Photography has been my passion for many years and I have started using antique cameras in 2020 during the pandemic lock down. Here are some of them used to shoot the photos in this website.
Films are sometimes used but I prefer silver gelatin paper, also known as paper negatives for the antique look these cameras are known for.
Background image showing a paper negative shot with a wooden Japanese field camera
With paper negatives, you don’t get the contrast and sharpness of today’s digital cameras but this is not what I am looking for and when modern films are used, the resut can be the same if not better than what you can get with a modern camera as you can see below:
Negative: Ilford FP4
Developer: HC-110 dilution H