Equipment and Materials

I use Classic Cameras, all from 1 dealer whom I have always found most helpful and reliable, and  for whom I have only the highest praise. www.collectablecameras.com

for MF I have a 1938 Voigtlander Bessa 66,Zeiss Ikon Ikonta b,Ensign Commando,Selfix 12/20 and selfix 16/20 and from Japan a Welmy six, all folders, and a Weltaflex,a RolleiflexAutomat and a Rolleicord  all TLR's

For 35mm I have 2 Nagal Retinas, a 11, 1b, 3 voigtlander vitos, a 1 and 2 vito 2's,  and a Zeiss Ikon Contina 2,all folders, and a Zeiss Werramat, a Voigtlander vito B and a Voigtlander Vitomatic.

I use a hand held meter, an old Weston masterV.
If you are interested in more details of my growing collection of camera equipment then please contact me and  I will try and help if I can.


For film I use mostly Ilford,s HP5+,and some Fomapan 400, and I print on either Ilford warm tone fibre based or Foma,s fomatone,a wonderfull old fashioned warm tone paper.

15.10.10 My collection of cameras has grown again with the addition of another TLR, this time an English MPP Microcord 1,.
15/3/11
My equipment has grown again, with the addition of another Nagel Retina, this time a IIc,(small c), and another Werra, a 3, complete with the 100 and 35 lenses,

I have also changed the film I use, these days I nearly always use the Fomapan 400, developed in Fotospeed FD10 for between 14 to 17 minutes I get a wonderfull old fashioned tonality which I love, and I tend to print on the Fotospeed RCVC paper, which when developed in the Fotospeed WT10 developer gives a lovely warmth,

20/4/11
My equipment has grown yet again, this time with an Ensign 820, another dual format English folder, formats are 6/9 and with the built in focal plane flaps 6/6, yet again with the wonderfull Ross xpress lens,