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Vintage Photography with X-ray Film
With 5×7 sheet film being expensive, at over £1 a sheet, I have been looking for alternatives. I love the look paper negatives give to...
Simon Williams
Feb 7, 20191 min read


Bellows Camera in the Snow
With the sun out and the roads passable, I ventured up onto the top of the Mendip Hills with the Thornton Pickard and some film...
Simon Williams
Feb 2, 20191 min read


Success with the antique camera and shutter
Well, some success and still some failures(learning opportuntites). Saggy bellows have caused a shadow on the negative and one or two...
Simon Williams
Jan 5, 20191 min read


How to measure the speed of my antique shutter
My Boots branded 100 year old Thornton Pickard camera has a new addition – a mechanical shutter. This allows me to shoot at speeds under...
Simon Williams
Jan 5, 20191 min read


Adding a shutter to my antique camera
In order to access shutter speeds of less than 1s I need a mechanical shutter. I found one on eBay for a bargain price – and it is in...
Simon Williams
Jan 5, 20191 min read


Sheet film experiments
I now have some 7″x5″ sheet film for the antique Thornton Pickard (Boots) bellows camera. Unfortunately the film/plate holders are...
Simon Williams
Dec 19, 20182 min read
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