Goodness – never heard of a Diax before! Having had a bit of a google, it looks like an interesting beast, though I bet the three viewfinders can lead to confusion.

I know what you mean about the shutter sound – I have a Purma Plus where you really can feel the shutter at 1/500 because the whole camera bucks in your hand, and a Nikkormat that makes such a convincing guillotine sound effect that I keep waiting for the “plop” afterwards!:eek:

Adrian

You need to fondle a Leica to know. I’m sure it’s been serviced a few times in its life, but it still made my Nikon F3 feel agricultural by comparison. Luckily I can’t afford one!

Film was 120, Adox CHS-ART50 (which, I fear,has now gone out of production), and 6×9 negs.

Processing was semi-stand development in Rodinal at 1:100 – 30 seconds agitation, 30 minutes standing, another 30 seconds agitation and then a final 30 minutes standing – total one hour.

Scanner – Epson V500. Post-processing minimal, just trim the edges of the scan, resizing to a sensible size and a dab of the “Sharpen more” button in my elderly version of Photoshop Elements. If that seems like cheating, remember that I’d up the contrast a grade in the darkroom – and besides, IIRC the need to sharpen is a consequence of digital technology (ie the scanning).

Wish I knew what the blobs were myself. They were all on the top edge of the lowermost roll in the tank, I wonder if they were bubbles? It’s not film storage as it was in date and kept at 4C.

Adrian

Thanks, everyone!:o I always enjoy camera spotting at OW too – all sorts of bizarre things round people’s necks (the first time I went there were two transvestites in their 50s, each with a German SLR…), and getting to fondle the chap’s Leica was great – I finally start to see why people get so up themselves about Leicas – but it’s not that often I see anyone else’s results. It just seems so right to use a period camera there.

I didn’t exactly use a tripod – I have a little period tripod which is unstable as a drunk on Friday night when used as a tripod, but when used as a monopod it’s the perfect height for a waist-level viewfinder like the Brownie’s, and gives just that bit more stability.

Thanks!

Adrian