Recent content by David_Mug

Good call I think. I couldn't have made it due to a concert tomorrow but looking good for the August date.

Only if you are a flat earth exponent.

My wife (retired Ford employee) pointed this out to me today. Bravo!

Absolutely fascinating. Wonderful, creative ideas.

We used to have them regularly but have not seen any for several years now. A helpful man on our local radio said that there should be a hole under garden fences so that the hedgehogs could move from garden to garden - but make sure that the hole is on both sides!

I do use both. With 60 years of developing and printing film behind me I find the process of film far more satisfying and far more fun. I did try to convert fully to digital at one point but missed the excitement of watching prints 'come up' in the developing dish. I could do without digital but...

About 10 years ago I bought a Mamiya-Sekor C 360mm f6.3 lens for my RB67. Nice condition, all good. Since it rarely had use I decided a while ago to try to sell it. Sadly it had a serious haze issue. The rearmost glass was dark grey - looked like an ND filter, couldn't see the shutter through...

I seem to remember that on mine the knurled wheel used to align the images had another smaller one inside it. The scale was fixed to one and the optics to the other. By holding one still and slightly turning the other you can adjust the calibration.

I was given one as a Christmas present around 1970. At the time I had a Balda Baldini camera and the rangefinder was quite useful.

Having stayed at a Premier Inn whilst sorting out serious family problems away from home we found that their mattressess suited us very well. Back at home we discovered that the same mattressess can be purchased from the Premier Inn's website. We did the deed and are well pleased with what we...

I must admit that I quite like to sit down and watch Bargain Hunt whilst I eat my lunch. (It's interestng to see how many 'experts' have no idea of the real value of old cameras.) The "Lunchtime News" now is torture. "Coming up" - what we are going to tell you. Then The Main story today. A short...

I first developed film over 60 years ago using ID11. I am still using it and we are very happy together! I can't offer an opinion on its performance with Fomapan as I only use Ilford. Pan F mainly, FP4 sometimes and HP5 only very occasionally as such high speed makes me dizzy. The only other...

I was given a small bottle of 'Kodak Photo-Flo Solution' when I started developing films more than 60 years ago now. One or two drops in the final wash of each film since and it is still going. I'm pretty sure that it will outlast me.

I'm a great fan of Minolta lenses. I have a Dynax 9 and my favourite 'walkabout' lens is the 28-105. For other uses the primes, 20mm to 500mm catadioptric can all be relied upon to produce quality images. The 50mm and 100mm macro lenses are particularly useful if that is your thing, particularly...

If I remember correctly when the Paterson System 4 came out centre loading spirals were available as an option. I don't think they were around for long.