A walk on the Medway Trails with a Widelux film camera.

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The Boston Common Flags, taken with my Widelux 7 on Ektar 100 Kodak Film.

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Old stuff deserves old gear. Armed with two film cameras, I headed to the Brimfield Antiques Show today. Rain and gray made the black-and-white even more appropriate. The wide angles are my 1976 Widelux 7, and the ‘standard’ sized photos are the 1952 Leica IIf. Both loaded with Kodak TX400 film, processed in my studio when I returned today, all ready to share the same day. I am loving seeing the world through film again. It’s beautiful.

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Look how nice it was today.

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I shot three rolls of film in the last 24 hours. All color, but that’s where the similarities end.

I used my Rolleiflex 3.5f on 120 medium format — giving it another test after its own recent servicing. I also repaired my Pentax Auto 110 yesterday. Some YouTube videos and screwdrivers later, I brought a 1980 110 SLR back to life — the world’s smallest SLR, btw — and shot my first roll of 110 film since I was 13.

The third camera was an old friend who had been away. My Panon Widelux 7 was sent out for service last May. The experts we trust with cameras like this are few, and they’re dealing with backlogs. Patience is a virtue in photography in more ways than one — it had been gone 11 months. It came back Monday. This morning I had 4 frames left on the roll, so I finished it in the studio.

I developed all three rolls in the darkroom today. I challenge anyone to find the last person who developed 120, 135, and 110 film all at the same time by hand. While I wait for Guinness to call me with the details on that record, I’ve chosen to share this one – the last shot taken out of all three rolls of film.

The museum shot. My happy place: My Barn. My Studio. My Collection. My Film Cameras. My Darkroom. My Widelux. My Photography. My Opportunities. All in one frame.

More on all three rolls tomorrow.

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