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Kodak Gold 200
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Zeiss Ikonta 521
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Home developed using JOBO C-41 colour Negative Developing Kit.
A present from my mum at Christmas, I wasn't sure what to expect from the Zeiss Ikonta 521. Produced from 1938 to 1954, this small medium format 120 film camera is suprisingly light and for me has the best of both worlds - more function and better quality than smaller 120 pin hole cameras and much lighter than the house brick weights of the likes Bronicas, Hasselblad and Mayima (to name but a few).
Fits in my pocket and pretty simple to use. I found this manual online but it's in German so I had to go by the few illustrations to work out what's what. To be honest though, there aren't that many elements to it and it's pretty intuitive if you have used any style of camera like this before.
Being the first roll of film I put through this untested camera I didn't make any effort. There's nothing more soul destroying than putting a test roll of film in a camera and taking a set of images that you really hope to come out. I'd say 8/10 untested cameras I've bought work fine, but the rolls that got away really do sting.
So I popped down to Hatchet Pond and fired off a roll in 5 minutes (also it was -2 degrees so I was keen to get back in the warm car 😂)
