Being fascinated by the mundane things is what makes childhood amazing. When I watch my 4 year great-nephew play I am constantly amazed how everything he sees and touches is simply awesome to him. A simple stick that we step over is a great toy to a child. Photography should bring that sense of amazement back. The way the light falls on things, the way the film will render it. Those things helps us create and that's what I love about photography.

Still got a Wimpy then! It's a lovely idea, going back to capture the small fragments on memory we keep from our childhoods. Nice one.

Your nostalgia is contagious. I now live in Albuquerque and I've never been in England. I grew up in the suburbs of NYC, and the past is like a foreign country to which you can never return. Inevitably, everyone of us moves away. These photos and your monologue evoke all that. I absolutely adore this video and the rest of your work.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Diane.

@nigelwiseman2262

2 жыл бұрын

England these days is probably not the ideal you may believe it is. But I would still recommend a visit. Regards.

Roger I knew I recognised your accent. Coldharbour and the “Farmhouse” in the 70’s. Great memories. Love the channel. Bill

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you! The Farmhouse was the other side of the mound. The Royal Eltham Pub was our side. Good times.

The little metal bits on the end of the wall Rodger are there to stop the last brick falling off:)...

@IainHC1

2 жыл бұрын

I was just gonna say that.... But you beat me too it :-D

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Are they !! Ha Ha!! There we go then. Cheers.

This must have made you feel great on one hand and sad on the other thanks for taking us back.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

Жыл бұрын

Not really sad times move on Rick. Was good to go back

You're not boring us! This is spot-on! Thanks for making a new fresh photo video we all can relate to. I'm going to do this myself while I still can. At 73 one never knows. Thanks

+1 for the Wein cell zinc air battery. Supplies the correct power to the meter and saves you having to recalibrate the meter for modern batteries. I used to use one in my Olympus 35RC, but then I stopped using light meters in general...

I loved it Roger. Quite beautiful but melancholic at the same time. Nothing like happy childhood memories. I wish that I could go back and photograph where I grew up, but it is over three and half thousand miles away, and on top of that for the last 43 years, I have been classed as persona non grata. In anycase, those 1.35 V Zinc/Air batteries may work, but they are a different size. The problem with LR44 battery is not just the wrong voltage. Mercury batteries supplied a constant voltage until the very last second, so the electronics depending on them worked consistently. LR 44s do not, they have a distinct fall off curve. They are quick to ban this and that, but forget that millions of pieces of equipment are depending on them and they offer no alternative, sadly. Good excuse for the likes of Fuji to kill off films blaming raw materials, but no one ever questions the toxicity of the materials that are used in the manufacture of these sensors and chips.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lensman. I didn't know about battery curves! True what you say about modern electronics. Who knows! Hopefully I can get a converter and get the Yashica working without carrying a meter around.

Great video. Those metal brackets in the wall, pretty sure they are commonly used on brick callings to stop the two end bricks falling off if they release from the mortar.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Colm!

Yes! Vindication. No one believes me when I say that dog poo was available in white in the 70s. I spent most of the 90s in Streatham and West Norwood and it’s good to see that not all of London has been gentrified out of all recognition. Always learn a lot from you videos and I love the care you take with the production values. Kate Bush was from Eltham? Who knew?

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Simon. Yeah she had a big house with gates and the gates read in an arch... "Wuthering Heights". Still there today. Eltham court Road I believe

Hey Roger. Thanks for sharing your old stomping ground. Wow. One of your best updates.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Roger, one of your best KZread Videos yet. Please keep up the great content.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the email John.

Roger, the 'metal bits' are restraint straps, used to keep the top brick 'soldier course' in place. Love the video as always and you are never boring and always inspirational.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

now I know!

Lovely detail shots of your past environment

That was fun. I haven't been to all my childhood places in person to photograph (maybe someday), so I've done my trip on Google Earth. Not the same.

This gives me a great idea. Would love to go to Jacksonville Florida (live in North Carolina now) and take photos of my neighborhood, schools etc.

Bruv, 10.23. Those flats in the background is where nanny and grandad Lowe use to live. Xx

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that bruv xx

Fabulous!!!

