Category: Film Notes
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I Still Shoot Film!
It’s been a while and it doesn’t happen very often, but I still shoot film! To be honest, my beautiful Leica M6 is in of a good CLA & repair. I have a light leak on some images (taken at higher shutter speeds normally) which I believe could be shutter capping which is where the […]
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Film in Scotland
Having a few days away in Scotland I couldn’t resist taking my film gear and a couple of rolls of film along for the ride with my digital cameras I had on hand. Here’s a few random images from a great few days – if you’ve never been put it on the bucket list, the […]
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The Return of the Ricoh
Last year I had a short dalliance with a Ricoh GR2. At the time I really liked it as a camera, but had an itch for a Fuji X100F instead and so sold it on to help finance the purchase of an X100F.
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First Film Rolls of 2021
A few images from the first two rolls of film shot on the Leica M6 this year.
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A plan Indeed
I love shooting film but hate waiting to finish the film/getting the film back from the lab. The instant gratification I get from digital, spending time out pointing a camera at things and being able to see those results instantaneously is almost like a drug. I don’t want to wait, we live in a world […]
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My Hometown
Lockdown walking around my hometown Camera: Leica M6Lens: Summicron 50mm f2Film Stock: Ilford HP5400 – shot at 800
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Popping Reds on Film
New Blog Post: Popping reds with Kodak Ultramax 400 #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead
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The One’s That Got Away
I have a checkered past with film cameras. Since getting back into film a few years ago now I’ve bought and sold quite a few cameras that looking back I should have kept.
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Car Meet on Kodak Tri-X 400
Had a few frames left at the end of a roll of Tri-X 400 I’d pushed to 1600 in the Leica M6 and as I was off to a car meeting last weekend thought I’d take it along to finish the roll off.
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Shooting at Box Speed
A recent Twitter poll I put up quite surprised me with the results. I asked the question ‘how do you shoot your film’ with a choice of 3 answers
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Loading a Leica M6
Before buying my Leica M6 I read quite a variety of forum posts/blog posts etc with regards to loading film. It appeared that many people struggle with loading even with the quick load system the M6 has.
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The Simplicity of Film
For some reason film photography draws me in and I’ve struggled to put my finger on it for quite some time now.
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Adventures in Film
Adventures in film, so what’s that all about then? Well, as much as I shoot digital I also have a love/hate relationship with film photography.
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New York 2018 on Film
Last December (2018) we spent a few days in New York. I shot a few frames of Tri-X on my Nikon F3 at 1600ISO.
Analog Dave 