http://gabbrophotography.uk/blog/categories/film/ Recent content in Film on Gabbro Photography Blog Hugo en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://gabbrophotography.uk/blog/2017/02/10/a-return-to-film/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://gabbrophotography.uk/blog/2017/02/10/a-return-to-film/ <img src="http://gabbrophotography.uk/blog/images/return_to_film/blaven.jpg" alt="Blaven from Torrin on the Isle of Skye, Minolta XG-M, Ilford Delta 400" title="Blaven from Torrin on the Isle of Skye, Minolta XG-M, Ilford Delta 400" class="img-rounded img-responsive"> <p>A long time ago, I started creating photographs using my old trusty, dented, Zenit 11. The light meter was a selenium affair with a long narrow window above the 50mm lens and wasn&rsquo;t part of the mechanical picture taking process. It powered a needle that moved along another narrow window on the top of the camera and you had to move a small circle on the end of another needle until it intersected the meter needle. You could then read off the various f-stop/shutter speed combinations. In a blizzard, on top of a mountain, in the freezing cold. However, as it had no batteries it was immune to the conditions. The perfect mountaineer&rsquo;s companion. But eventually it started leaking light and the meter stopped working and I moved on to a Minolta XG-M. Which had batteries and a built-in light meter.</p>