Creag Leacach

Creag Leacach photographed with Fuji Provia 100 on the afternoon of Saturday 20th August 2011

Cairn Bannoch

Tim Breeze reviews photos on the summit of Cairn Bannoch July 3rd 2011. Photographed with Fuji Provia 100 using a Nikon 28mm/2.8 series E Lens

Fuji Provia 100

Glas Bheinn Mhor and Ben Starav Shot on Fuji Provia 100, Nikon FM2N + 28mm Series E Lens

Lenticular Cloud

Nikon FM2N

The first FM2N I snapped up, and fitted with this bashed 50mm/1.4, was a chrome model. I parted with £175 for that camera in 1992 at Leeds Photovisual in Birmingham.
It was my main camera for the next four years of building up my photojournalism. I used it for sports pictures published in a myriad of local newspapers as I created a portfolio.
In 2010 I returned to mainly using film for my own work and alternated between my F100 and Rolleiflex. But both are weighty compared to the sublime FM2N.
A month ago I spotted this mint condition black FM2N in Cameratiks, Morningside Road, Edinburgh. Patrick, the proprietor added this neat Nikon strap and again I spent £175.
The first rolls of Tri-X from it were great as you'd expect from a virtually unused machine.
Hillwalking last weekend I handed it to a stranger to take mine and Geraldine's picture,
"What a lovely sound," he said as the shutter went off.

Edinburgh's Royal Mile

A former colleague has spent much of his leisure time photographing the goings-on along Edinburgh's Royal Mile. He is now so well recognised as a street festival photographer that he is to fly out to Dubai next week to be the official "street photographer" at a festival there. No doubt he'd have something to say at this image. I liked the view of this couple enjoying the pictures on their LCD outside this tourist trap shop.