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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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