test snaps: agfa synchro box 600

because i am an unstoppable camera fiend, a few weeks ago i grabbed my first medium format camera - an agfa synchro box 600, from the late 1940s.

isn’t she dreamy

i’ve always wanted to try a box camera: in particular for the beautiful viewfinders on the top and side of the camera: for portrait and landscape shooting, respectively.

the viewfinders magnify the scene slightly, meaning you can shoot easily from the hip, as encouraged in the camera’s beautiful manual.

i’d never shot medium format before, so this was a true test roll. it was mostly shot at home or on the way to the camera store to get the film developed. i’m fairly sure this is the oldest (working) camera in my collection, so i’m so stoked with how these first shots came out.

all the following were shot on an agfa synchro box 600, on 120mm kodak ektar 100 film, and developed as always at toi turama.

look at those colours!! i’ve realised lately i love photographing laundry.

interesting to see how the camera/film deals with lower light.

an accidental double exposure? or maybe i moved the camera part way as the shutter went off. who knows? i love film.

i love this one quite a bit. this is one of my favourite spots in the house, and i love the lighting and the fuzziness of the blanket.

i love the colours on this grey rainy day. and again, my washing line.

another lovely grey day with lovely motion fuzz. an action shot of my pals on karangahape road.