There’s nothing like a walk on a beach, especially when it’s one of the long, windy, sea-birdy beaches like you find along the coast near Dunbar. We took ourselves off to Belhaven beach for such a walk, to clear the head, and to reset our fish supper metrics after a bad experience at Ballachulish.
I’m finding myself using a mix of digital and film cameras when I’m out. When I need to shoot quickly, it’s more likely that I’ll grab the Ricoh in my pocket, like when I noticed a figure walking across the scene before us:
Socially distant
I keep the Ricoh in aperture-priority mode at f/16 when shooting landscape, if the light is OK. It really is a fabulous camera, and more than once I’ve thought that if I could only have one camera, it would be this one. If I could only have no cameras, I’d still have my phone, which is a pretty amazing piece of kit.
Belhaven beach (iPhone)
Also
I also took some photos with my Nikon FM, on Ilford Ortho Plus 80 film. I will edit this post once those have been developed and scanned.
Notes
| Image | Camera | Lens | Film | Aperture | Shutter | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Header | Fuji X-T2 | XF16mm F1.4 R WR | ISO 400 | f/11 | 1/500s | Velvia film simulation |
| Socially distant | Ricoh GRIII | 18.3mm | ISO 400 | f/16 | 1/320s | Cropped and desaturated |
| Belhaven beach | iPhone 11 | 4.25 mm | ISO 32 | f/1.8 | 1/3984s |
