7x5 Lancaster Camera, Cameras, Wet Plate Collodion
Inverbeg is at the northern end of Loch Lomond, and a natural stopping point for those who travel from the highlands to Glasgow – as its about half-way. With a great view over the Loch, its also a great place for a coffee and a daydream. It was one of those days...
Cameras, Film, Paper and Chemicals
Very early on in photography, they used paper as a negative. And to make a positive print they would sandwich a sheet of sensitised paper below the paper negative, pass light over it and produce a positive print. I thought I would have a go and used my 5×4 inch...
Cameras, Film, Paper and Chemicals
I recently bought a 5×4 pinhole camera. Its a box, and instead of a lens there is a very small hole. Smaller than a needle. And on the back is a holder to load a sheet-film holder. I was out to do a shoot in Argyll so I packed the camera just incase I had some...
Cameras, Film, Paper and Chemicals
These are my two new friends. A Zeiss Ikon and a Balda Baldix. The Zeiss is a German camera and I think it was made in the late 40’s to early 50’s, hence its complicated build. The Balda was also made in Germany, Dresden I think, and made in the mid to...
