Che Guevara's birthday, the other day

These people were not doing anything for Che Guevara's 90th birthday. But
I was. That morning, I had loaded my old Zenit 3M with film and set off
taking pictures. Che fans will know the Zenit 3M was his favourite
camera. His own 3M is on display under glass at the big Che memorial in
Santa Clara, Cuba. When I visited the memorial about five years ago, I saw
it.

My film was 2001-expired Kodak 200 film, which I shot at about 100, though
I was just guessing at exposures. I think here it was a thirtieth of a
second at f/2.8. The camera has a nice lens, one of the very good
Soviet-era lenses, Helios-44 f/2 58mm.

The camera itself is generally working, though its viewfinder is skewed
inside the housing so, if I were to rely on it, all the pictures would be
turned right at an angle of about ten degrees. Here, I focussed, put the
camera on a filing cabinet aimed generally in the right direction, and set
the self-timer. Surprisingly, the timer works perfectly. :)

We were at a meeting, perhaps the last meetnig of the centre we form the
Management Committee of. So, when I suggested a Che-day portrait, they
were all willing. They make good models.