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Hometown Glory ? Processing on the British High Street in 2022
Most of you reading this will either process your own and/or use your favourite lab. If you live in a bigger city you maybe lucky and have a choice of local labs. But for folks in smaller towns, there’s a good chance you won’t have a lab on your doorstep. That said even in small towns you can drop off films at 2 high street stalwarts – Boots and Timpson (aka Cewe & Max Spielmann respectively)
But are they any good ? Well lets just say it isn’t exactly perfect.
Continue reading Hometown Glory ? Processing on the British High Street in 2022A fond farewell ? : Boots Pacemaker 35 / Franka 125 Review
Sadly last week my Boots Pacemaker 35 died. This basic camera is actually a re branded Franka 125 made by the long gone West Germany company in the 1960’s. But was it retro fun or rightly dated ?
Continue reading A fond farewell ? : Boots Pacemaker 35 / Franka 125 Review