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I was given a CANON EOS 40D by a Lady Camera Club Member -- it suddenly would not switch on -- there was NO 'ERROR' message or anything - I bought a new battery -- I gave it to another Club Member who is a 'CANON EXPERT' and he found there was a 'Secret Coin 2016 BATTERY' in the MAIN BATTERY...

I still have a LOAD of Kodak Colorplus 200 in fridge left over from when a local Lab gave a FREE one every time hyou gave them a C41 film for processing -- now dated 2010 and some 'fresh' dated 2014 I have been using it in my NIKON F5 'The Beast' ! I also have a AF-S Nikkor 85mm f1.8 G lens...

so I was GIVEN another Russian ZENIT but the LENS was a newer version with ' Auto-Diaphragm' an dthe ZENIT need a 'Pre-Set ' lens , The lens was a 58mm f2 HELIOS 44M-4 so I put it onto my PRAKTICA MTL3 on which I was trying a 1.55 V battery instead of the now-illegal Mercury 1.3 V and loaded...

Many Thanks for all you- help -- there is a Fellow Camera Club Mate who contacted me saying he had a solution - I will see what it is today or tomorrow --

WoW ! So Kind of you all -- TODAY went to our 'Traditional Cobbler' in Brentwood High Street - he said he could not undo the Rivets and also the Leather Strap is all Perished so need a new one.

My Lovely 1960 ROLLEIFLEX 2.8F Planar nearly fell to the floor yesterday on a trip but luckily I was seated at a table when the Strap broke. I HAD put NEATSFOOT OIL onto it a couple of years ago to preserve the leather. Does anyone here KNOW HOW to Remove RIVETS and re-attach the GOOD PART of...

Some from the 1940's Event at the Eppping and Ongar restored Steam Railway jusing my 2002 Hasselblad + A16 back + 80mm f2.8 CFE Planar T* and 2007 outdated Fuji Superia 100

I orgainised and evening Photo Shoot in the Village of BLACKMORE ( Essex, England) for members of Brentwood & Disrict Photographic Club and got the Vicar to open St Lawrence Church for us but as usual - only the Faithful 4 turned up -- I used my heavy PENTAX 6x7 outfit loaded with 120 Size...

I was sent a ZENIKO ZF04 'Mini-Camera Flash' and have doen some tests to show you . It has a 'Hot-Shoe' only connection,and has contains a special Battery which is charged from a Computer USB B size slot. There are 2 small LED lights which go red when charging and Green when ready to fire or...

That date is Quite FRESH for me ! I usually only expose more but process normally or you risk getting the 'Crossed Curves' effect on the Colour Balance.

Few more Tests on my New Toy [ Don't Tell THE WIFE ! ] a 55mm f4.5 Sekor Set for m y MAMIYA C220 . It looks very sharp. I used a cut length of outdated HP5+ , rating it 125 ASA as I had a YELLOW FILTER and processed in 'Exactol Lux Long Life' Catechin Stainer formula for 9.5 mins BUT it was...

I bought a Mamiya Press Super 23 outfit in 1968 from Pelling and Cross at Discount Price -- I used it a lot for Local press, PR and Weddings . When the Brentwood 'Gazette' went \ Web-Offset instead of LetterPress they could use COLOUR and I was one of the FIRST Freelancers to get COLOUR in it --...

Some from the walk along the River Thames path at TILBURY Essex ( England) with 2 Camera Club mates -- these colour were on 'The Beast' the Nikon F5 and outdated Fuji Superia 100 C41 process + AF Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6 G lens Nikon F5 Fuji Superia 100 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr Nikon F5...

Few more on NIKON F65 +FP4+ and the 'Exactol Lux Long Life' formula @ 10 mins 70oC LENS was AF Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6 G F65 FP4+ Exactol Lux 03 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr F65 FP4+ Exactol Lux 07 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr F65 FP4+ Exactol Lux 06 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

I was sent some 'Exactol Lux Long Life' Catchechol stainer formula by Pictorial Planet and forgot about it ! So I tried it with some outdated ROLLEI RPX 400 in my Mamiya C330F and gave it the 8 mins and got very 'THIN' negs BUT they scanned well - not sure how Darkroom Prints would come out...