Having succumbed to the temptation to impulse buy a camera that I knew only by its reputation for having long been the inexpensive way into medium format, a Lubitel 166, I decid...
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24 April, 2026
A cautionary tale with a long expired film
A mint condition Lubitel 166 for a reasonable (very low) price at a flea fair turned out to have a half-exposed film in it. I have other TLRs and I have no doubt that they are m...
17 December, 2025
5 Frames of Croome Panorama Tower
Fairly near where I live there is an observation tower that is under the care of the National Trust, part of the Croome estate, but because it is in the middle of a field a coup...
21 August, 2025
5 frames from my first roll of Kentmere 200
On the basis that with a new film it’s useful to see as many examples as possible, here are 5 frames from my first (half) roll of Kentmere 200. I put a roll in my Olympus ...
9 July, 2025
One roll of film, two cameras
Like my last post this story begins with a purchase at a flea fair. I already had one Zeiss nettar, but was tempted by seeing what seemed a more modern one that took 6×6 pi...
The story begins with a visit to a flea fair, where I succumbed to a Zeiss Nettar for what I hoped was a reasonable price. The paintwork was very chipped but the aperture was wo...
15 May, 2025
5 frames with an Olympus Trip 35 and Kentmere 100
The Olympus Trip 35 is a very widely sold and used camera, and having heard good things about it, I was happy when I recently acquired one, and I packed it on a trip to Paris. N...
I have long been interested in trying a camera with larger negatives, but because the Fuji GW690 is rather expensive for something that might turn out to be of no more than nove...