Small progress, tiny camera
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:47 am
I've shot another test roll in the Minox III, and I think I've worked out what was causing the horizontal scratches.
Was it the slitter or was it the 3D printed cartridges, or was it the camera? Having spent a little while with some fine sandpaper, and the scratches becoming "less bad", I'm now reasonably sure I just need to finish the film cartridges. I can then get a couple more printed at the local library.
Now, none of the images are particularly great from a photographic point of view, but it does look like I'm making some progress.
Film was 35mm Fomapan 100 slit to 9.2mm, developed in PC-TEA 1+50 for 10 minutes.
Was it the slitter or was it the 3D printed cartridges, or was it the camera? Having spent a little while with some fine sandpaper, and the scratches becoming "less bad", I'm now reasonably sure I just need to finish the film cartridges. I can then get a couple more printed at the local library.
Now, none of the images are particularly great from a photographic point of view, but it does look like I'm making some progress.
- Lines, but the right sort.
- Some thick lines in this one!!
- Awaiting summer
- Very shallow