Perfection 2450! How old? Yes, I know, but it's ok and I can get good results from it with the added bonus that once it's begun to scan I can make a cup of tea. And then lunch. Maybe shop or go on holiday and it'll probably be there ready for me when I get back.



Smallcombe Sheep



Yashica Mat | FP4 | ID11

A photograph from a long long long time ago... Devon, my wife's family farm near Buckfastleigh.



Moto Guzzi Mille GT



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Oh look! My good old Guzz... This was soon after I got it, before I put a screen and more comfy bars on it. Moto Guzzi! That's a bike. Can't remember the nerdy stuff - probably FP4 again. Or was it Tri-X?



Spray



What it is.



Loch Slapin - Torrin School



Looking over the loch to Blaven. The perspective from the Yashica's 80mm lens gives a statuesque image. Naturally, here on the web site, there's little indication of the endless fine detail, and the impact of a large print is something else.