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.  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.  As we were walking around the peninsular we noticed the tide ebbing fast, revealing lots more of the shore than usual. Waiting for Canute?  Tis easy to forget wind the film on on the Voigtlander Bessa…  I recently aquired a Voigtlander Bessa 6×9 folding camera, probably dating from the early 1930s (ie nearly 80 years old). It has an Anastigmat Voigtar f/6.3 – f/22 10.5cm uncoated lens, shutter speeds T, B, 25, 50, 100, 125. Well spec’d hehe.  We regularly go to the park at St Alfeges with the dog. I’ve photographed it before (often…) but one of the advantages of repeatedly visiting somewhere is that you get the chance to both develop ideas and take advantage of different light. It becomes possible to anticipate and execute pre-visualisation more effectively. The playground holds a...  Three different subjects. Nothing except the chemistry and camera to relate the content. Second, a child’s broken trolley abandoned on Point Hill Third, a tree in... |
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