Film Photography
A few weeks ago I thought I’d try a different black and white negative film. I’m slowly working my way through different ones trying to decide what works best for me. I bought four rolls of Fomapan 200, a film made in Czechia which has a good reputation in the analogue world. It also has […]
Well, almost: one’s a 55mm. I recently acquired a vintage lens I have long coveted – the Asahi Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm 1.8. This means I am now the proud owner of a collection of 1960s-1980s 50mm lenses from what I consider the five leading consumer SLR brands of the 1970s, namely : Minolta, Olympus, Canon, […]
So, my love affair with film continues. This time it took 9 months to go through a 23 frame roll of Ilford FP4 Plus and by the time I came to develop it, I was a bit out of practice. This led to me adding the stop bath before tipping out the developer and breaking […]
developer stop bath fixer wetting agent development tank for two rolls 3 x measuring jars 3 x storage jars 1 x small measuring jar pipette thermometer gloves changing bag film cartridge opener scissors clips for drying film squeegee funnel scanner Canon AE-1 with 50mm f1.8 FD Minolta XG-M with MD Rokkor f1.7 OM10 with Zuiko […]
So how did I become seduced, once again, by film? Why did I start a modest collection and need to use them? I last took a photograph with film in 2004. Before that I had always had a camera since 1968 and the first time I can remember using a camera was a little point […]