Showing posts with label Olympus Mju II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympus Mju II. Show all posts

Monday, 29 September 2014

Lost and found

One of the joys of running multiple film cameras is the unexpected pleasure of discovering a long forgotten undeveloped film.  I have a little Olympus Mju II tucked deep in the glove-compartment of my car that rarely sees the light of day, but last week it was pressed into action once more.

The Mju II is a fantastic compact which you can hold in the palm of your hand. It has virtually no features or fancy controls, but it looks great, is as light as a feather and has a fantastic lens. I have a second one I take with me on occasion when I go to watch football but this one stays in the glove compartment just in case I forget to take a camera with me when I'm out in the car.

It was pressed into action last week when I wanted to do a little impromptu lunchtime street photography.  I carry a Leica Minilux (another of my favourite 'little 'uns') in my work satchel but discovered to my horror I had just four frames left to shoot. The Mju was rescued from the inner recesses of my car and I scraped another two or three shots out of it before it too reached the end of the film. And that's when the fun starts!

I got the film developed yesterday and to my great joy I discovered some pictures on it of my eldest grandson's Sports Day last year.  Not great photos, but ones that bring back fond memories and here they are…