Images shot on JCH Street Pan 400 in the Lomo LC-A
It’s been a while since I shot any JCH Street Pan 400.
So long has it been in fact that I don’t even know if it’s being made anymore. At the time of writing, the places I’d usually order some from are all saying they don’t currently have any.
What makes me think the situation might be a more terminal thing though is that there’s no listing for it on the Japan Camera Hunter webshop. Not even one that says sold out, back soon, notify me when available, or anything else of that nature.
I’ll update this if anything changes. But for now, we have a few shots I took on some of that JCH Street Pan 400 – which I really like by the way – around the Sneinton Market area of Nottingham.
Despite that first rather gloomy looking photograph, Sneinton Market is a nice place to be these days.
It wasn’t always that way, but they’ve done a great job turning the avenues into, to quote the website, ‘Nottingham’s home for creative and independent businesses’.
I’ll often head there when I’m in town shooting some film, and I’ve been to a few editions of the Craft Beer Festival there too, which is always a good afternoon out.
On a healthier tip and more relevant to the analogue photography we talk about on this website though is LensFayre, who have their shop in the avenues too.
Pop in and say hello to Alecia and Dan if you’re ever in the area.
image shot on Kodak Tri-X 400 in the Snap LF-35M
Just outside of the avenues is the square at Sneinton Market, and it’s there that some people were showing off their skateboarding skills.
I watched them for a bit, trying to figure out where to stand to get a decent enough close-up shot without getting in their way.
The 32mm lens on the LC-A means you would have to get physically near if you wanted any shots with one person being the main focus rather than wider scenic images with people smaller in them.
The first one below is the best I managed. I’m happy enough with it – as I am with the other two also.
I think the lo-fi quality of the LC-A works well here.
I’m going to finish this short post with a few more shots from in and around the avenues at Sneinton Market. Exactly how many though, I can’t tell you.
It’s definitely more than one, and I would guess it’s no more than three. So two or three is the number I’m going for here.
Unfortunately, or possibly fortunately if you like the effect, they all ended up as an accidental multiple exposure on the same frame.
As much as I like the Lomo LC-A when it works as it should – and trust me, I really do like it – I think it is in need of some attention.
Because while I don’t hate the result above, I don’t want it happening unexpectedly when I’m trying to take normal photographs. And that isn’t the first time this has happened. I had a similar issue in Paris.
Time for a little CLA for the LC-A perhaps.
That means possibly taking it back down to Sneinton Market at some point because as luck would have it LensFayre do repairs as part of their services.
This isn’t some advert or sponsored post, by the way. I just like to give mentions to people that deserve them for doing good things in the film photography world.
For now though, this short blog post is almost done. Before it is though, I just want to reiterate something I touched on right at the top.
That JCH Street Pan 400 film. As said in this review from a few years ago, I liked it. I still like it. I don’t know if it’s dead or merely in a temporary coma.
But if you haven’t tried it and can still find some, I recommend you give it a shot.
And if you can’t, just go out with whatever film you do have at your disposal anyway.
Go on. You know you want to. 🙂
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