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Grain, wood, trees ...

            I have a mixed relationship with my Rollei 35 S, and, having had it repaired, am wondering if I need to do so again. I have taken some of my favourite photographs with it, but also an abnormal number lacking sharpness. Is it me and my sloppy technique? do I snatch the shutter or focus poorly? or the camera? it has been recollimated, but has it been done well or right? Who can tell me? And can I afford to have it sorted out ...

In an attempt to answer some of these questions, I loaded some Ilford Delta 3200 and took to the world at an ISO rating of 3200. Around nine months ago. It is strange how, when one is not quite sure if one trusts oneself and one's camera, one disengages from it, and it takes a long, long, while to finish a film. 

Looking at the results, I still cannot figure out if it is in focus. The grain. T h e g r a i n. Perhaps it was the wrong film for the job; perhaps 510 Pyro was a bad experimental choice, on this occasion.

And there are some frames with an oddly well-defined flare on one side. And the damned thing still doesn't always want to wind on. And those things make me want to put it on eBay at a speculative price. But there is something strangely magical about the best frames. Something compelling, that I cannot quite define.

Should I keep it? Should I repair it? Should I sell it? Should I cast it into the outer darkness?

Trees in Winter ... or Autumn? Blenheim Park, Oxon, Winter 2020-1. Rollei 35 S, Ilford Delta 3200 @ 3200 in 510 Pyro.

Taken on: August 13, 2022

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