Twin trunks
A second film through my "new" Zeiss Ikon Nettar, which cost £15.99. Some sort of light leak on two of the twelve frames; but only two. How? Why only two? My only complaint about Ilford's films is the faintness of the print on the backing paper. The frame numbers are printed as pecked lines, which are often difficult to see through the red window of a folding camera. These old peepers of mine find it impossible to read them in shadow, so I have to open the red window in direct sunlight; I remember being told by my father that this was something to be avoided. Is this what accounts for the light leaks? I don't know, though I doubt it. These things are all part of the "fun" of using sixty year-old cameras. Otherwise I was quite chuffed with the results. The focusing ring rotates freely, with no "damping" effect, but focus seems accurate. I remember "guesstimating" nine feet for this shot.
Twin trunks
A second film through my "new" Zeiss Ikon Nettar, which cost £15.99. Some sort of light leak on two of the twelve frames; but only two. How? Why only two? My only complaint about Ilford's films is the faintness of the print on the backing paper. The frame numbers are printed as pecked lines, which are often difficult to see through the red window of a folding camera. These old peepers of mine find it impossible to read them in shadow, so I have to open the red window in direct sunlight; I remember being told by my father that this was something to be avoided. Is this what accounts for the light leaks? I don't know, though I doubt it. These things are all part of the "fun" of using sixty year-old cameras. Otherwise I was quite chuffed with the results. The focusing ring rotates freely, with no "damping" effect, but focus seems accurate. I remember "guesstimating" nine feet for this shot.