Recent content by gwailo54

I hear you loud and clear. I love my relatively modern Bessa R4A. Scala is still wonderful. It's a shame I have never been consistently good in B&W. I had a bash at it in France the last two weeks. I need to get it developed - no room at the residence for home brewing. :'(

This is probably a photo that I love more than any other I have taken. B&W (not Scala sadly), a cold dull day in December in Venice, a cute child and obliging mother. What more could you want? http://www.ephotozine.com/u32399/gallery/1118056

joxby, Thanks for the welcome. Jessops are going to the dogs? You are generous. I gave up on them years ago. Snappy Snaps used to do same day slides at an acceptable price but that is now a thing of the past. As digital is here to stay, the Epson RD1S and Leica M9 would suit me to a T. The...

I've just returned from a trip to France where I took my rangefinder on a rare outing (and accidentally and very clumsily opened the back. OUCH!). I Googled "35mm slide developing London" and found in addition to Metro Imaging bayeux.co.uk and their prices seem reasonably low (but no turn around...