The floatation chamber was positioned and calibrated in such a manner as to represent the current water depth at the harbour bar.ĭuring the day a coded system of balls attached to the mast and rigging on top of the pilot house was automatically positioned to display the information and during the hours of darkness colour coded lights took over. The bar shifted with the tides and skippers could not always tell whether there was sufficient depth at the harbour mouth to give their vessels safe passage outwith high tide.īoyd`s 'Automatic Tide Signalling Apparatus' comprised of a float which rose and fell with the tide which was connected via wires to the signalling devices housed in the purpose-built tower. It became operational in 1906 and was the brainchild of the then Irvine harbour master Martin Boyd.Īt that time Irvine was losing trade to its rival ports of Troon and Ardrossan and was hindered further due to the fact that a bar lay just offshore which often made access to Irvine Harbour hazardous. This 4-storey tide-marker station, referred to locally as the pilot house, lies just within the entrance to Irvine harbour. Probably Eastman Kodak cine film 250iso ( rewind for cassette of fujifilm ) And there will be no collapse of the world in case of loss of the camera. Does not create dangerous situations during travel. A small camera that does not attract attention. The task of the test is a lyrical picture without a budget for equipment. Here is one moreįor test here a companion for my next trip - here budget is $50 only - for a camera + lens. I always test cameras before the trip and often in my film there are random portraits, not always meaningful. And this is enough if you are greedy for impressions.

36 is a lot, especially if you're greedy. No need to think how much is left out of 8 or 10 or 12 frames. And praise Eastman - it is the format of 35mm perforated cine-film that gives the necessary 'warm-up with the approach' in street photography or Genre. Why am I bored doing the brick wall test?Įthnographic genre portrait in the travel I usually shoot on 135 film.

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