I enjoyed this very much. I've been lataly out of ideas what to photograph and this gave me some thoughts. Maybe it could be so simple to do some documentary photography about myself. Your content is constantly interesting and well made. Darkroom stuff is like cherry on top. Especially this episode 6×6 images were amazing, I should take my Rolleicord out more often. Keep these coming.👍 Greetings from Finland.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching,

Love this channel, it fits with me, I have just got into film photography and have successfully developed three rolls of film, but not the fourth, Messed up big style today by reading the wrong timing for developing, ended up with a strip of completely clear film. Oh Well, on to tomorrow. Great trip down memory lane there, as a South London bald bloke of a very similar age, I love things like this, also loved the interaction with the bloke that asked what you were doing. I wish I had taken photos of where I grew up, but the flats were sadly demolished in 2000. I really loved the way you could create a connection with the smallest things like the door knocker that your mum polished every Sunday. Great stuff! My dad used to work in the telephone exchange down Well Hall Road.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

Жыл бұрын

That's next to the police station. BT. On Orangery Lane. As for your clear film it's possible you fixed it first. Check if you have edge markings. If you do chances are you didn't expose on the film. It can happen!

So cool to go back to your past!!! I was shocked when I went to the street I lived on in the 60s and saw how tiny everything was ,,, those two blocks to the bus stop was only about 10 houses!!!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha I know it's crazy. That black sign post "The Link" got me. That used to be soooo tall!

I use those batteries in my Canon Canonet 28. If you buy, remember to let them breath for half an hour before you put them in the camera. There are two stickers to remove first.

Made me want to go to my hometown to recapture my memories!!! Well done.

I'm your same vintage. I have shot film since I was about 8. A lot of what we take photos of, is triggered by where we came from.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting thought Wayne

Definitely tempted to do something like this myself now. 👍

Loved following along on your trip down memory lane 😁

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I just sold my yashica 124G and used a Wien cell or the adapter you can get from the small battery company that converts a sr44 to 1.35 volts . . Both work perfectly and I found the light meter in the camera pretty accurate and got some lovely correctly exposed results . Really enjoyed your walk down memory lane Roger .

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info Clive. I think this is the route I have to go down. Finding a converter. Cheers.

@akaYu07

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss have a spare Wien cell. I can send it over to you if you’re interested. From Germany it won’t cost too much.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Clive.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

@@akaYu07 That would be amazing Tian but Please keep it for yourself if it's your spare. If you really don't need it then you can email me roglowe147@gmail.com

I love getting notifications of a new video from SFLAB always great stuff keep doing what you do Roger 👍🏻

Loved this video

another inspiring video, cheers mate!

You have inspired me to do something similar and go back to the place I grow up before things change to much and document it and to the places I have the strongest memories and my happy places from the 70s & 80s

Nice video roger 👍🏻👏

Thanks for a great video. I also know the coldharbour estate and eltham. Brought back memories for me too

Ha took me back as I was brought up in south east London in Greenwich and now living in Ryde :)

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Big difference to Ryde a Martin. I used to go to Greenwich all the time on the bus.

@guitarmarty8888

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss big difference:) I was also a fireman in those days stationed at Lewisham and Peckham. Always loved photography hence came across your channel. I’ve done a few blogs myself but I’m a bit too self conscious. Anyway, looking forward to seeing more of your vids and may catch you out and about on the island!

This was highly inspiring. Photographs which would be very important. And the diversity as well with larger views and close ups of details and single elements. Thanks for this video, I will certainly try do some of the same of my history.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Nice to see a great video about an area you know. One of the reasons I suscribe is I remember in another video you mentioned you come from Eltham, I grew up in and around Eltham too (and we used to holiday on the Isle of Wight!). Eltham High St is an integral part of my childhood (I'm guessing we're a similar age too), my sister still lives in Mottingham near the shops you photographed. I live near Hastings now. I've been considering a similar project, photographing places I've lived. It's an interesting approach concentrating on the details you remember from childhood, rather than just the house you lived in, that's really what makes up memories.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Small world Steve! Thanks for the comment.

