The Shepparton Motor Museum features a colourful collection of cars, vintage motorbikes and bicycles. A visit with my son proved to be a wonderful day out. The exhibits were well worth the trip, as was lunch at the museum cafe and browsing the antique shop next door.
I brought a Nikon F6 and two Tamron lenses — a 15-30mm f/2.8 and a 45mm f/1.8. Both have excellent vibration control so speeds of 1/15 were easily achievable. Both lenses were at f/4 for all shots.
This first series was taken on Portra 400 at E.I. 320.
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The bicycle exhibition was excellent. Well restored machines were displayed before a backdrop of historical photos.
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On a subsequent trip I used the same camera and lenses but tried some Fuji Superior 1600. Testing had shown me that the speed was a little optimistic but this is 100% useable at E.I. 800, making it the fastest colour film I have used.
Bright exterior shots are exactly the wrong application for this film, and yet the results were much better than expected.
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Indoors the Superior 1600 gave more subtle colours but with even more grain. This film has now been discontinued, so I will go back to Portra 800.
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