A trip down memory lane. Experiences and thoughts on film cameras from the 1960s onwards.
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.
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!
I don’t know how it happened but somehow I mixed up a roll of in date Fujifilm C200 with a roll of out-of-date, don’t know when or how it has been stored, Fujifilm Superia 200. The film canisters are almost identical, that’s my excuse. As a consequence it has been seriously underexposed. I thought it … More Stupid Me
Occasionally inside a second hand camera that comes my way is a fully exposed roll of film. The inner Inspector Clouseau comes out in me. I want to find out the who, where and when of the film, you no. In a recent purchase I found a roll of Kodak 200 and so I duly … More The Case of The Unknown Film
I have to say that I enjoy capturing a photo with my film cameras equally as much as developing the roll of film at home. Over the last two years I have learned much and no doubt still have more to experience in the future. I have developed only colour films up till now. Although … More The XP2 Experiment
Sunday 8th December 2019. The day had started well and the weather was fine enough for me to clean the car. However the rain clouds soon appeared and so I retreated for a spot of film developing. A couple of hours later saw me scanning the negatives with my Epson Perfection 370. The scanner has … More The Case of the Imperfect Perfection 370
As mentioned in a previous post I have a new scanner for my film negatives and I have been testing it out over the last few weeks. The first image was scanned at a resolution of 2400 dpi and is a 6mb file. The second at 9600dpi and weighs in at 80.9mb file. Despite the … More Epson Perfection V370 Scanner – ongoing review
Those words put into the mouth of Shakespeare’s character Hamlet , highlight human mortality. However it is technological mortality that I wish to speak of. An important part of my experiment with 35mm film is scanning the negative and producing a digital file that can be worked on with a computer. I have been happy … More Alas poor Yorick
As mentioned in previous posts some of the film cameras that come my way need some attention. With each successful encounter my confidence grows along with my understanding and ability. A recent purchase saw me come into possession of a non working Kowa SE circa 1964. What made this an interesting buy was that it … More In Too Deep
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