Bag Fragment
Following on from my decade long project in which I used a different film camera each week, 522 in total, I have relaxed the pace and set myself a monthly camera project each year. My dad was born 100 years ago in 1924, he collected old cameras and died age 91 in 2015. In this centenary year I've decided to use one of his favourite cameras each month. January's camera is the Zeiss Ikon Contarex “Bullseye”. It's a big heavy camera, and is arguably over-engineered. The exposure meter no longer works, and as I discovered, the film advance is not reliable, with overlapping frames in the second half of the film. The film is Rollei Retro 400s, developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 18 minutes at 22 degrees.
Bag Fragment
Following on from my decade long project in which I used a different film camera each week, 522 in total, I have relaxed the pace and set myself a monthly camera project each year. My dad was born 100 years ago in 1924, he collected old cameras and died age 91 in 2015. In this centenary year I've decided to use one of his favourite cameras each month. January's camera is the Zeiss Ikon Contarex “Bullseye”. It's a big heavy camera, and is arguably over-engineered. The exposure meter no longer works, and as I discovered, the film advance is not reliable, with overlapping frames in the second half of the film. The film is Rollei Retro 400s, developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 18 minutes at 22 degrees.