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| Lumiere Scout Box with Rollei RPX 400 |
Last week, Friday 28th February was 'Take Your Box Camera To Work Day'. After my recent tests of
Rollei RPX 400, it was clear that the film could be a good choice to use for the day with my
Lumière Scout Box. Having found RPX 400 to possess good latitude and also take pushing well, it seemed the ideal compromise for both shots with 'Instant', liable to be underexposed, and longer exposures (which most of the interiors were) on the Scout Box's 'Pneumatique' (bulb) setting. I developed the two films shot on the day in R09 One Shot (Rodinal), diluted 1:25, for 15 minutes at 18.5ºC, an effective push of around a stop and a half.
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| Lumiere Scout Box with Rollei RPX 400 |
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| Lumiere Scout Box with Rollei RPX 400 |
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| Lumiere Scout Box with Rollei RPX 400 |
See the
whole set of photographs on Flickr.
Very impressive results from that unusual box camera. I was surprised by the resemblance of the later version to my Box Tengor. I'm wondering if yours might have the same cemented doublet lens given the sharpness of the images. Thanks for introducing me to this interesting camera.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment- I think the lens must be a doublet type, looking at it, I can clearly see two separate reflections. Although it's very basic even for a box camera, the Lumiere Scout Box produces nice images on the right film.
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