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Thingy, you say ebony is less susceptible to expanding/contracting in certain weather conditions. Less susceptible than what? you don't say, other than implying rosewood. In my experience the reverse is true, having found rosewood to be slightly more stable in varying humidity than ebony. The point ...

Very interesting. Though not essential, ebony is a very useful wood for the fingerboards of guitars and other stringed instruments. But it does seem an odd choice of wood for cameras....


Alan

Hello Dave, I am not too far away from you. I live near Pickering. I believe there is a film photographers group that meets in pub in Northallerton. The man who would know is Mark Snowdon . He is a member of the Film and Darkroom Users forum ( FADU ), so you could contact him through that forum. He ...

Hello Peter,
I'm not far away from you; near Pickering. I do quite a bit of my photography along the coast at places like Paddy's Hole and Skinningrove. Might bump into you one day!

Alan Clark

Julian,
I forgot about the larch trees. Lots of these around Sutton Bank and they had fantastic colour when I was over that way last Thursday. Likely to keep their colour for awhile, I think.
Good luck!

Alan Clark

Julian,
I live at the southern end of the North York Moors and there are stil a lot of beech trees around with wonderful colour , and lovely rich colours in the hedgerows. But there are also a lot of bare trees....

Alan Clark

Ian, Thanks for the extra information, which I will put to good use as I now feel really confident about using Adox films. Very nice photograph. Falling Foss? Charles, You ask what I like about your second photo. It is the visual interest you have generated by contrasting the new architecture with t...

Charles, thanks. Just off out, will reply later!

Alan

Charles, I have just looked at your photographs taken with Adox 25. I didn't really like it for landscapes but it seems really well suited to buildings, judging particularly from your second photo. Did you use a filter on this one?

Alan

That's true Ian. I think they bought my prints when they were drunk, and your prints when they had sobered up .

Alan

Ian,
Thank you for the very informative answer to my query. Yes I do remember how big your 10 x 8 camera is. As I recall it was raining when we met and we sheltered under it for half an hour or so 'til it eased off !
I think I will give Foma film a try, based on your comments.

Alan

Thanks again for your comments everyone. Neil, as you say the Adox50 does have a distinctive look. I enjoyed looking at your photographs. As I also have an old lens that I use quite a bit, I think I could see its low contrast influence in your pictures. Very nice. Hello Ian! Thanks for the recommend...

Thanks Neil,
Not tried Adox CHS 50, though I have tried the 25, in 35mm, 120 and 5x4. To be honest there is something about the look you get from it that doesn't really appeal, though I couldn't say what it is. But if the 50 is a slightly different type of film I might give it a try.

Alan

Thanks for the comments everyone; much appreciated. It was nice this morning so I loaded a few film holders with Adox CHS 100 and headed up into Bransdale in the North York Moors to take a few pictures along a small beck. Just got back. I made 12 exposures which cost me about £7 for the film. Had I ...

Georges and Andrew, thank you for your advice. I will speak to Matt. And I'll continue to use Adox 100. I have used two boxes and have another one unopened. I must admit I don't see any problems with it. It seems to be as sharp as FP4 (which is maybe not saying a lot) and as grainy as HP5 (maybe not...