#autographic — Public Fediverse posts

Okay, the medium format journey continues. Holding off on the Brownie box adventure for now, more 120-to-116 #roll spool adapters to arrive (checking three manufacturers!). But loaded up a new "toy" #camera today (w #Kodak Gold 200 #color; 6x4.5 so 15 exposures left) & got some #pics of the #snow (Holga, same #film, but 6x6 so 11 left), 42nd/ 9th Ave/ Port Auth ramps. My 2-A Folding #Autographic #Brownie has #Ilford 400 B/W (4 #exposures left!).
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Out with the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera: Some street art around Aveiro

My second outing with the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera was just as much fun as the first test with this camera, but not as successful. From my expired film box in the cupboard I picked a roll of Lomography ISO 100 colour film, which expired in 2023.

Loading the camera was easier than the first time, I roughly know what I’m doing now. I stopped winding when I came across the ‘start’ arrow and closed the back. This time I wound forward for 20 half turns, which is the position that the Camerhack.it website suggests the film was in the right position for the first exposure. After each exposure I wound the film forward eight half turns to the next frame.

This time I headed to Aveiro to record some street art. There’s one excellent example near the railway station, and I discovered other on the other side of the city near the Yacht Club. Actually, I had intended to go to the Yacht Club but the area was being resurfaced and I couldn’t gain access. 

As before, I left the shutter speed of the 3-A on 1/100 second and rated the film at its box speed of ISO 100. I used the app Camera Meter to judge the apertures I should be using, which for this exercise was between f16 and f22. With my four exposures in the bag I dropped my film off at the lab and within a few hours the zipped files dropped into my inbox. 

Again the images were a little ‘thin’ to my mind. Having looked at the negatives from the first outing they actually looked fine, so I didn’t adjust the exposure, but I’m wondering if I should open the aperture by one stop above the meter reading to get a better exposure. I’ll check when I see the negatives. 

Sadly, apart from my first image the framing of the subsequent images was quite poor, and I’m not sure why. Perhaps I didn’t have the viewfinder quite level. Also, the street art near the station was framed completely wrongly. I’m going to have to go back and do that again. Lastly, I only got three frames out of the roll, and I’m not sure why. It’s a bit fiddly to get to the shutter, and I reckon that perhaps I didn’t press the shutter lever properly.

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B&H Photo Video closes at ONE on Fridays, not at THREE as I keep thinking. Got there at 1:30 and boy was I sad. Walked to 36th & 5th, to "42nd Street Photo" on 36th Street, natch, where I paid more than twice for B&W 120 roll film. Boy are my dogs tired (I live 46th/ 10th).
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