Oh man, this episode is so good, I like the idea of revisiting the places where you grow up, so much memories and emotions, very inspirational, well done you sir!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

Lovely video! I grew up a couple of miles away. Haven't been through there for 20-odd years...

Hey man, just found your channel over the last week and have been watching through them while editing film shots. You have a lot of great videos, but this one might be one of the best. Really great photo too. Keep up the hardwork dude. Best!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Really, really enjoyed this. I’m so nostalgic it hurts (genuinely, sometimes) so this hit a chord. Plus some more great images.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

What a great vlog - really enjoyed watching it and thought the photos were fantastic! Much appreciated Roger!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I love the idea of this video and will also do a similar project. I have a Bronica GS-1, I plan to load it with B&W and visit the area I grew up in. The area has gone from somewhere that was full of working class people and migrants to a very trendy area. A lot will have changed but I am hoping there will still be a lot there to photograph. Thanks for the inspiration!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you won't be short of some photos Lars. Enjoy ☺️

Great idea! Enjoyed it.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

really enjoyed this one.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Lovely video. I once went back to where we used to live in Burton Upon Trent when I was born. I couldn't believe how small it all was...it seemed so big at the time! Love to watch your videos..and like others here, I look forward to the notifications coming. Thank you.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

mental mental chicken oriental!!!...It doesn't matter where you come from if you arrived on the planet in the south east of Great Britain around the 70's it's same same lol...great video so different from western Australia !

Great video!!! Great prints .

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Anna

Great video! Fab footage and pictures! ⭐️👍🏻

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Without doubt, some of the best images you've shown on this channel. The 6x6 format Yashica really enhances the composition and nostalgic feeling too.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Really enjoyed this, did the same thing where I grew up in Islington, my daughter thinks I'm crazy when I tell her the things I got up to as a kid. Thanks for the video.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too Alfred. She can't figure out what we did without a phone. She couldn't believe it when I told her the kids Mums would come out the house and shout across the estate your name when it was time for dinner.

I have several camera's that need the obsolete px625 mercury cell. For them i have 2 batt-adapt-US adapters. Those adapters take a SR 44 battery and the adapter reduces the voltage to what the mercury cel would give. I have a link, but youtube does not like me putting a link in a comment, so internet search for the type i mentioned ;) (hope this comment survives ;) ) SR 44 is prefered over LR44 as the SR 44 is silveroxide and has a similar discharge curve to the mercurey battery

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fenna, Yes I received an email pointing me to a link. Cheers.

Hi Roger. This was truly inspirational. Having watched this, I woke up in the middle of the night to decide that my next photobook would be about where I come from in Bexleyheath, so not far from you. I did my teaching degree at Avery Hill College, Eltham. Now living in Birchington, at the seaside. Thank you so much! Motivated and excited.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers John. I went to Crown Woods. Unfortunately that's been totally rebuilt now. Bexleyheath was nights out in the 90s ha ha. Good times. Hope you have fun going back

Great video and some really good shots. I can definitely relate to the experience of visiting where you grew up. I did that about 10 years ago and it was very surreal. Particularly since the house I grew up in burned down years before and they never bothered to rebuild so there was just a stone walkway to a large empty lot (it was a duplex so it had a large footprint). Sadly I did not have a camera on that trip.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine that was sad to see Daniel... And as you say, surreal!

Great video, Roger. It's great seeing where others grew up especially Britsih photographers. I was last home, when my Mom passed away in 2011. I took the chance to take some digital photos when home. The kids and grand kids will enjoy those photos .

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you got some photos to keep Ken

Nice 📸

You already had a photographer’s eye for looking all around you to see what was interesting 😉

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha. Just took me 40 years to photograph it!

Another great video, as always very interesting. I use a 1.35v Wien cell for the light meter in my SRT101 and it seems to work very well. I also have them in my hand held light meter no problems at all. Thanks, keep the videos coming!

@Uwe_Ludolf

2 жыл бұрын

Weincells are expensive and won't last long

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dougy... People saying they don't last long... Do they?

