Baekdo Harbour

 

I like Baekdo Harbour because it's usually quiet, the town behind it has no buildings higher than two stories, and the harbour is picturesquely surrounded by low hills.

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The photos above were made a couple of months ago on a Nikon F6 with Kodak Ultramax 400 film in it. This morning it was overcast when I woke up so I thought I would return to the harbour and make some pictures in less harsh light. I loaded my backpack with the F6, three prime lenses, a tripod, some film, cleaning equipment, grey card, notebook, pen and pencil, a small book of poetry for reading during breaks, et cetera, et cetera.

   When the time came to leave the apartment, I picked up the bag, felt the weight, and thought, 'nope'. The last thing I wanted to do in warm weather was lug around a lot of kit. So I stuffed my Nikon D850 and three primes into my Billingham shoulder bag along with a notebook and set off. And soon wished I didn't even have that much.

   The next time I go out, I'm just going to bring a Minolta X-700 and the two small lenses I have for it. I can hang the camera from my neck and the extra lens weighs just about nothing. If I ever start working again, I'm going to look around for a lightweight digital camera. Maybe one of the smaller Fujifilm cameras or something like micro 4/3. I really don't want to carry around lots of equipment anymore.

 

Bush in Pot

 

Nikon F6, Ilford XP2 Super 400

This photo was taken in February, when I could put on a thick shirt or a jacket if I was cold. I'm writing this in early June, when the daytime temperatures are already sometimes reaching the high 20s and low 30s. There's only so much I can take off to avoid overheating. At least it's not humid, and the forecast says there will be cloud and lower temperatures next week. A chance to get out with a camera.

 

Parking Lot Horizontal and Vertical

 

Nikon F6, Ilford XP2 Super 400

When I take a picture with a digital camera, it records date, time, lens, shutter speed, and a hundred other bits of information. It even records GPS coordinates if I connect the camera to my phone.

The Nikon F6 also records quite a bit of information for each photo in its internal memory. It stores film speed,  frame number, shutter speed, f-stop, focal length, metering mode, lens, date, time and a few other things such as exposure compensation. This can be read off the camera's rear LCD or downloaded as a text file to a CF card by using the MV-1 data reader. The MV-1 is no longer manufactured (nor is the F6) and sellers want silly money for one now. When I remember to do so, I spend a long time writing the information from the camera to the scanned film on my computer. Not much fun, so I just do it for my keepers. And, to be honest, I often just limit myself to recording the date and time.

My Minolta X-700 records nothing but a picture on film. That's fine, but I do like to have the date, time, and location for purposes of sorting photos in computer. So what I started doing when I put the latest roll of film in the camera was

1) make the photo

2) take the same photo using my mobile phone, which records the when and where automatically

3) write camera name, film type, frame number, location and/or description as the digital photo's caption. I don't bother with shutter speed or anything

4) transfer those phone pictures to a folder on my computer for that roll of film.

When I finish the roll of film and get the scans back, the plan is to put them in the same folder as the digital versions. When I've chosen my keepers, I'll copy the information from the phone pictures to the film scans and edit the capture time to reflect shooting time rather than date and time of the scan.

It's a pain in the arse to do all this, but it's useful when you use both digital and film cameras and you want them neatly sorted in your computer.

Shipping Container Storage Sheds

Ayajin, Goseong County. Nikon D850

 

Snowy Fields

 

Diagonal of Snowy Field, Yongchon. Fujifilm X-T4

Horizontal of Snowy Field, Yongchon. Fujifilm X-T4

The administrative area for the village of Yongchon includes Yongchon 1 Village (which has two separated clusters of houses), Yongchon 2 Village (more of a hamlet), fields, hills, a reservoir, a small military post, and hotels and restaurants scattered here and there at the seaside.

I only pass through the tourist area on the coast because the hotels are not interesting and the villages are not pretty or worth photographing. What I do like about Yongchon is the large agricultural area where there are almost no houses, no tourists, and very few people except for farmers. There are narrow concrete roads for the farmers to get around on and these make excellent bicycle trails. I rarely meet anyone when riding around but the farmers, many of whom recognise me now, are friendly and wave or smile.

Yongchon is not far from where I live but it's a completely different world from my Sokcho neighbourhood. Absent are the speeding cars, massive construction vehicles, and clanging from a hundred construction sites. All I can usually hear in the village are birds, and cars are few and far between. It's a nice spot to relax and get a bit of exercise. And, when I'm done, there's a convenience store out by the highway with indoor and outdoor seating where I can have some refreshment and spend half an hour or so reading and writing. 

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Behind a Building

 

Behind a Downtown Building, Sokcho. Nikon D850

I may have posted this scene before but in different light and with a different camera. This is the best version I've made so far. And maybe ever. There are now always cars parked here when I pass by.