New Camera

Woo, my new camera finally arrived and I managed to get a battery for it today. It's a proper camera this time, Mamiya M645 and it's a beast! Waiting for some replacement light seals but I've got a roll in it and I've been playing around with some portraiture. Got a friend wanting some headshots so I'm going to try for some high quality shots then.

The Beast

Apart from that, my rolls of Tri-X arrived and I plan to do some more street/candid/stalker photography soon. Should be out in town tomorrow night so I might get some shots there. The clean viewfinder on my Yashica is sooo much nicer to use, much more of a joy.

I've just got a couple of other pics to put up today, quite old but I figured they should be displayed somewhere and I haven't actually managed to produce any final images so far this week.

Sunsets - 30D + 50mm 1.8 (ISO 800)

Both from the recent Powderfinger tour. I saw them in Sydney and had an opportunity to try out concert photography for the first time. Needless to say, it's quite challenging. The lighting is constantly changing, getting a good view is almost impossible and it's not exactly calm and still. Still, I think I managed to pull something off, just.

Rock - 30D + 50mm 1.8 (ISO 800)

Just a black and white, trying for the old fashioned rock concert photos. I was actually trying to get a picture of Bernard on the floor but he's a bit obscured by the foldbacks, would have made it so much better if they weren't there.

Anyway, I do hope to have some shots from my new camera for next time, gotta finish this roll and then develop/scan it. Hopefully I'll have worked out a decent scanning method soon.