@dougyintheshed4288

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Hi Roger, I've had the battery in my SRT since May and shot about 5 rolls through it. I checked the voltage of the battery this morning using a meter (to be able to give you a realistic answer). It is still showing 1.35 volts, so I'm guessing it's still got a few more rolls life in it. I have seen Mercury batteries on ebay if thats the route you want to take, search by the battery number and put original in the search. I hope this helps. Cheers, Dougy

Nice to see a Wimpy, not seen one for donkey's. I thought they had all gone!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

It was a toss up between Wimpy and Eltham Grill... Wimpy next time

Love Eltham I lived in Woolwich for a few years and Blackheath was always good for a photo op there was always something going on on Woolwich common or blackheath common in the summer

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Usually the fair Jonny I remember. And fireworks. We used to bus it to woolwich to play on the ferry. My uncle lived on the other side.

@JonnyEnglish-gu1cs

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss happy days Rob I have some great memories of my time there thanks again for a trip down memory Lane 👍🏻

Great fun, Roger. Thanks for sharing your history with us. As for the batteries, I just use generic PX625a batteries. They go by different designations depending on the manufacturer but pretty much all have 625 in the name. I start every shooting day by checking the meter against Sunny 16 or a phone app light meter and adjust the ISO dial until it matches.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Nick

The Yashica is quite easy to modify with an internal diode, there is plenty of room compared with most 35mm cameras. While effective this method doesn’t help with the slight inaccuracy due to the discharge curve of the modern battery that has been mentioned here already. A card full of SR44 batteries is available on Amazon for very little money so you can top up regularly

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder where or who makes that replacement?

Another great video sir! The best option for batteries by far are the mr-9 adapters you can get for cheap off amazon. That'll allow you to use cheap LR44s that you can get pretty much anywhere and they work perfectly in the 124G. Wein cells work too, but they're expensive and die quickly. Cheers!

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeremy. Someone else said the Wien cells don't last long

@jw48335

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss On that front, the LR44s don't last all that long either. If it's been more than a month I use a new set. I think I paid $7 US for 40 of them though:)

Went out to the location of the elementary (primary) school I went to in the early 90s recently and got some shots. Beyond the shape of the old broken asphalt drive, there are no signs that a building was ever there. Most of the small trees that were dotted around the school are still there, though larger now. But everything else is just a flat grassy field now. It was both sad yet serene. I swear I could still smell breakfast cooking in the cafeteria.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to have wandered around the old schools. My comp school was pulled down.

Loved that vid, you clearly loved making it. I lived in Sidcup about the same time so know the place. And in those days Eltham had two rail stations, sure you remember.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

They did Ray. On Westmount Road. My uncle owned the newsagents next to it. It was called Eltham Park South Station.

Mat-124 (non-G) owner here. I'm using 675 hearing aid zinc-air batteries with an adapter (just a brass cup, a couple of quid on eBay), and this is quite enough for accurate metering. Those batteries don't last long once you've actuated them (you can count on a healthy 6 months, then you might want to replace it), but they're cheap (like £2-3 for 6-pack). However, the meter in the Yashicas is a bit of a joke itself - the metering angle is too wide, so while it works fine for evenly lit scenes, you still want something better for more complicated light conditions.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up Alex.

Funny how watching someone else’s nostalgia gets me thinking about my past.

IIRC, you can use a Zinc air hearing aid battery, 1.4v isn't that far away from 1.35v.

Blimey. Just commented on another of your vids about recognising places around IoW... This one even more so. I am a Bexleyheath lad. My first job was in Andara when it was down Orangery Lane back in 91ish.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

And I bet you went up Bexleyheath on a weekend and ended up in Zens Dartford or Moon & Sixpence, Welling ha ha (Great times)

@GutS7u6

2 жыл бұрын

Not a massive clubber but somehow ended up in Zens a few times. Moon and sixpence with all the other kids on a Friday and Saturday was a ritual.

