Camera info ~ This camera is a half frame camera, which means what it says, it only shoots half of a frame of film, so when you put a roll of 36 in it, you get 72 pictures. Neat eh? The camera itself is cute looking but a bit hokey, plastic with no settings other than a flash on/off on the dial around the lens, and the dial is as stiff as a stiff thing on a stiff day. I loaded it with a roll of Kodak Gold 400 and took it everywhere with me but it still took a fair few weeks to finish the frame. I shot the film with the making of dyptichs (2 pictures taken together to complement each other) in mind. I’ll be posting some of them on Fridays.
This set of diptychs will be my last for some while as I’ve a new roll now in the Ektar which will probably take a couple of months to shoot. These are from a little project I’m doing on South Shields sea front.
My first visit was to Little Haven Beach to see the Weebles
and Herd Groyne Lighthouse
the beach was empty of people though evidence of them was apparent.
I went up to Sandhaven and Ocean beaches and had a walk along to the amusement park.
There’s a mini race track for mini people outside one of the arcades.
A bit further on I got to the fairground, which is usually locked up over winter, but I wandered in unchallenged and so started taking photographs. I think one of the arcades was either open or having work done, but they didn’t bother about me.
A good place to end. It was strange to be alone in an amusement park usually shrieking with kids and things spinning and moving all the time. I took some more photos with the Contax so we’ll have a look at those next time.
Stay tooned 😊
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I think I’m with you in preferring to see this empty rather than full of noisy people. Never heard of a half-frame camera, is it an economic measure? The Weebles look fun, do they move?
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I think more of a fun thing than an economic thing, but it does double the amount of shots you can take so a roll of film goes twice as far. The weebles do not wobble and they don’t fall down either.
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I love deserted amusement parks and seaside rides. The Weebles are a firm favourite too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cheers Pete!
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I haven’t been in a crooked house for more than 50 years. I remember it being very disconcerting.
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Haha I’ve never been in one!
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Very Carnival of Souls. I would have loved a walk through a deserted amusement park.
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It was cool. Cheers Alex.
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I work with a Kevin. And he is the kind of kid who would would write that in the sand too 😀
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Haha go Kev!
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diptychtastic. 💖 the weebles.
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Thanks Graham.
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…ooo…score on the empty fair ground….great pic’s….
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I had a whale of a time!
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…(photo of whale pending?)….
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Next week!
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Being alone in an amusement park is scary! Beautiful photos, this camera is cute!
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Thanks Elizabeth!
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Lost in zombie land without people : ) half frame has a nice quality, colors are nice too. Thank you for sharing it, fragglerocking.
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Haha they were all asleep! Cheers Francis!
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That little Instamatic clone thing takes really good images!
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Better than I thought it would, cheers Steve.
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I love that blue elephant (makes me smile), and—wow—those weebles are cool!
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Cheers Mae!
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I love this camera! So much fun! I enjoy being around a quiet amusement park, more so than at high season 😉
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It was a strange but good experience! Cheers Connie 😊
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I always always love to see the Weebles…also The Amusements as we call them here (or the Hurdy Gurdys or The Merries as they call them in Cork and ) are great for that dual frame stuff.
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Cheers Missis, The merries! I like it!
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Yeh thats a good one!
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