For a while now I have been building a 6x12 format wide angle camera with a Super Angulon 65mm lens, details here: http://stevesmithphoto.webs.com/pano612.html

Last Sunday I took it out with its first ever roll of film. I processed it and was presented with six totally black frames. After a while I assumed that the material I used for the lens board was not lightproof so I covered it in 120 film backing paper and tried again. This time I got another six black frames!

After a lot of looking around the camera with a bright light, I found two small gaps where the lens mount joined the lens board. I filled these in and got some real images with the third roll of film.


Steve.