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    DIY ground glass tip - useful for confirming focus

    I use tracing paper (about 120gm/sq.m weight) and adhere it to the film plane with a smear of Pritt adhesive (solid glue in a stick, I pinch my 10 year old daughter's!). Tracing paper is easy to cut to size for different cameras and the glue simply wipes off with your hanky.
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    Just given a Nikon F100 Body - Looking for a lens

    Like you chelt I was given a Nikon body, an F90 in my case, and had to start learning about Nikon lenses. Eventually I opted for the Nikkor AF-D 28-80mm f3.5-5.6 as a starting point and I think it's great.
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    1960 camera catalogue

    I wouldn't have said that the Ilford Sportsman was a rubbish camera. I have the very basic model with the Vario 3 speed shutter and used sympathetically it can turn out decent pictures. The top of the range model (Sportsman Manumatic) had a Rodenstock f2.8 lens and a shutter speeded to 1/500th...
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    Show us yer film shots then!

    Cheers TheBig Yin!
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    Show us yer film shots then!

    Hello everyone, newbie here. I was pleased with this result from a Bencini Koroll 120 on Shanghai GP3 Hmm. . can anyone tell me how to get the image to appear please?
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    14 of 36 shots taken.. ARGH

    Buy an Agfa Rondinax 35 developing tank. It has a built in film cutter so you can develop only part of a roll.
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