Category Archives: Bessa It was sunny! So I broke out the FP4+ and felt an overwhelming desire to use the 1934 Voigtlander Bessa RF rangefinder with its to-die-for f/3.5 Heliar lens and gigantic 6×9 negatives. Set the light meter to ISO100 and trotted off to Ladywell Fields where the dogs roam unmolested and unmolesting. The bad news is…  Some of the cameras I use influence the way I photograph in some unexpectedly subtle ways and I’m not sure it is a good thing. Is it because there are only 8 negatives per roll that I don’t use the Voigtlander Bessa RF with any kind of profligacy? Is it the vintage (80 years old)?…  It has been a busy few days photographically, particularly as I’ve been keen to explore the new metering. On Saturday we went out early because I wanted to photograph a derelict area just below the Orchard Estate in Coldbath Street. Early, because I didn’t really want to meet inquisitive people. It didn’t go to plan……  As we were walking around the peninsular we noticed the tide ebbing fast, revealing lots more of the shore than usual. Spot the dog part 1 We needed no excuse to clamber down and get totally filthy in the sticky Thames mud. God knows what would have happened if I’d dropped the cameras. Waiting for…  Tis easy to forget wind the film on on the Voigtlander Bessa… Some of my photography books and a view put of the window – at once! The railway bisects the bookcase neatly, I couldn’t have done this if I had tried. Sometimes I like these mistakes, but with only eight 6×9 negs on a… |
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