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Dave’s retro life

@djroot.bsky.social

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Where we refuse to accept that anything since 1993 has happened! British nerd, into arts and crafts. Love books, music, writing and old things - typewriters, cameras and musical instruments, stuff like that. Unapologetic woke lefty 🇺🇦 🌈

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 4d

A shot I wouldn’t dare take on a digital camera!

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 6d

It’s a beauty. It’s a bit fussy about how you load the film though - double check the rewind arm is turning when you advance, maybe practise with some cheap or out of date film. If you’re an expert obviously you can disregard my advice :) but I did waste one film and tear a second before I got it.

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 7d

Summer berries

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 13d

I think the owner of the house has bought it and put it out as a curiosity to be honest, but it does look cool in person, another one to get a colour pic of some day

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 14d

A really old post box!

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 15d

A little splash of #colour from a walk by the #lake

#lomo style #hipstamatic #snapshot

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · 27d

Testing depth of field on this wiry old fence post.

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Maybe I’ll try to find this one again with some colour film in the camera!

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Sep 1

I think books have the same effect on his brain as they do on mine! 😴

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #cats #books

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 31

Cool old bike I saw on my walk low on the hill.

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 28

Cottages on a hillside

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hehe Inglesham were on a tear!

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 26

“This air damping vessel came from the Belvedere Mill in (1995?) and was moved and erected with help from Heber Ltd. (illegible, “and the”?) Gloucestrershire (?) Society for Industrial Archaeology”.

I should have snapped close ups on my phone so I could be more sure of the dates.

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 26

“Valley works opposite built by the Stroud Water Co. in 18(94?) supplied softened water from the wells to the mills in the valleys by steam and later to the public by electricity until 1974.”

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 26

Transcription of the text in comments. The area was very overgrown and I couldn’t see the “air damping vessel” it refers to!

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 26

I wish I knew what had happened to the majority of all my kit over the years - sold to buy something else I suppose!

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 25

I haven’t got anything much to share at the moment, just some snaps that I rattled off to test the OM1

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 17

I finally got a roll to work in my Olympus OM1n! This is from the houses that back onto the disused canal at the bottom of my hill.

#snapshots from a test roll; #Olympus OM1n; #IlfordPhoto delta 400; #homeDeveloped in #510Pyro; #blackandwhitephotography #lomo #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 7

I don't know why I've settled on sharing a load of #photos from last year's trip to #Venice while I wait to get around to developing my next film, I just have ok! :D
#blackandwhitephotography

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Aug 6

Another from #Venice, just another #blackandwhite #snaphot I took on my phone on holidays last year.

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Jul 30

They’re Merlin and Morgana

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Jul 30

And here’s her ‘brother’. He’s a live wire so I haven’t managed to get a good photo of him yet, but I thought this sofa gargoyle pic was cute. Usually he insists on sitting right on my chest in front of my face, but today he wanted to encompass the chair arm.

Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Jul 30

I’m not going to become a primarily cat photo feed, but here’s a pick of my new feline family member ❤️
She’s still very shy but starting to warm up to me as the days go by.
#cats

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Jul 23

Here’s another shot of St Mary’s in Tadcaster, this one shot with my #Yashica Electro on #IlfordPhoto Delta 400.

#FilmInNotDead #BlackAndWhite #Photography #BelieveInFilm

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Dave’s retro life @djroot.bsky.social · Jul 22

A little way along from the tunnel entrance I shared the other day, there’s a walk along a drained section of canal that has a strange archaeological feeling about it, like something unearthed from the distant past.

#mediumformat #6x6 #bronica #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm ##ilfordphoto