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  • A Random Dual Stroll

    No real theme to today’s post. Just a collection of pending images from a stroll around Devonport and Mairangi Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. Starting with Mairangi Bay, we took the coastal beach track, followed by the cliff return, grabbing a few interesting (to me) shots along the way. Then, in the same weekend, a…

  • Through Someones Vintage Eyes – Iran & Afghanistan.

    I think this is my last box from this intrepid journeyman. Intrepid perhaps being a more modern lens on some of the venues we have relived through his slides. Yet another current day troubled zone – Iran and Afghanistan. Back int he 60’s/70’s however was the peak tourism hippy period of the century. Known by…

  • Third Time Lucky [400] – The Petri Flex V

    Until fairly recently (at the time of writing this), I was the custodian of a wonderful Petri Flex V. Made in the early 1960’s the Flex V was a unique design in its time as instead of a combination of usual gears, the innards of the Petri are based around a single long camshaft with…

  • Film Experiments Part 2 – Expired Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Type B

    Another post on the expired Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Type B. Following the last session, I settled on ASA6 feeling like the speed this film was sitting. Being a copy film, we also noted last session that its not got the widest range between bright and dark areas – in some ways a little like earlier…

  • Film Experiments – Expired Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Type B

    Recently a mate and I saw some old bulk film popping up for sale cheap and grabbed it to have a play. When looking closer and receiving it, we found it was unperforated film – Ilford Micro-Neg Pan Film Type B. Unperforated immediately created an issue – most our cameras cannot wind it (without tearing…