This year I'm using a different film format each month, starting with the smallest and working my way up through the sizes. The format for September is 127 roll film which was introduced in 1912. Narrower than 120 film, it allowed for smaller more pocketable cameras to be made, perhaps most famously the Kodak VP (Vest Pocket) also known as the soldiers' camera because many of them were used during the First World War (1914-18). Today only a small number of films are available in 127, but it could have been worse, ten years ago it looked as if the format was finished forever.
My favourite 127 camera is the Voigtlander Perkeo which was made in Germany in the early 1930s. Back in the 1980s I picked one up for £1 and even took it on holiday in the pre-digital era when 127 was still a viable format. I'm planning to use the Perkeo again this month. In 1990 I bought two rolls of Kodacolor Gold film, but only used one of them, the other, with its Campkins of Cambridge £1.50 price sticker is still in its box. It expired in 1991, so the image quality is poor, but at least I got something out of it. Developed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
Tags: 127 Voigtlander Perkeo Bristol Kodacolor Gold Voightlander Voigtlander Perkeo compur 1930s 1932 rollfilm VP 3cm x 4cm 3x4 folder folding pocket bellows anastigmat Skopar f3.5 1:3.5 f=5.5cm 55mm 5.cm old vintage film is not dead I shoot film onetwoseven German Germany
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A composite image made up from two photos taken from the same spot, each using a different film camera. The individual photos have been collaged in photoshop.
In this case the cameras were: Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim and Nikon Pronea S
Tags: multi-camera-collages Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim APS Nikon Pronea S Rollei Retro 400S Bristol
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This year I'm using a different film format each month, starting with the smallest and working my way up through the sizes. The format for June APS (Advanced Photo System) which was introduced in 1996. It was a short lived format, as soon after it was launched digital cameras started to become more affordable, and the non-technically minded snap shooter, for whom the APS system was ideal, soon switched to digital. The film is no longer made, but expired stock can be found online. This was taken with a Nikon Pronea-S camera using Konica Centuria ISO 200 film, which expired in 2003. Developed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
Tags: APS Nikon Pronea S Bristol Nikon Pronea S Japan SLR Advanced Photo System Advanced Photo System single lens reflex auto automatic auto-focus 30-60mm zoom Nikkor IX-Nikkor Konica Centuria Konica Centuria expired ISO200 barcode edge-markings sprocket sprocket holes Tetenal C41 Tetenal C41
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Taken with an Olympus XA4 camera.
The film is home redscaled expired Fujicolor Superia ISO 400, rated at ISO50 and developed in the Fuji Hunt C41 kit.
Tags: Olympus XA4 redscale Fujicolor Superia Bristol expired film C41 35mm analogue Olympus XA4 film XA I shoot film film is not dead Zuiko 28mm macro wide angle wide-angle clamshell clam shell slide 反轉菲林
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In 2023 I'm using as many of my half-frame cameras as I can. This was taken with a Konica AA-35 on expired Fujicolor 400 film. Joiner photo made from 4 frames.
Tags: joiner
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