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Here are more photos from the Voigtländer Vito folder that I write about at Emulsive . Not necessarily better photos, since the shutter is packing in on the poor thing, acting all random. Forgive me for most aspects of the photos. The main keeper for me is the format - exposing on most of the width of the unsprocketed 35 mm film. I will try to keep the camera alive, somehow. Check out my Instagram at ourbooksmalmo . Visit my Etsy photography shop getOBphoto .

These are redscale photos from this time last year. I used a Ferrania Elioflex 2 to expose a roll of Lomography Redscale ASA 50-200 film. I believe I exposed it at 50 ASA. I used a shawl to get the effect above. I was hoping that it would be more see-through but the weave seems too dense to get any focus through it. Check out my Instagram at #ourbooksmalmo . Visit my Etsy shop getOurBooks where you can find vintage cameras and a mix of photography equipment.

One misty morning on my way to work I managed to capture some scenes with my Yashica 44. The film is an expired Kodak Ektachrome 64 slide film which I've developed in Caffenol, like I did once before . (If you're interested in the technical aspect of the developing read to the end of that link.) The below photos are from a later date. Same film, different roll. Thanks for exploring with me! Don't hesitate to comment or check out my Instagram at #ourbooksmalmo . Visit my Etsy shop getOurBooks where you can find my vintage cameras and nice photography equipment. I want to remind that if you feel inclined to contribute to this blog with material in the same vein, don't hesitate to contact me.

I recently had the opportunity to expose a roll of Agfa Isopan ISS which expired in 1974. The Isopan ISS is a 100 ASA film, and in this instance was rolled onto a spool intended for 127-format cameras. The exposures of 127 film are 4 cm wide. I used my Yashica 44 to make 4x4 cm size photographs. I gave the film two stops extra light, since it is so old, hence measured for 25 ASA. As always, using the Yashica 44, the experience was very satisfying. Now, seeing the photos, I am truly humbled by this old film. I did not have to do any major editing to get these wonderful exposures out of the negatives, using my Canon 9000F Mark II scanner. I only added some contrast. Welcome to my Instagram ourbooksmalmo and my Etsy shop gOBphoto, which is filled with old cameras and their accessories.

The film in question is 35 mm unsprocketed intended for traffic surveillance.  I've modded my Kodak Instamatic 500 to accept unsprocketed film in the 126 cassettes. This was done by cutting off the feeler peg that usually finds each sprocketed exposure on the original films. It's my second time exposing non-native film in a Insta 500 and the results are similar - overlapping frames. But the results were not so bad. Well, it depends on your intentions. I wanted to see if I could use the unsprocketed film in the 126 cassettes. And that I could. I just have to advance the film twice for each exposure, to not end up with overlapping exposures. And in the process expose the first of those in the palm of my hand or something.  The lens is just wonderful! Its so sharp! Actually I have modded one to fit my M39 mount cameras. One bonus feature which occured when I cut off the sprocket feeler peg was that the camera is 'ready' to expose after each wind. ...

This is my Polaroll! A combinaton of Polaroid packfilm camera and rollfilm back. The background story of how I got this idea is in My Adventures in Packfilm Part 1 . Part 2 begins with a Polaroid Land 210 and a rollfilm back for an old large format camera. I will illustrate some of the process with this Polaroid Land 104, a model which is practically identical to the 210. 1, 2, 3, 4. The four steps to taking a photo with the Polaroid are molded into the controls. It is not a steady contraption. Battery door to the left, film door to the right. This is where you load your packfilm cassette, containing 10 exposures. The lens is a 144 mm f/8,8 lens. The battery required for the camera to work is a 3 volt. It is easy to convert the power to different 3 v sources. This one battery is a 3 v CR3 (?) with the wires just taped to the contacts with electricians's tape. The hinge and connection of the film door to the body. ...