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The Hackney One Carnival was even bigger this year, with 28 carnival groups, spectacular costumes, energetic dance, sound systems and live music from around the world.
Test shot using Harman Direct Positive Paper in a Voigtländer Avus, to make a comparison with the shots from the MPP Micro Technical.
Using the smallest aperture of f25, I exposed the paper for 30 seconds. The Anastigmat Skopar lens is much softer than the Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar lens on the MPP, and the paper probably does not need any 'flashing' to reduce contrast. There is a small light leak at lower left of the picture from the metal film holder not fitting soundly to the back of the camera.
The other comparison to make is the compact design of the Avus, being half the size of the MPP Micro Technical, yet producing negatives almost as big; obviously the MPP has all the movements of a view camera, while the Avus has just the vertical rise and horizontal cross. Having recently re-set infinity on this camera, I'm inclined to think I might use it more than hitherto.
London's last Music Hall! In the early Fifties we went here to see the last of the old music hall acts. Jimmy James and Eli, Hilda Baker, Tommy Trinder as well as the pop stars of the day such as Joan Regan. Best of all was the Billy Cotton Band Show with Alan Breeze and Doreen Stevens.
Photographed about 1990
www.parkrun.org.uk/Hackney-Marshes/Home.aspx
parkrun is a free to enter weekly 5K run. It's you against the clock on a measured 5K couse. Parkruns take place on Saturday mornings all over the UK. Once registered you receive a barcode which gives you 'turn up on the day' entry to any parkrun.
Comprehensive results are given on the website and your pb for each course is logged.
Test shot using Harman Direct Positive Paper in a Voigtländer Avus, to make a comparison with the shots from the MPP Micro Technical.
Using the widest aperture, f4.5, I exposed the paper for 1 second. The dial-set Compur shutter appears to have a closer equivalent exposure to the previous shot at f25, than the shutter on the MPP Micro Technical. I had recently re-set the focus scale on the camera bed, and this shot appears to provide evidence of the success of this, wide open and focused on infinity. There is a more prominent light leak; not all the metal film holders I have were actually designed to fit the back of the Avus, different camera manufacturers of the time producing slightly different profiles to their film holders.
I’m trying to understand a little more about the place where I live. This is Hackney Town Hall. It’s the seat of local government for our borough. I’m putting it in my ‘Hackney Mosaic’ because I want to think about the way government in general and local government in particular affect my life.
To my right is the Hackney Empire, the previous piece in my mosaic, to my left is a public library that gives me access to words and music, behind me is a bus queue and a busy road and beyond that is a disused music venue called Ocean. Behind the town hall stretching all the way back to the railway line is the bureaucratic hinterland, a collection of new but dull office buildings.
The town hall dates from the 1930s. As I checked this out I found a collection of photographs that show its art deco interior. The interior remains remarkably intact. I’m tempted by-pass my thoughts on local government and simply enjoy the architecture.
www.jrsaville.co.uk/hackney_town_hall.htm
What happened between then and now?