/ˈsnæp.ʃɒt/<p><strong>Out with the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera: Some street art around Aveiro</strong></p><p>My second outing with the Kodak 3-A Folding Pocket camera was just as much fun as the first test with this camera, but not as successful. From my expired film box in the cupboard I picked a roll of Lomography ISO 100 colour film, which expired in 2023.</p><p>Loading the camera was easier than the first time, I roughly know what I’m doing now. I stopped winding when I came across the ‘start’ arrow and closed the back. This time I wound forward for 20 half turns, which is the position that the Camerhack.it website suggests the film was in the right position for the first exposure. After each exposure I wound the film forward eight half turns to the next frame.</p><p>This time I headed to Aveiro to record some street art. There’s one excellent example near the railway station, and I discovered other on the other side of the city near the Yacht Club. Actually, I had intended to go to the Yacht Club but the area was being resurfaced and I couldn’t gain access. </p><p>As before, I left the shutter speed of the 3-A on 1/100 second and rated the film at its box speed of ISO 100. I used the app Camera Meter to judge the apertures I should be using, which for this exercise was between f16 and f22. With my four exposures in the bag I dropped my film off at the lab and within a few hours the zipped files dropped into my inbox. </p><p>Again the images were a little ‘thin’ to my mind. Having looked at the negatives from the first outing they actually looked fine, so I didn’t adjust the exposure, but I’m wondering if I should open the aperture by one stop above the meter reading to get a better exposure. I’ll check when I see the negatives. </p><p>Sadly, apart from my first image the framing of the subsequent images was quite poor, and I’m not sure why. Perhaps I didn’t have the viewfinder quite level. Also, the street art near the station was framed completely wrongly. I’m going to have to go back and do that again. Lastly, I only got three frames out of the roll, and I’m not sure why. It’s a bit fiddly to get to the shutter, and I reckon that perhaps I didn’t press the shutter lever properly.</p><p>If you are on Mastodon, you can now follow this blog directly. Just go to Mastodon and follow my WordPress account at <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-url mention" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/@keithdevereux.wordpress.com" target="_blank">@<span>keithdevereux.wordpress.com</span></a>. All new posts will be automatically updated to your timeline on Mastodon.</p><p><span></span></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/122film-2/" target="_blank">#122Film</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/autographic/" target="_blank">#Autographic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/bellows/" target="_blank">#Bellows</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/camera/" target="_blank">#Camera</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/experimental/" target="_blank">#Experimental</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/film/" target="_blank">#Film</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/kodak/" target="_blank">#Kodak</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/panorama/" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/retro/" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/vertorama/" target="_blank">#Vertorama</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://keithdevereux.wordpress.com/tag/vintage/" target="_blank">#Vintage</a></p>