My decision to dust off the old box camera and shoot some film with it was prompted by the kind offer of Paul Johnson, a member of the Edwardstown Photography Club, to develop and scan the film.
The results are in; the camera performed as expected, capturing pleasantly soft images thanks to its simple lens, likely a single uncoated element.
Prince Alfred College “Main Building” east side.
The city viewed from Prince Alfred College with some non-Photoshopped light leakage ;-)
It’s been a while since I loaded film. The last time it was in a 35 mm camera—120 film is a different matter. My mistake was to wind the film onto the takeup reel backwards, contrary to its natural curl. As a result, when I advanced the film, it wanted to undo the unnatural curl, leading to the loss of the first few frames and an interesting double exposure.
Double exposure of the Osmond Terrace “Rings” and PAC trees.
Now, the camera has been returned to its dusty white box and hidden away in the back corner of the cupboard.
Or, I might buy a roll of colour film …