A trip down memory lane. Experiences and thoughts on film cameras from the 1960s onwards.
There is a considerable amount of affection for this lesser known camera manufacturer. I can understand why. I have used a few Chinon cameras now and on each occasion had a really enjoable time out with them.( Chinon CX ; Chinon CX II ; Chinon CE II Memotron ; Chinon CP-7m ) So I was … More Chinon CE-4
I can’t believe that I have had my Kaiser enlarger for a year now! I have deliberately used only a small number of it’s features as I take my first faltering steps in home printing. Now seemed like a good time to explore a little. So to better appreciate what the Kaiser colour Enlarger head … More Getting Better Acquainted with My Kaiser Enlarger and Understanding Contrast Filters.
This blog has been heavily influenced by time spent reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Monday 29th November I awoke to a bitterly cold day with a wind that cared for neither man nor beast. I little relished spending the day in it, but after a hearty bowl of porridge I soon found my … More From the casebook of Arh – The Bilora Blitz Boy.
So here is the problem, I want to replace my Nikon 18-70mm DX lens. I really like this lens, sharp throughout all focal lengths, quiet not hunting around to acquire focus. What more could you want? So why replace it? Simple, the DX lens while it will fit on to a Nikon film body, it … More Nikkor 28-85mm f 3.5-4.5 AF
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was interested in seeing what differences there were between HP5+ and Fomapan. For this experiment they were both used on the same day at 400 ISO and developed with the same developer. I used the same camera and lenses but I didn’t shoot identical images. So … More HP5+ and Fomapan 400
The dictionary I have defines Formidable thus: “to be dreaded or viewed with respect; likely to be hard to overcome, resist , or deal with.” This just about sums up my feelings when developing my first roll of Fomapan 400. Being a ‘newbie’ to Black and White film in September 2020, I got through my … More Formidable Fomapan 400 with Fomadon R09
I’ve had this camera for a while but like all good cameras it has had to wait in line. So when it did come to using it, I did my usual tests to check its working condition and it passed. At least that’s what I thought. Not having used Fujicolor Super HG 200 before I … More Nikon F90X Woes
I’m super excited today to have received some film, but no ordinary film. At least not to me. So a 120 roll of Verichrome Pan film. A 620 roll of Panatomic-X. Two rolls of Verichrome. A 127 roll of Super-XX. Finally a 135 roll of Kodachrome. What makes them particularly interesting to me are the … More Black and White Film Stock
Advanced Photo System was a film format that never really interested me when it was introduced back in the 1990’s. This may in part have been due to the family responsibilities I had at the time, but mostly because I was convinced that it wasn’t really any better than 35mm. In some respects it reflects … More Developing My First APS film
The Centon K200 is a rather ordinary looking Aperture Priority camera. I can’t find an exact date for the camera or anything else about the camera brand, except that it was used by the UK company Jessops for it’s in house product range. What I can say is that it relies very heavily on plastic … More Centon K200 – “Well that’s never happened before!”
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