Showing posts with label Voigtlander Brillant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voigtlander Brillant. Show all posts

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Found Film Ilford FP4 Chemistry class 1980'S??




I bought an early Voightlander Brillant on Ebay last month. It is a nice early all metal one with a compur shutter and a Skopar lens. The added bonus was that there was a partly exposed roll of film inside!
The film was Ilford FP4 this film was revised to FP4+ in 1990 so the film must have been purchased prior to then.
The film was on frame 4 when I got the camera the wheel on the camera that works the frame counter had left a rusty deposit on the film. so it was exposed some time ago.
I developed the roll of film that day in Kodak X-Tol. I have found that developer works well on old ilford films.
Looking at the photographs it looks like this could be a high school chemistry lesson in progress, bring in an old camera and load some B&W film shoot some film and develop the pictures. I would say that the person that took these pictures turned up with there grandfathers old camera which takes 120 film, and the school did not have a developing tank for the film. so it stayed inside the camera.
The cameras that the other people are using are point and shoot jobs, I would guess that this film was exposed in the 1980's
The voigtlander Brillant that the film was inside is a very nice example I have cleaned its Skopar lens and cleaned the shutter I am in the process of running a film through the camera, The skoppar lenses are very sharp and I have had good results from my other Voightlander brillants that have this lens.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

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

Sunday, March 18, 2007

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