Some more from my walk around Bellerive Point with the Cosina SLR.

I should add these are 'full frame', straight from the negative scans with no editing (other than scale down by 50%).

All taken with a Cosina SLR wearing a Helios 44-2, shining on Ilford XP2.

@Jim_Graves Thank you.

@carusb I had an attempt at a close focus shot to get some swirl, but it wasn't an ideal subject. (Of course, the moment I took these, I did find some better subjects. But film is finite.

@carusb Thanks so much, both for the compliment and your help in getting my old camera operational with advice.

I have a decent Helios that I bought a fair while ago. Not yet tried for the swirl with film, save for a couple that were not good subjects.

Ok, had to resize them as several are too large for mastodon.

"Look Ma! It Works!"

Yay, the Cosina SLR worked, no obvious light leaks, mostly in focus.

My auto levelling needs some work I admit.

Some samples from the first roll of film I've used in almost 3 decades. And the first time I've ever used black and white film.

For the curious: Ilford XP2 black and white iso400 film, Cosina SLR, Helios 44-2 lens.

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