I've personally used the 'wein cell' zinc-air 1.35v batteries. They work well at the correct voltage and discharge the same as mercury ones so the meter is accurate throughout the battery's life. However they lose charge very quickly, even without use it's only a few months before they are dead. Some people use small battery adapters/converts, other have the circuitry modified with resistors to use modern lr44. I'm no expert but the safety and feasibility of both of these options depends completely on the camera model.

@jw48335

2 жыл бұрын

MR9 adapters are a much better solution in my opinion because it allows you to use cheapo LR44 batteries that you can get at any drugstore. They're so cheap that if there's any question whether they are good or not I just replace the batteries.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt.

I got the brass hearing aid battery converter which I used in my Yashica 124g but the internal meter was off. I use the converter in an Olympus RC 35mm whose light meter seems good now. I have a fantastic tiny Gossen Digiflash meter which goes in a trouser pocket and I made a decision to stick to no internal meter in my medium format machines. Pentax 67, Bronica ETRSi, Agfa Isolette II.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. The Sekonic is great tool but sticks out me pocket ha ha

YOu can use a Weincell zinc battery in replacement for the mercury battery. You can also get an MR2 adapter and use an LR44 battery in the adapter. I prefer the Weincell but it does get used up quickly.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks You!

I use the WeinCell MRB625 1.35 V in my Nikon FTN and it works fine however they don’t last long I get it from B&H Photo in New York

NEW YORK YANKEES CAP..BRAVO, WELL DONE OL BOY ✔ 👍

What a brilliant vid m8 😊 You've really inspired me to do the same.... But I doubt the results will be as colourful as this. 😳

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Go for it! Cheers Iain!

You can order the original mercury batteries online in Russia. It's reliable I've heard. Otherwise buy an adapter and put in 675 hearing aid batteries (1,4 v)

I don't know if it's the same battery, but my SRT-201 also called for a mercury cell. I bought a cheap alkaline replacement. It's almost exactly two stops off, compared to my app meter. I adjust the ISO accordingly so it works properly.

Got me curious about trying it, myself. I've seen the old place on google maps over the years, and other than my old house still standing, I don't even recognise most of it now. So much been knocked down and built new. Same has happened where I now live. But it's all happened over the years and I've got used to it all. Be interesting to go back and see any pictures people of the past had taken of this place, see if I recognise what it used to be. I know long before I was even born, there was a tramline running right outside my door. and underneath the tarmac, the original cobble still exists.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

It's everywhere now. I drive sometimes up there and get confused because these big new buildings have erected and I think I'm lost! But I'm not.

Good vid Roger. Nice to do something different

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Neil. Cheers mate

All that stuff that fascinated you as a kid is probably why you are a photographer now.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly John. I've always had a good memory detail. Names I'm useless with!

Great comfy video, was very nice to see your hood. But I couldn't keep but ask myself: had you never returned since you lived there as a kid?

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Not really Jason. Only drove by there a few times over the years to stop and look at the house. This was the first time I have spent hours walking around there detailing stuff.

I used a standard button cell battery with my mat 124 g. The worker at the camera store I took it to said that the light meter would be over volted so the photos were a bit overexposed. Nice to have but not a necessity

You think people don't talk to you round there? Try coming to Kent! You daren't smile I tell you 😂 But I like your channel. Very informative and practical.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha. Tried living in Sittingbourne when I left there. I know!

@matthewdeacon1970

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss By the way, what are your experiences working with Ilford Microphen? Is it possible to pull HP5+ in Microphen? I overexposed my film a little.

Hi I use a Wien cell with my Exakta Examat & my RTL 1000 and they work fine have tried the adapters but prefer the Wien call another good video thanks, Skateboards in the 70's are you sure Chopper bike's an Roller skates more like but then I grew up in Scotland in the middle of nowhere...maybe a time lapse thing

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Skateboards were more popular where I lived, Chopper Bikes were very few cos they were expensive. I do remember making go carts though. That hill I showed, we got five on a chopper once going down there ha ha. couldn't fit a sixth on it.

