The camera has a fixed shutter speed (1/120s) with a 31mm, single element f9 fixed-focus wide-angle lens, perfect for capturing most well-focused daylight scenes, and also features a built-in flash with a 15-second recycle time for night time shooting. The Agiflex is somewhat notorious for its unreliable shutter, apparently the speeds weren't very accurate, certainly on the first model. Mine indeed doesn't work very well, but interestingly it runs fine when removed from the body. It turns out there is only very little room inside the body and as the shutter cloth is quite old it is not as flexible as it used to be, and rubs against the frame. Perhaps it even rubs with new clothes, which may explain the unreliable and too slow speeds. For more detailed information please see the product technical information. Can I use a safelight for handling my films? Ilford Advocate camera, Series II | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk . Retrieved 17 November 2021. Make sure the film is fully wound into the cassette, keep winding the wheel until the film is fully rewound.

Another simple little camera from Halina, this one from ca. 1962. It was a 120 rollfilm camera with a fairly unique feature of dual format capability, which would make 16 4x4 or 12 6x6 photos on one film. It therefore featured two viewfinder windows. The different formats were achieved by a mask in front of the film gate, so the format could not easily be changed after loading the film. It had a curved film frame like the Coronet Viscount. It had a fixed shutter speed of 1/50s with 3 aperture settings (f/8, f/11 and f/16).The Swiss part of the company; Ilford Imaging Switzerland GmbH, and the plant at Marly was bought by the Oji Paper Company of Japan in July 2005. It produced inkjet products and high quality colour photographic products. It was subsequently sold onto Paradigm Global Partners LLP in May 2010 before being declared bankrupt on 9 December 2013 resulting in the closure of the Marly plant. [11] [12]

The Paulette Electric was a reasonably well-specified camera which included a lightmeter and a f/2.8 lens, but suffered from very poor build quality. It was fully manual, the lightmeter reading had to be transferred to the shutter. PAN F PLUS Technical Information". Harman technology Limited. December 2017 . Retrieved 16 April 2018. The minimalist design frees your mind to focus on the organic side of photography, the creative side, the intentional side, and the here and now —which, in part, is precisely why the Sprite II is s o much fun for beginners & casuals. Helen Hooker is a musician and photographer based in the east of England. A switch to digital photography in 2004 reinvigorated a dormant interest in photography, providing an immersive hobby and a distraction from the demands of life as a busy professional musician. A ten year long 365 project followed and towards the end of this period Helen began exploring the possibilities of film photography once again.

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The base or ‘support’ of an analogue photograph—usually glass, film or paper—must go through various stages of preparation before it is ready to take a picture. Ilford ULF Film 2019 – Ultra Large Format, Custom and Specialist Film Sizes". Silverprint. 17 April 2019 . Retrieved 6 June 2019. A fixed shutter speed and single element f9 fixed-focus wide-angle lens that’s perfect for daytime photography. The camera was rather large for its frame size, you'd expect it to be 6x6 on 120 film but it is only 3x4 on 127. There are plenty of good reasons why some love the authentic look and feel of film-generated photographs; there’s also the discipline of having only 24 or 36 exposures to work with, and the anticipation of having a roll developed. Then there’s the desire to slow down from the relentless pace of digital technology and instant gratification

We do not recommend using films beyond their expiry date since performance is unlikely to be optimum. However, it is impossible to know the conditions under which a film will be stored during its lifetime. i.e refrigerated films may last much longer. If a film has not been refrigerated, then the expiry date is a useful guide. How do I dispose of my ILFORD film? Ciba built a new plant in Marly, Switzerland, to coat Cibachrome, renamed Ilfochrome in 1992 after Ciba withdrew use of its name. The old Tellko factory nearby in the centre of Fribourg was used as the finishing department. There were two slightly different version of the Microcord. The Mark I had a red window at the bottom of the camera needed to load film, whereas the Mark II had automated film loading. In addition the Mark II had a Prontor-SVS shutter and a different hood (see below). In 1901, it took the name of the town to become Ilford Limited, which was disputed by the local council. The matter was settled by placing a comma between the word Ilford and Limited, giving Ilford, Limited; the comma was finally removed in 1951. [3]A Ensign Selfix 16-20 with Ross Xpres 75mm f/3.5 lens in Epsilon shutter. This is the second model, characterised by its metal top housing. The viewfinder was a frame finder with a frame projected in the viewfinder, which gave a better defined film frame. Other interesting features were the viewfinder which would pop open automatically when pushing the front door opening button, and the double-exposure prevention. Ensign Multex Detailed view of (left) shutter in open position with blinds removed; (right) blinds with rotating shutter speed control wheel, here in horizontal position. Some popular brands to consider are Printfile, Kenro and Clearfile. But there are many others. Can I still use my old film it’s out of date? Features a manual film advance winding lever that moves through each exposure & rewinds the roll when finished.

Ilford Witness camera | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk . Retrieved 17 November 2021. In 1871, Richard Maddox suggested using gelatin as an emulsion rather than collodion and, following further experiments by John Burgess, Richard Kennett and Charles Harper Bennett, gelatin dry plates began to be sold commercially—first by the Liverpool Dry Plate company in 1874, but others soon followed. These plates were around 60 times more sensitive to light than collodion plates and could be exposed in a fraction of a second. This was a simple little viewfinder camera which was fairly heavy despite its small size. Its shape was obviously inspired by the screwmount Leicas but the comparison ends there. A later version with larger viewfinder was called the Halina 35X Super. The exact ‘recipe’ used to produce emulsion varies depending on what type of base is being used and can significantly impact the quality, sensitivity and aesthetics of the product. Company recipes are often a well-kept trade secret!An Ensign Multex model.0 with collapsible Ensign Multar 50mm f/3.5 lens. Although the lens style is quite similar to that of the Leitz Elmar, it has a much larger 43mm thread, and doesn't fit on any other cameras that I know.