A little story for the weekend....
Once upon a time a geezer called Gregor, from way across that deep and wide Atlantic ocean, had a camera. After some years he sold that camera to another foreign (i.e. Cornish
) geezer called Chalky. Chalky loved the camera; and why shouldn't he, it was a Bronica S2 after all
Chalky also loved taking instant photos, but because he was already blessed with a Polaroid Land Camera 195 in his collection (git!), he decided he had no use for the Polaroid back that Gregor had sold him along with the S2 and so he decided that a 3rd Filmwaster should own said Polaroid back. Thanks to Miller being alert and on the ball and sending me smoke signals, I found out about this situation and I dispatched a team of top negotiators to Cornwall (home of the true Britons and all that). The next day I finally held in my sweaty mitts the prize after which I had lusted for many months: a Pola back for my modified Bronica S2A. Yeah baby! It was bunting time at Wenn Mansions and for real this time, not like the half-hearted effort we'd put on at the Jubilee for the kids
That was yesterday and I actually had a chance to test it out on my own before the kids arrived back from school...and then I tested it out on them. The lens (as you may remember) is a swirling loupe-and-gaffer-tape affair and the plan is to go b/w and grainy or use 125i and do the coffee stain thing (natch), but I thought I'd try it out with something sensible and after I'd used up the 3 shots of 3000b that Chalky (Matt) had kindly left in the back for me, I switched to some 100C for some portraits of the monkeys. It would seem that the setup works nicely which means I
finally have a way of teaming up my fave camera+lens+film+process combo. Did I mention I was happy about this?
I have a busy weekend ahead, but hope to try out some 125i in the next week or so.
Selfie #2 by
Ed Wenn, on Flickr
Amy & Friend by
Ed Wenn, on Flickr
Joe Loves a Lolly by
Ed Wenn, on Flickr