Medium Format – Transient Eye

C330

September 14, 2020 2 Comments

A set of test images shot on a Mamiya C330 TLR with HP5+ film. These are from a few rolls taken to test out the camera and 80mm lens, in anticipation of a longer term project, for which I wanted a higher resolution camera that could conceivably be used without a tripod and which was not prohibitively expensive. The C-series TLRs with leaf shutter lenses and lack of a flappy mirror are a good candidate for this, and more versatile than TLRs such as the Rolleiflex thanks to the ability […]

Equipment

Boyer Photax IV-F

Photax IV Test Shots - the MACBA, Barcelona.

December 21, 2015 1 Comment

People sitting outside of the MACBA, Barcelona. Shot on another old and leaky camera – this time a Photax IV-F.

Photography

DIY C41 Colour Film Processing

December 18, 2015 3 Comments

Some images from a first attempt at processing C41 colour film at home. These were all shot on expired 120 format ISO 400 colour film from Lomography using an original Lubitel 166.

Equipment

Lomography Belair x 6-12

December 9, 2015 1 Comment

I am gradually working through the stock of unusual film cameras here, today arriving at the Lomography Belair X 6-12 “City Slicker”. This is a contemporary medium format camera, which on paper at least should be able to offer some amazing photographic opportunities without a huge expense. Unusually, this is a folding camera with rubber bellows and an external viewfinder, making it very much a modern version of early 120 format Kodak folding cameras.

Photography