The following images are a result of a few day's r&r in Berlin, Germany.  Having never been I wanted to see as much as possible, and document it with images. However, taking the pro-kit on a short break is a bit like a busman's holiday and I wanted to do something different, something that was the antithesis of digital.

I decided to document my travels on film (shock horror) and even worse, on a Lomo LCA! For those of you unfamiliar with this camera it is a small 35mm Russian built piece of kit of variable quality (shot to shot). It has a clunky action, minimal control over focussing and no control whatsoever over aperture or shutter speed.  The lens is a fixed focal length 32mm f2.8 Minitar and is sharp in the centre but a bit dodgy at the edges (it vignettes badly in certain light). But you can put it in your pocket and forget its there and that's what I like about it.  My copy was courtesy of my partner Sarah, who bought it and never used it.

Looking at the results I'd say she got a good copy and I've deliberately vignetted some of the shots for effect - the camera shot quite cleanly about 50% of the time.  After roll four it produced a screw from somewhere inside and the wind-on got very clunky indeed.  Because of the images and colours it produces the Lomo has quite a cult following - see www.lomography.com for details.

Berlin is a wonderful city, mixing modern cutting edge design with ancient classical structures and its still 'under-construction'.  It has its very own prescence moulded from years of change, both good and bad.  The following images are my take on the city during a very short stay and I barely began to scratch the surface.