Hi there
I'm Laszlo, shooting film since 2010. My disease started with a Werra Matic and spread quickly through vintage German rangefinders and viewfinders which landed in my collection surprisingly quickly. Then came the second stage: vintage SLRs starting with a Kine Exakta and ending with a Bessaflex. Some German, Japanese and Russian cameras in the meantime. I thought the situation could not be more serious. I was wrong. Then came the medium format. First, just a folder or two. Then the Pentacon Six and now the Mamiya 645 1000s with the 1.9/80 Sekor. For now, I learnt to accept reality. I know that, one day, I'll buy a large format camera. Fortunately this day didn't come yet so I'm still able to go for a vacation with a reasonably big camera bag containing only one or two 35mm rangefinders, 2 SLRs, 1 MF folder and 1 MF system camera and 6-8 lenses. And films of course. Lots of films. But I don't need a trailer yet. My family is very supportive though they know that there is no hope anymore.
I did my first photography project with my son in 2012. We wanted to try out the macro capabilities of the old Zenit 3m we bought. It was called the Kiwi Project. You can check it here: https://www.swipe.to/9314d
Last year, I bought some Ferrania cinematic films expired in 1952. I decided to take photos on them. So I learnt BW development. I didn't start the Ferrania project yet but worked out the method on how to determine film sensitivity and development times of long-expired BW films. I tested it on a Fortepan 400 expired in 1990. Having heard the story, my brother gave me 86m long-expired Kodak Vision2 250D. It was not easy to find a lab being able to develop it. (ECN-2 is a bit too much for me to do in the kitchen. At least for now.)
So here I am with the 2 rolls of Ferrania, Emulsione P.3 and Emulsione S.2, not a single information about them but lots of hope.
Wish me a luck
I'm Laszlo, shooting film since 2010. My disease started with a Werra Matic and spread quickly through vintage German rangefinders and viewfinders which landed in my collection surprisingly quickly. Then came the second stage: vintage SLRs starting with a Kine Exakta and ending with a Bessaflex. Some German, Japanese and Russian cameras in the meantime. I thought the situation could not be more serious. I was wrong. Then came the medium format. First, just a folder or two. Then the Pentacon Six and now the Mamiya 645 1000s with the 1.9/80 Sekor. For now, I learnt to accept reality. I know that, one day, I'll buy a large format camera. Fortunately this day didn't come yet so I'm still able to go for a vacation with a reasonably big camera bag containing only one or two 35mm rangefinders, 2 SLRs, 1 MF folder and 1 MF system camera and 6-8 lenses. And films of course. Lots of films. But I don't need a trailer yet. My family is very supportive though they know that there is no hope anymore.
I did my first photography project with my son in 2012. We wanted to try out the macro capabilities of the old Zenit 3m we bought. It was called the Kiwi Project. You can check it here: https://www.swipe.to/9314d
Last year, I bought some Ferrania cinematic films expired in 1952. I decided to take photos on them. So I learnt BW development. I didn't start the Ferrania project yet but worked out the method on how to determine film sensitivity and development times of long-expired BW films. I tested it on a Fortepan 400 expired in 1990. Having heard the story, my brother gave me 86m long-expired Kodak Vision2 250D. It was not easy to find a lab being able to develop it. (ECN-2 is a bit too much for me to do in the kitchen. At least for now.)
So here I am with the 2 rolls of Ferrania, Emulsione P.3 and Emulsione S.2, not a single information about them but lots of hope.
Wish me a luck
