My OM-10 is home!!!

Some of you who follow me on Twitter (back when I used Twitter, cough, sorry Twitter) may have seen that in September 2019 I took my beloved Olympus OM-10 - which used to belong to my Dad - to a camera repair shop. It took a while for the person to find the right parts to fix it and then lockdown happened, but finally, in late 2020 - I got my OM-10 back. Woohoo. And then finally in 2021, I actually used it!

Here are some of the first photos that I took with my reunited friend.

It was so wonderful to use it again and I was obviously drawn to red and oranges at the time of using it as well. The shutter was sticking and the camera needed an overall clean but now we’re in working order and we are good to go. I can’t wait to take it on more adventures.

Oh I’m so happy to have it home!

Porto: Red

And a little bit of pink too... 

Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Agfa Vista 200
Location: Porto, Portugal

4. Red

Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Kodak Ektar
Location: Porto, Portugal

Guest post: Red by Esther

Hi all, I'm away on my holidays to Whitby this week, but don't worry, I have some amazing film loving people to take care of my little blog whilst I'm away, I'm sure you'll love them as much as I do. First up is Esther!

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Hello! My name is Esther and I blog at Inside My Shell.

I loved when Rhianne compiled all her favourite yellow photos . Me, I have a thing for red. I thought it would be fun to go through my recent history of film photography and see where some red pops up. All of these photos were taken around Berlin, at places I pass by every week.

When I got my first digital camera, I said goodbye to film for good. Or so I thought. While I loved my digital camera (and still do), after a while something called me back to film photography. There is just something charming and basic that digital can't deliver. After a period of drooling over all the gorgeous polaroids on the web, I purchased a SX-70 on ebay - and I was hooked.

My first snap was this:

Followed soon after by this ...

.. and this ....

... and this:

Polaroid is still dear to my heart but film is a tad expensive, so my next step was a Diana Mini:

Last year, friends gave me a Holga 120N for my birthday. One of the best gifts ever and so far my favorite film camera. No surprise to see some red here, too:

The next camera in my growing collection was a Twin Lens I built from a kit:

And last but not least an Agfa Optima that was handed down to me from my dad. The first two images were taken at the Berlin Half Marathon this spring:

I have a feeling that this won't be the last film camera that makes its way into my hands. Right now I have my eyes set on a proper medium format camera.

Esther