Camera Talk

I quite like this film - it's not only a good-for-the-price film, it's a genuinely nice film, especially developed in 510-Pyro (20c, 18 minutes, 30 seconds initial inversion, then 5 seconds of inversions every 7 minutes). I might have to order some more bulk rolls! Ilford film prices have just gone ...

I bought a 30.5m bulk roll of Lucky SHD100 from Aliexpress on a whim, rationalising if nothing else it would be good to have a cheap film that I cold use when testing cameras and general photographic experimentation. I loaded a 12 shot roll for an initial EI test developed in Rodinal 1+50, shooting ...

Looks remarkably similar to my Minox 35GT - maybe have a look at some of the online resources for those cameras? I found a few resources on Flickr. The flash switch is exactly the same, actually not that hard to push into place. IIRC I just used a piece of card to slip it into place while putting on...

I originally bought it as a "shelf queen", rather more of a curiosity than something I was going to use. It came with the meter, chain and cases for both the camera and meter. But curiosity got the better of me, and having previously used a Minox EC, I thought why not give it a go. Being a...

After some time and effort trying and testing I've finally gotten a roll of scratch free negatives from my Minox III. I had some cartridges 3D printed which unfortunately were not 100% light proof, so I spray painted them inside and out with two coats of matt black and lined the inside (sides only) ...

An attractive looking camera with a nice sharp lens.

What's the story with the door being so easy to accidentally open?

Nice to see the fishing boats again.

Which lens did you have on?

That had me browsing the usual places.... Such a neat looking camera.

And the wee beastie itself:

The bellows on mine look to be in really nice condition, so let's hope they stay that way.

Here are a few cropped images, "cropped as visualised"