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Matt
@matt303.bsky.social
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Technology curmudgeon with a background in electronics, software and video game development. Mostly posting about photography, synths, making things or random thoughts.
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I had some East German rough turn up today in the form of a Praktica BMS.

It came in a camera bag with a 90's Sigma 70-210mm zoom that's jammed solid and all the soft touch rubber has turned to goop and a flash gun for £12 from a charity seller, camera and lens seem remarkably good.
A Praktica BMS manual 35mm SLR camera with the 50mm f/1.8 lens, side lit in blue.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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I also quite like this one from this morning, it's a Bridleway that runs between a couple of hedgerows and given this area's history possibly to a coal mine or clay pit.

#Photography
A muddy path leads between two hedgerows with patches of yellow leaves on the ground.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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A little bit of mist rolled in this morning so went for a wander.

📷 OM-Systems OM-5mk2, 12-45mm f/4 Pro

#Photography #BlackAndWhite
The other side of a field a house sits with trees disappearing into the mist past it, image is black and white
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I thought the Fletchers Performing Arts Theatre in Nottingham would be worth a return visit and with the low winter sun it did not disappoint.

📷 OM-Systems OM-5ii, 12-45, f/4

#Nottingham #photography #BlackAndWhite
The brushed black cladding on the Fletchers Performing Arts Theatre catching the low winter sun, digital photo processed to B&W with quite a bit of blue filtered out.
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Posh Primark

The Primark store in Belfast, it was gutted in a fire in 2018 and reopened in 2022 after an extensive rebuilding program.

📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200

#photography #filmPhotography #Belfast
The view of the front of the Belfast Primark from across the road, it's an impressive read brick Victorian building with a clock central on the roof. Shot on B&W film
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Knot going anywhere.

Two sets of ropes holding a refloated and heavily damaged small boat on the Trent and Mersey canal.

📷 Pentax ME Super, SMC 50mm f/1.7
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200

#UkCanals #photography #filmPhotography
A shallow depth of field shot of the bow of a small boat that has been refloated but has obviously spent a while sunk in the canal. One set of ropes is very dirty and the other much cleaner and added for extra security. Shot is B&W
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Quarter Mile bridge Alrewas.

📷 Pentax ME Super
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 200

#UkCanals #filmPhotography #photography
Looking towards a narrow foot bridge that takes the towpath of the Trent and Mersey canal over the river Trent near Alrewas, it has turn left arrows on it to guide boaters towards the lock to take them off the river, there are a couple of swans very off in the distance. Photo is taken on B&W film
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Happily surprised how this turned out, the B&W film makes the rust on the corrugated sheets standout. I'm also getting a bit of a John Smith's - The Black Tower vibe from it but that might be more in my head.

#Lurgan #filmPhotography #photography
The extended roof line of a factory looks like a giant rusty corrugated shed has been put on top of it. B&W and shot on Kentmere 200 35mm film.
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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A few more Nottingham photos I shot a month ago while trying out 35mm Kentmere Pan 200 film.

#Nottingham #filmPhotography #photography
The top part of Nottingham college with Fletchers Performing Arts Theatre in the lower left with it's black panelling . Photo is black and white and was taken on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200. Looking down the path between the columns under the tramway as it goes past Nottingham college. Photo is black and white and was taken on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200. The Pigeon Milk - "We milk the birds so you don't have to" street art from Nottingham near the Board Marsh bus station. Shot on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200 black and white film. Street art on the retaining wall for the steps that lead up to Collin Street from Nottingham College. Shot on 35mm Kentmere Pan 200 black and white film.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Is this the Lion King?

📷 Pentax ME Super, 50mm f/1.7

#Nottingham #filmPhotography #photography #BlackAndWhite
A man sits on one of the lions outside the market hall in Nottingham, his baseball cap also has a crown and he carries a staff the end looking like a microphone. Shot on Kentmere 200 B&W film.
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The path leads on....

...back to the car.

#CarsingtonWater #Fomapan200 #filmPhotography #photography
A portrait aspect ratio B&W photo of a gravel path snaking along the top of Carsington Water dam with the reservoir on the left. From a 35mm roll of Fomapan 200 that could have probably done with being shot at 100 ISO.
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Pedalos on the river Lagan, Belfast.

Not something I expected to see, I imagine they've been removed now for the winter, this was in September.

