Happily coinciding with a trip to visit a friend living in Austria for a year, I received a Pentax MX I bought off ebay. My first rolls of film therefore we’re all shot in and around the city of Graz, covered in snow.

The trip overall was great; really got a feel for Graz as well as getting to spend time with a well missed friend…

It’s striking how instantly you can see these were shot on flim. That grain is most definitely film grain, and those colours definitely did not come from my DSLR’s sensor. All the shots seen here were taken on very cheap Fujicolor C200 film, and then processed at Asda, for “Asda price”, i.e. very little. I’m not completely sure how much to put down to Asda processing, how much to put down to the Fujicolor film, and how much to put down to the MX, but these definitely feel like I have a long way to go before I’ll really grasp where I’m going with film. I suppose it’s all a learning experience, and I’ll see how different components work with time.

Shooting 35mm has also brought to life my previously underused Simga Super Wide II. It’s 24mm focal length comes out as a pretty boring slightly wider than normal on my dslr, but on the MX it actually is “Super Wide”. It’s definitely not as sharp wide open as my Pentax lenses, but still, it’s become highly useful when the conditions allow it.

Right too busy to waffle on, Christmas is approaching, you’d think I’d have slowed down by now!