Charge of the Light Brigade

I haven’t stopped today… I did shoot a couple of frames on the Bronica though. I am looking forward to finishing that roll off and processing the film to see how it performs! I am a bit further on and a bit further back at the same time with the panoramic conversion, the 35mm carrier is now in bits, some screws are lost… some damaged… and some bearings disappeared too. So replacements are ordered which will (hopefully) fit and I will start to reconstruct it tomorrow along with the adapter, which I am toying with converting futher to add the rollers from the original gate to keep the film a bit cleaner….

Anyway - this is, obviously, likely to be an abject failure anyway! There is an alternative 3D printed back I can get from China though. It is a little less sophisticated than the proper back but as a last resort it is an option. Or I buy an actual 135W back… or I just buy a bloody XPan and be done with it!

19th August 2026