#Belfast #Fomapan200 #filmPhotography #photography
Lots of pedalos tied up on the river Lagan in Belfast in September shot on B&W film taken from near Waterfront Hall looking downstream.
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Broken but not defeated.

#filmPhotography #photography #CarsingtonWater #MonochromeMonday
A tree stands to the left of a gravel path around Carsington water, one of its trunks has split revealing a mass of light splintered wood but it still stands. Fomapan 200 Yellow filter hence the high contrast to the inner wood.
October 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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White's Tavern Belfast.

From a trip in September, it's the first frame off a roll of Kentmere 200 I shot, before frame 1 hence the light tunnelling marks on the left.

#filmPhotography #photography #Belfast
A black and white photo of ally behind White's Tavern with beer kegs stacked to the right. On the left of the photo are small light patches, this is due to light tunnelling in the film substrate being scattered buy the sprocket holes. Something you might find when using the frames before 1 is shown on the camera.
October 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Here's a few photos from this morning's wander from Fradley Junction to Alrewas (Quarter Mile Bridge) and back. Finished off a roll of B&W in the Pentax then switched to my new OM-5(ii) which has been a joy to use. These are all from the OM-5, was a bit of a grey sky day.

#canal #photography
A green narrow boat passes on the canal on the left of the image after passing under a brick bridge. Moored narrow boats, one call no.2 the other side with the bow of another boat this side of the canal on the left One eye missing on this boat, a refloated wreck with one capsule shaped windows now missing. Looking along the river Trent towards Alrewas from the far end of Quarter Mile Bridge which sits in the right hand side of the image
September 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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I thought I'd give the Helios 44-2 a test in the bright sunlight after I dismantled it and cleaned up the fungus and oil earlier this week. Even after cleaning it looked pretty grotty but surprisingly it handled bight highlights and the sun quite well 😀
A red post box on a grey pole, focus is slightly out but the background shows the Helios swirl.
September 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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It's a grey and "meh" day so dug this out of my unprocessed raw files.

I remember visiting a Japanese (iirc) supermarket on the ground floor of this building back in the 90's, now it's sitting empty awaiting the Broadmarsh redevelopment.

#Nottingham #Photography
An empty building on the edge of the Broadmash redevelopment in Nottingham, the shop in the ground floor is boarded up, a couple walk past on the pristine new walkway. The photo is black and white.
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Well thank you for your service 😆

I spotted this in the skate area under the tram bridge over the train station in Nottingham.

#StreetArt #Nottingham #phoneography
Street art on the end of a building, a pigeon on the dark blue background with "Pigeon Milk - We milk the birds so you don't have to" in the lower right hand corner
September 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Cat tag.
A cat face tag on a lamp post next to a link road, the photo is black and white
September 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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All Yesterday's Summers

#NewarkOnTrent #KodakGold200 #FilmPhotography
The sun bleached grass of a park next to the Trent in Newark, slightly soft, reds and greens pop, like a summer photo of years long gone. Shot on Kodak Gold.
September 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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No motorbikes or cars may enter the kingdom of God.... except for access.

#photography #KodakGold200 #NewarkOnTrent
A photo of a chapel in Newark on Trent where there is a no vehicular access sign just in front of the cross.
August 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Watching the sea and the sky.

📷 Pentax ME Super, 50mm SMC f/1.7

#llandudno #FilmPhotography #HarmanPhoenix #photography
A shelter on the seafront, the windows are slightly grubby, a person stand the other side looking out to sea, the tops of the are visible in places and catching the sun. The photo is grainy and earthy due to the Phoenix film.
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Blue and Yellow.

#Photography
#FilmPhotography
#Sheffield
#PentaxMESuper
#KodakGold200
A portrait photo of a wall that is painted in blue with lighter blue and yellow sections about 2/3rds along is a lamp post in front of the wall with a parking instruction sign.
August 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Follow the yellow brick road...

#Photography #FilmPhotography #KodakGold200 #Sheffield
A yellow paved pedestrian road passes between two brown/bronze clad buildings, at the end is a building clad in sliver squares, some are angled to be open at one side to allow ventilation for the car park they hide.
August 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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To whom it may concern?

#Rhyl #Photography #HarmanPhoenix #FilmPhotography
A heart made from flowers hung on the back of a bench with a view of Rhyl seafront and harbour entrance, what does it mean, who is it for?
August 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM