Vintage Expired 2002 I came across this roll of FP4 plus in a charity shop last year , and although at the time I was only developing colour film I had to have it. What a great looking box, I thought. Fast forward to September 2020 when I started my journey into developing black and … More Ilford FP4 plus some first time observations about film latitude.
I want you to image the family group photo that nobody really wants to be involved in. Yes we’ve all been there! How could you lighten the mood? Well what if the camera played a little Bach or Beethoven or maybe even Vivaldi as it counted down on self timer. Well that’s exactly what you … More Making Photography FuN with the Canon 1000 FN
Yes, I know its not a real word, but I like it. It conjures up in my mind a mad scientist mixing various coloured liquids in measuring cylinders and not quite sure what’s going to happen. It sums up my feelings exactly. I have been home developing my 35mm colour film since 2017 and have … More The Monochromic Experiment
The Nikon FA has been high on my “Would Like to Have” list. The internet is full of praise for this often overlooked electronic wonder. Popular Photography magazine in it’s May 1984 edition provided an in-depth review. Here is a link to the review – Here In their concluding comments the reviewer offered this opinion … More Nikon FAbulous ?
I recently came into possession of the Minolta Himatic AF2 point and shoot auto focus camera. I thought it might be interesting to try. However, for me it wasn’t at all interesting. Hence, I didn’t even feel it worthy of a photo. I didn’t mind that it was made of plastic and weighed virtually nothing, … More Minolta Himatic AF2, Expired Film and Colour Correction.
According to Rudyard Kipling “the glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.” That may well be true. If we have toiled away and look back at what we may have accomplished, the feeling of satisfaction is tangible. One thing I am sure of, is that however small or large our garden … More In the Garden
During a recent session of scanning, to my dismay, I noticed a thin purple line running across part of some but not all images. In the image above, I have drawn a rectangle around the offending line. Increasing or decreasing the image resolution made no difference, as seen below, except that the line has now … More Epson Perfection V370 Photo Scanner – another issue?
While scanning the film from my time out with the Yashica J3, I noticed on some of the images a mark. Initially I thought the source of the problem was the Epson v370 scanner . However on closer inspection I discovered the mark was actually on the negative. The marks appears on half of the … More Yashica J 3 Mystery Marks Help!
With some film cameras I pick up, I know from the start that I’m going to have a good time. I’m not quite sure why, but it happens. However with the Yashica J3, I didn’t get that feeling. It’s quite a plain looking camera. Top shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. A light meter … More Yashica J3
This is the third instalment in the series where I take a look at the scene modes on my camera to see what they actually do. This time, if we look through the round window (a reference to to childrens tv program of the 1960/70’s I used to watch) I will be examining the program … More Landscape Mode
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