Voigtlander Brillant. Tattershall

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I took this shot in Tattershall when I was running a roll of film through another Voightlander Brillant I have bought. It has the 75mm Skopar lens. After getting the compur shutter going with a few drops of lighter fluid and a tiny amount of oil, and cleaning the lens elements it looks to be a good shooter.

Voigtlander Brillant. Film Fuji Neopan Acros. Dev kodak D76

Bridge over the Eden

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I took this shot while walking through the grounds of Newton Don near Kelso.

I used my Zeiss Ikoflex to take this shot, the Ikoflex was the Zeiss equivelent of the Rolleiflex, it is fitted witha 75mm f3.5 Zeiss-Opton Tessar.

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Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex film Kodak Tri-x 400 Dev Paterson Aculux 2

Skegness 645

Skegness 645

This shot is taken with a Zeiss Ikon Ikonata 520.
It shoots 16- 6x4.5cm frames on 120 film. It is fitted with a very sharp 7cm f3.5 uncoated Tessar, I always use it with a lens hood.
I picked this camera up on eBay for a very small amount of money, it had been in someones attic for years, even after all these years the slow shutter speeds run very well, it has a compur shutter with speeds from 1 second to 1/300 B&T. This little folder fits into the palm of my hand when folded and is a joy to use.
A handy tip for avoiding fogged film when using one of these cameras with pan film is to cover the frame counter windows with pieces of black tape and remove them when you advance the film and stick them back on. The camera has two windows which correspond to the numbers on the backing paper on 120 film for 6x9 format, so when you load a film you wind until the number 1 appears in the window closest to the film spool. when you shoot the first frame wind on until the number 1 appears in the second window beside the take up spool and so on to number 8 then you will get your 16 exposures on 120 film.

Zeiss Ikon Ikonata film Classic Pan 200 Dev D76 stock

Voigtlander Brillant

Tyne Bridge Newcastle

Berwick -Apon Twed

I own a number of Voigtlander Brillants, they all shoot well even the the most basic models. The one I used here has the better Skopar lens and a compur shutter. You can pick these cameras up for under £15 often the slow speed on the shutter may be a little sticky, this is usually cured by a careful application of lighter fluid. the lenses are easy to dismantle and clean to.

They are great fun to use and the results are always pleasing.

Voigtlander Brillant. 7.5cm f4.5 Skopar. Film. Fuji Neopan 400 EI 400 Dev. Agfa Rodinal 1:50

Get Out Your Box!

One big advantage with the new photo scanners is they will take 120 roll films and sheet film.

I got my self a new scanner two weeks ago so I can now scan all the film formats I use, this is good news as I will use my TLR's and Box cameras more.

I took this shot last year with a Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor, this is the Rolls Royce of box cameras, its a joy to use. I have some 50asa 120 slide film I might run a roll through the Tengor and see what happens.

Follow this link to read more about the Box Tengor http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tobiko/boxtengor.html

Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor. Lucky SHD 100 Dev Agfa Rodinal?? or Ilford ID11. This film curls like mad!!!

Edinburgh Rolleicord II. Agfa APX 100

Another outing with the Rolleicord, this time in Edinburgh and loaded with one of my last remaining rolls of Agfa APX 100. Agfa ceased production of B&W roll films a couple of years ago, A black day!! There is loads of 35mm APX on the go at the moment as low as £15 for 10X36 exp rolls and some bulk 100ft rolls.

So get your freezer filled up!!!!!!!

Rolleicord II Agfa APX 100 + Rodinal 1:50

Sally Ann. Rolleicord II

First outing with my Rolleicord II.
I have been meaning to take this old chap's picture for a while now, He is there every Saturday.. glad I did it with a Rollei.

Rolleicord II (Zeiss Triotar) Kodak T-Max 100 + Agfa Rodinal Special

Living Statues At the Edinburgh Festival

All pictures Shot my Yashica Matt 124 on Fuji NPC 160

You can visit this mimes web site on http://www.physicart.com/taniarocha.html

Cold Day In Skegness

Cold Day In Skegness
Street Photo shot on 120 film.

Voigtlander Focusing Brillant

This shot is taken with my Voigtlander Focusing Brillant. Shot on Classic Pan 200/D76 Print is toned with Agfa Viradon.

Voigtlander Brillant

Voigtlander Brillant

I Have not shot much 120 film lately.
I recently purchased a Voigtlander Brillant for 99p of ebay, It has the compur rapid shutter and a 75mm F3.5 Voigtar lens. I gave the lens and shutter a clean and gave it a try at the weekend.
The film used is Fuji Neopan Acros 100 developed in ID 11 1:1 Printed on Ilford Mutigrade warmtone Paper.

Above: The Stump

Below: Boston Street with Adult Shop