I decided to buy a film camera this week, so I looked online and found an old Seagull TLR medium format camera and to go with it a Leningrad 4 light meter. I really wanted to do more with film and processing has I really enjoyed what we done last September at the start of college. So I thought I'd have ago of processing my own black and white film at home.
Using the TLR makes you think more about what you going to take, framing and composition, because it only holds 12 shots and there is no display to see what you've just taken.
I didn't want to spend much on film because I was unsure if the camera was working properly, I found online 5 rolls of 120 B&W Shanghai GP3 for £12 which I'm very happy with and pleased with the end results. The only problem with the film is that it is really curly and because I'm scanning the negatives its better for them to be flat. I found to stop them curling so much I put the negatives back round the developer reel the opposite way of the curl for a day or two and that stop most of the curl. If you've not used a TLR camera I fully recommend them they are fun to use and can produce some outstanding images.
Using the TLR makes you think more about what you going to take, framing and composition, because it only holds 12 shots and there is no display to see what you've just taken.
I didn't want to spend much on film because I was unsure if the camera was working properly, I found online 5 rolls of 120 B&W Shanghai GP3 for £12 which I'm very happy with and pleased with the end results. The only problem with the film is that it is really curly and because I'm scanning the negatives its better for them to be flat. I found to stop them curling so much I put the negatives back round the developer reel the opposite way of the curl for a day or two and that stop most of the curl. If you've not used a TLR camera I fully recommend them they are fun to use and can produce some outstanding images.
This was my 1st shot with the Seagull TLR. Shutter Speed set to B which I held for about 1-2 secs Fstop F16 and I covered the lens with ND filter.
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