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Rotary Revival #10 on film

At the beginning of the year I managed to pickup a special little Russian nugget that was to be my first foray into film, the Zenit-E global camera. Built in the Soviet Union era this metallic brick uses standard 35mm film and features a completely mechanical light meter.

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I took of a remaining roll with me to rotary revival 10 at Sydney Motorsport Park and was anxiously waiting to see how the photos had turned out. A sigh of relief when I saw the results, these are direct digital copies of the shots untouched otherwise. Shot on ISO400 with a Elicar 35mm f2.8 lens.

Lovely Group C replica of Alan Moffat’s RX7

Lovely Group C replica of Alan Moffat’s RX7

Out on track in the timed sessions

Out on track in the timed sessions

A Rare Suzuki RE5 rotary bike

A Rare Suzuki RE5 rotary bike

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A rarely seen HB series Mazda Cosmo of course sporting the 12A rotary Turbo

A rarely seen HB series Mazda Cosmo of course sporting the 12A rotary Turbo

This wasn’t even a quarter of the rotaries there on the day.

This wasn’t even a quarter of the rotaries there on the day.

sneaky side exit straight off the turbo, one of the loudest cars all day.

sneaky side exit straight off the turbo, one of the loudest cars all day.

As much as I dislike Simmons on RX chassis I had to let this one go, an amazing FC

As much as I dislike Simmons on RX chassis I had to let this one go, an amazing FC

All in all an awesome learning experience changing from a digital mirrorless system. I’m excited to take this thing around with me more as well as my regular setup. Hopefully I can figure out how to make the most of it in the future.