Dave Young
banner
daveinthedark.bsky.social
Dave Young
@daveinthedark.bsky.social
London based amateur photographer, film and digital.

https://ditd.co.uk

Lapsed bass player.
Give it a go and embrace the blur 📷
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Update: Shutter now working 98% of the time at 1/50th 1/25th B & T. Optics cleaned, there is some fungus damage on the rear element. I don't have helicoid grease so a tiny bit of Vaseline had to do. I broke the head on one of the tiny screws that holds the focusing ring on 📷
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Donor lens arrived. on first inspection the shutter sticks open except at 1/50th, aperture works, focus sloppy at shorter distances and stiff near infinity, a fair amount of dust but I can't see any fungus. The most frustrating thing is it doesn't accept a cable release, an oversight on my part.
December 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Painted. Waiting for the £3 broken Kodak folding camera to arrive, hopefully it has a working 105mm lens, a lens of any sort would be nice, the listing stated the camera was stuck shut.
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great to see that again especially the little bits filmed in Crystal Palace Park, my mate was there the day it was filmed.
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Camera progress, I've fashioned a 5x4 carrier from various bits of found wood, a lot of 'No Nails' glue, I'll slap some black paint on it tomorrow. 📷
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Excellent!
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'd forgotten about it again! The idea seems to be one person shoots a roll of 35mm after marking where the gate is for alignment purposes, winds it back into the canister but leaving the leader sticking out and sends it to someone to shot the roll again. It all adds up to mystery double exposures.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Not too shabby for a 70 year old camera with a plastic lens 📷
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM