well, well, well…if it isn’t another new blog!
i tend to start more things than i can finish, but i have this hosting subscription for another three years, so i decided to open a new place where i can blog casually, or not so casually, about film photography and see where it goes in that time.
i’ve been writing a newsletter on substack and it’s been a great experience.
- sign up here if you are interested in a monthly newsletter all about film photography, news, projects, etc.
however, the website can be a bit glitchy sometimes and i want to have a home base for all things ‘eclectachrome’.
so here it is…
in bold but calming blue – ha!
honestly, it was the first theme that came up on the install that grabbed my attention and held it for a moment…
this image above was taken on my old seagull tlr which jammed, leaving me with the perfect excuse to peruse ebay and other used camera sites for a fresh tlr.
i found a rolleiflex on used camera pro #notsponsored and it was mine within minutes.
while my buying experience with the rolleiflex was great, i had also ordered a pentax k1000 as a present for my mum from used photo pro in excellent condition…and it arrived not working.
they were nice on the returns side though and i sent it back.
tricky thing about film cameras when buying with a limited return window…you have to shoot it and develop immediately to really know if it works, not everyone can do that…so some might find themselves getting their test roll back from the lab 2 weeks after the return window elapses with light leaks.
used photo pro (also involves roberts camera) has a 14-day return window. so if you are buying a camera from here and want to test it, that’s a relatively short time to do so.
something to keep in mind!
shot above is from the new rolleiflex! it’s an mx – a cheaper post-war automat version, from what limited information online tells me.
so, friends!
welcome to the blog, join me on substack for a monthly newsletter if you so wish, and let me know about you in the comments below…who are you? why are you here? what’s your favorite camera?
cheers,
m
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