Monochrome photography with Fujica STX 1

11/04/2009 by Woodsy.

Having started the process of clearing my apartment in preparation from a possible home-move I have put aside my faithful Nikon D70 digital SLR. The various compact flash cards, USB cables and memory card readers, all associated with digital photography, have no been packed away for future times. Instead I turn back to film photography.

I wish to revisit the golden rules of photography in their purest form, the art of composition, light metering and framing, and I wish to do this through the means of a mechanical camera – something I can learn from, something tangible. Selecting a menu option and cycling through the backlit options to digitally attune composition and white-balance holds no value for me now, simply put, I am bored with digital manipulation – though I will never entirely dismiss its fun and ease of use (the real skill these days is in film).

And so, I have acquired a Fujica STX 1 35mm all mechanical film camera (with the hopes of purchasing an Olympus OM20 soon). A compiled HTML instruction manual for the Fujica can be found here:Instruction Manual

The film I have chosen is Ilford HP5 ISO 400 black and white. Results will be uploaded once the film has been finished and subsequently developed and scanned – all part of the joy of film photography.

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