Vintage Ilford Sporti and Ilford Super Sporti & Fomapan 400 Question

[UnknownBOB]

Vintage Ilford Sporti and Ilford Super Sporti


Just bought both of these second hand as I have decided to give B/W 120 photography ago. I am new to film photography and have bought some Fomapan 400 film but cannot find the speed of these cameras shutters. Does anyone know if the cameras can this iso 400 film?

Regards Bob

 

[Meyer Trioplan]

Based on this alone (I had to look at a few links), I am presuming it to be a 1/50, slowing to 1/25 on the "Dull" setting on the Super Sporti.

http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Sporti.html

I think 400 might run a bit fast for it, but if you shoot dull scenes under the "bright" setting, you should be pretty much ok, as BW film as a decent amount of latitude. You can always pull process as well.

 

[macfred]

There is also a group on flickr https://www.flickr.com/groups/ilfordsporti/pool/ discussing the Ilford Sporti - they talk about one shutter speed (1/50) https://www.flickr.com/groups/ilfordsporti/discuss/72157625451169791/
The Sporti 6 has two shutter speeds http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Sporti/Sporti_6Instruct/Sporti_6.pdf

 

[Ian Grant]

Fomapan 400 is really a 200 EI film, you might be OK, the Fomapan 200 would be better.

Ian

 

[gone]

You're probably going to want a 100 ISO film w/ those, as the shutters are roughly in the 1/30 to 1/60 range. A yellow or especially a red filter will certainly help w/ that. I had been shooting Tri-X in Holga and Diana cameras, and even w/ a yellow filter this was pushing the limit in them. Their shutters ran as high as 1/125, and my negs were quite thin. I used to carry a light meter around out of habit and one day I said, what am I doing? The Holga had three aperture settings, the Holga only two, and no shutter speed adjustments other that instant and 'B'. Knowing the proper exosure was no help when you got what you got :} Which is the way the cameras are supposed to be used. Just point them and shoot away.

 

[UnknownBOB]

Thank you for the quick replies and advice I am trying the 400 film and will see what happens

Fingers crossed.