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Lockdown 3 Project IS-10

So we are now in Lockdown 3. We had two in 2020 plus from December 16th  Tier 4 shutdown of many services. This is liable to last until mid-February. At least we have two different vaccinations now. So a project. What better than when out for our brief periods outside the house to finish off the film in the Olympus IS-10 camera. I have downloaded the manual from the Olympus website to see what I can do to put a personal slant on full auto. There aren't too many tweeks that can be made. There are a couple of choosable options and there is an option to change the f-stop manually. I have tracked down somewhere to process the film when I shoot the remainder of the 24 exposures. It's a company I last used in the 90's and they are still going - Max Spielmann. https://www.maxphoto.co.uk As this is an old film I just wanted to avoid prints as there is a digital option, either on CD or USB. When I turned the 📷 on for the first time with the new batteries the shot counter showed 7. ...

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Since moving down from a compact camera that looks like a "proper" camera to a compact that doesn't even have a proper viewfinder, I have been amazed at how good the pix are. I was however really surprised and amazed when I saw this pic of a bumble bee that I took at Sissinghurst today. I knew they were hairy but didn't know they had muscled wings!!