F/11

Aperture-priority set to f/11. ISO 200. 1/125th, Lens at 80mm equivalent to a field of view of 128mm in full frame.

Nikon D90 + AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED. f/11. 31mm (35 mm equivalent: 46mm)

Winter sunlit afternoon. Nikon D700 + AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D lens. f/11.

This is a new edit of an old photograph which is memorable for being the day I got locked in to the grounds of Lacock Abbey. I recall it was only a few minutes after 5pm but the duty shift was working to rule that evening. It's easy to get out of the Abbey grounds; climbing a fence is all that's involved. I think it was worth the inconvenience to get this sunset. It would be a good idea to sound an alarm at places like this when they are about to close but I suppose that's a bit too obvious. Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens. 58mm focal length; f/11.

Nikon D2Xs + Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens. 100 ISO; f/11; 1/125th.

Something to gaze upon as the winter months approach. On a nice bright day it's great to get the depth of field of f/11 aperture.

Early November at Lacock Abbey. A warning on an A board. Nikon D700 + AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 lens. ISO 200; 35mm; f/11; 1/160th.

The Nikon FG-20 was introduced in 1984. Its production run was less than a year. Compact and even lighter than the EM, it was aimed squarely at the consumer end of the market. Whilst it had a better specification than the EM, it was a reduced-spec variant of the FG which had been introduced two years earlier as an up-market variant of the EM. Sales of the FG appear to have been disappointing; perhaps it was too complex for potential buyers. Hence the pared-down (and short lived) FG-20. In appearance and design its ancestry is clear with similarities to the FE, FM family. It was to be the last in this line. Its successors would have more rounded body styling with extensive use of polycarbonates, DX coding for film, built-in winders and flash, and automatic focus. Thus the FG-20 is something of a scene-closer and for users of film is so compact that with a small-profile lens attached you won’t want a kit bag if you have a largish pocket. It is the sort of camera that gets taken places when others do not. Shot at f/11 with a 55mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor lens.

The church tower at All Saints Christian Malford is very similar to the tower at nearby Kington St. Michael erected circa 1725. In that year the villagers of Malford voted for ten shillings (50p) to hang bells in the tower. The Malford tower possibly pre-dates the one at Kington St. Michael as there is a graffito date of 1721 on a buttress. During the second world war the Home Guard used the tower as a vantage point to look out for invading Germans approaching from the south beyond the river Avon adjacent to the churchyard. Any who came could be sure of a hostile welcome from the pill box which was built a stone's throw beyond the church and which is now much overgrown. The church clock has stopped again, which is a shame. Maybe the locals don't care for its strident chime. Nikon D90; Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG lens; 1/250th at f/11; 200 ISO.