"Quy soi L'Immaculada Councepciou"

1. The only known photograph of Bernadette at the grotto in Lourdes—1862, three years after the apparitions.
2. The Bishop of Tarbes commissioned a photographer to take Bernadette's portrait on February 4, 1868. The portrait was to be sold at Lourdes for the construction of the basilica. Bernadette had professed her first temporary vows four months earlier on October 30, 1867.
3. Grotto of Massabielle as it appeared in 1858.

Source: Photos of Bernadette and Lourdes

Lourdes Grotto Replica, Nieuwveen - Sony Mavica Floppy Disk Digital Camera

Location found via lourdesgrotten.nl

Fotovreugde

WEEKEND... fotovreugde met de ideale ILFORD twee

ILFORD SPORTI 6x6
Deze volwaardige, geheel metalen camera schat U tientallen guldens duurder dan 28,50

ILFORD SPORTSMAN,
een machtige kleinbeeld camera met een „alles in een" sneltransport en haarscherpe 2,8 lens toch maar 79,50

en natuurlijk in elke camera
ILFORD
's werelds beste film

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Friese koerier: onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden, 20-05-1960

Testing an Ilford Sporti

Camerapedia:
Sporti is a medium format roll 120 film viewfinder camera made by Dacora for Ilford introduced in c.1959.

The camera has a handy little lever to help you pop out the exposed film, see bottom image. Quite convenient, if you know it is there. If you don't, you may spend several minutes trying to figure out how to remove the roll.

Another feature is that the shutter isn't activated by pressing the shutter release like it says on Camerapedia, but by letting it go again. I must say I like that feature – and I found out about it in time. This particular camera has a minor light leak, as you can see in the three sample images. The lens is fine and yields nice, soft images, but overall the camera is a bit too bulky to carry around for a walkabouter like me.

Oh, according to photomemorabilia.co.uk, this is a 'European' model with the grey leatherette covering which Ilford believed was not best suited to the more conservative UK 'taste'.

Image 1 and 2: Fujicolor Pro 400H, image 3: Kodak Portra 160.

Developing disc film

Here is set-up for developing a Kodak disc film for people who don't have a dark room. I admit it's not very elegant, but then I found my first exposed disc in a second-hand camera so the images had no sentimental value for me. Besides, the image counter was at 5 when I found it, so even in the best of scenarios there are only 4 exposed shots on this film. Plenty of room for an experiment I'd say.

When I saw the actual size of the cartridge, I reckoned I could jam the entire disc into a Paterson reel. And this worked, it gives a neat fit, see the image below. After that, you can easily develop the disc in regular C-41. There is a very good tutorial for beginners about this on Flickr. Since the disc is jammed tight, agitation is no problem.

All I have to do now is find a way to scan negatives 1-4. Easier said than done. And Kodak disc film was discontinued on 31 December 1999, so even if there is something there, it will probably not be very spectacular.
Disc film (Wikipedia)

Honderdduizenden mensen maken met de AGFA Box 50 leuke herinneringsfoto's.

De Telegraaf, 24-07-1950

Robot Dreams

Another go with the Disderi Robot Camera and probably the last one. It's a fun camera but not exactly fit for everyday use – which means it can take months before I finish 36 exposures. This batch is Kodak Professional Ektar 100, expired some years ago, exact date unknown.

First attempts with this camera in a previous post.

Het Offer - Het Heilige Paterke van Hasselt

Je kunt natuurlijk zoiets wel voor een zacht prijsje kopen op een vlooienmarkt, maar je weet als leek nooit of 'ie echt is. Er zijn ontzettend veel versies, reproducties en vervalsingen van dit werk verschenen (kijk maar eens hier, hier, hier, hier). Misschien dat ik 'm nog eens uit de lijst haal om e.e.a. beter te bekijken maar vooralsnog is 'ie mooi voor in het rariteitenkabinet.

Murphyisms

The other day I landed a charming little Agfa Box 54 and my first roll of film yielded some nice shots. Here's one on Flickr, check it out. The lens is a bit moldy but I decided to leave that for now.

I quickly popped in a second roll and somehow forgot these boxes – and films in general – need a bit more attention than modern-day cameras. For instance, if you carry the camera around in a bag, the shutter setting lever may move, meaning the shutter may remain open after release:

You mustn't forget to turn the winder knob after each exposure:

If you aren't sure the exposed film is fully wound up onto the take-up spool, do not open the box:

Using the viewfinder on a bright sunny day may be tricky, especially if you already need reading glasses on a daily basis:

And: When you develop the film in caffenol, be sure to generously stir the solution so there won't be any blobs on the negative.

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Box Camera 101

Pinhole try-out, colour film

The two shots above were taken in Noord-Sleen. And here's yet another sunflower (Landfort, Megchelen):

RealitySoSubtle 6x6 with Kodak Portra 160.

Lourdes Grotto Replica, Luttenberg

I tried to use the Sony Mavica 3.5" Floppy Disk Camera to take this shot but somehow all the results turned out cr*ppy. Since I wanted to have a good shot, I resorted to borrowing the Nikon Coolpix S9900 from the lady you see in the picture. The one in jeans.

Location found via lourdesgrotten.nl

De Lourdesgrot, betonnen bindmiddel sinds 1915 (Parel van Salland, nieuws uit Luttenberg)

(Image linked from here)

Lourdes Grotto Replica, Noordeinde - Sony Mavica Floppy Disk Digital Camera

Location found via lourdesgrotten.nl

Pinhole try-out 2

RealitySoSubtle 6x6 with Kodak T-Max 100 (expired 2003, shot at ISO 50)

Try-out 1 here

1982 blast

So, after shooting expired 126 film from the FPP Store and getting really dark pictures, I decided to try my luck on extremely sunny days. The results aren't a whole lot better. Especially shot number 3 turned out quite dark. Trust me, it's a nice shot if you take the time to decipher what it is you're looking at...

Anyway, I have a few more cassettes where these came from, so I'm sure I'll try again.

The Graffiti Slideshow