iPod Shuffle - Eye Of The Lens - a photo on Flickriver

Eye Of The Lens - "The Comsat Angels" - Play this track here.

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The Comsat Angels was a post-punk band from Sheffield, England, active from 1978 to 1995. I have heard them described as the Yorkshire Joy Division.

Their music has been described as "abstract pop songs with spare instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled with some form of heartache." They have been credited as being an influence to current post-punk revival bands, such as Blacklist, Editors and Interpol.

My introduction to them was a 12" white label promo of 'Eye Dance' I bought at Church Street records (a mere market stall) on the way down from high street to Shudehill in manchester.

They were named after the J. G. Ballard short story The Comsat Angels and consusted of Stephen Fellows (vox), Kevin bacon on bass guitar, Andy Peake on keyboards and Mik Glaisher on percussion. Their best albums were 'Waiting for a Miracle' (1980), which included the single "Independence Day", probably their best known song, 'Sleep No More' (1981) and 'Fiction' (1982).

Mark Kermode, film critic for BBC Radio Five Live, championed the Comsat Angels when reviewing the Ian Curtis biopic Control, stating that Comsat Angels were "the band that Joy Division should have been". In May 2008, Kermode interviewed British poet Simon Armitage on BBC Two's The Culture Show and the two discussed their love of the band.

A reunion gig at the O2 Sheffield on the 26th April 2009 was introduced by Kermode. A trio of further gigs were announced that autumn, including the Manchester Academy.

The compilation album of the BBC sessions 1979-84 (Time Considered As A Helix Of Semi-Precious Stones) is the best introduction to this collosus of a band you will have probabaly not ever heard of. If you like this track, track it down! Gods speed.....

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The Six 20 Folding Brownie was introduced in January 1937. the film size was 620 roll film with a negative picture size of 2 1/4 X 3 1/4". This model was made in the UK and featured four shutter speed settings, 1/50th, 1/20th, Bulb and T for flash synchronisation. Aperatures of F32, F22, F16, F11, F8 & f6.3 were possible.

Film of the time would have been relatively slow 125asa. Many books with equipment adverts and information were published at the time, such as this British Journal Photographic Almanac 1949, published by Henry Greenwood and Co, wellington Street, The Strand, London. If you have one of these, please leave a comment - let me know!

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