Thanks for taking us on a trip down memory lane. I have seen some very nice pictures. Is your accent from London by the way? No offence, I like differences in languages and I am already happy to hear something different than American English 😉 Acros II is a wonderful film, it gives nice separations in the greens. I develop it in Ilfosol 3 1+14 which gives sharp negatives and nice contrast. Did you already shoot the Ortho Plus? I found it really hard to focus on the grain of that film when printing, although I developed it in Rodinal which is not an fine grain developer at all.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

It's South London Accent Uwe. London, although it seems small to the rest of the world, has different accents across the suburbs. I did actually talk about accents saying I have lost my deeper accent from living away but cut it out. The Ortho I did not get time to shoot. I have shot it many times before. It's a wonderful film. The acros is a wonderful film also. I find it more contrasty than the FP4. But thats all down to developing.

Hi I was wondering if you ever posted a video on scanning medium format negs, especially DSLR scans. Thanks

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I have Jay. Go through the vids and look for the valoi negative holder

oh and the metal 'fings' are brick ties

Great nostalgic photos Roger! May I ask something quite irrelevant? I noticed your backpack. Do you know what model it is and if it would fit a Mamiya RB67 and maybe an slr with 50mm lens, easily?

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

It's a K&F Concept. I don't know the model. But when I look online for a bag I look at the ones that can take two DSLR's then I know it's big enough.

@chronicfish

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss great! thanks a bunch!

Hi Roger. Great video. You mentioned the dark room was cold. Does the cold temperature affect your chemicals? Do you reheat them or use them below 20 degrees?

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Not really Brett. The chems do drop in temp and I can reheat them in the microwave which is in the shed also but I didn't yesterday. If the developer drops in temp it just takes a bit longer to develop and fix.

Is the battery voltage is correct and it fits, it will work! It may not last as long as the original, or it may last longer…

It's possible you might be able to add a resistor to the meter so that you can use standard 1.5v batteries.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers. I've found out there are adapters I can use that reduce the voltage. Happy Days.

L.P. Hartley was right, the past is a different country. The Portuguese call it saudade, BTW. Too bad I can only give it one like.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting synopsis. Thanks!

Did my other comment "disappear"? The battery I'm talking about is the MRB 625. You find it on ebay.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Possibly if you added a link to the comment it goes in my spam where there are hundreds of spam links. Thanks anyway!

I wish I could remember the name of the company, but there is one that makes replacement batteries for those old mercury ones. I have on in my FTN.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Daniel. I've already got a name Weincell

You can use a 675 hearing aid battery in a cheap (dumb) adapter, cheaper than Wein Cells or you can use 625 alkalines. Some say it's not much difference. It's reflective anyway and you will be fooled more often than not. Or you can go half fancy get a chipped adpter or full fancy and have the camera perrmanently converted to use alkalines. Not sure if it's worth it, you have a good light meter.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Martin. I'd like to get it working. Carrying the light meter around is no big deal though.

@Martin_Siegel

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thanks Roger, I forgot: You can use 675 hearing aid batteries with anything that serves as a spacer. They are under 2 £ for a six pack. They run out of power within 2 or 3 months once the seal is removed from the battery, they camera used or not. Good luck with it.

I love London and its diverse cultures that can be seen in a single city block. One of the easiest metro areas to shoot street.

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If I wanted to take photographs of daily life London is where I'd go, the city. Many walks of life, interesting characters and no one cares what you're up to

Nostalgia ..... it ain't what it used to be ! I used to live in Northumberland Heath in the nineties, we used to think of Eltham as posh because it had a palace 🤔

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha. Yes, Eltham Palace. I've never even been there. King H 8th was famous for Eltham. House prices are crazy there now.

@iainmc9859

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Palace is worth visiting. An odd mixture of Tudor and Art Deco and yet somehow seems to hang together. Weirdest thing is plug in vacuum tubes so you didn't have to drag a vacuum from room to room, genius !

You can’t go back. Things aren’t the same.

do you remember getting 10p on the back of returning a bottle of Corona? our source of pocket money! Did you not build go-karts rog?

@ShootFilmLikeaBoss

2 жыл бұрын

I do remember the Corona truck and building go karts. If you could fins a silver cross pram and massive bolt lol

@ajbrennan6456

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss silvercross were a bit bomb proof lol...