My first serious attempts with the Kodak Duo Six-20 have returned from the photo lab, and as it turns out this is a camera that needs a much lighter touch than many of the other vintage Kodaks I usually shoot with. The wide – and accurate – aperture and shutter range and the very exact [...]
I’ve finally upgraded to a better scanner (nothing extreme, but our new Epson 4490 does medium format scans with a nice, dedicated film holder) and I’m very happy with the scan speed and the results. Here is a shot I took with my Kodak Medalist on Ilford Delta Professional 100. This was back in February [...]
This is the Kodak Vigilant Six-20 camera, a classic folder that was made around 1946. This was a relatively simple machine for a time when there were already very complex cameras like the Medalist or the Monitor available. There is no protection against double exposures and the Dakon shutter can fire multiple times on the [...]
A couple of weeks ago I pulled my Kodak Vigilant from its perch on the shelf and loaded it up with some film for the first time in years. The last time I used it I had been somewhat unhappy with the results, but it may have been badly re-rolled film more than actual issues [...]