I did say I would not be trying any more APS cameras. I gave away my cameras and sold all my film. And then I received this year’s Emulsive Santa package, inside was an aps film. My Santa turned out to be someone I knew and she thought I would probably have an appropriate camera…no, but I knew where I could get one.

One purchase and a few days later, a camera arrived along with another film. APS cameras are so cheap that they are sometimes given away when you purchase a film. The Truprint in the photo below is the one from my Santa.

The camera came in the original box, with all the original documentation. You can read more about this camera from 1997 here. It has an f2.8 lens with a focal length of 26mm which is about 33mm for a 35mm camera or so the link says.

I loaded the Santa’s Truprint film, then had a thought. I would be going to London very soon to see the War of the world immersive experience. I could stay over and meet my Santa the next day. While doing so, I could hand over the camera with the film ready for a double-exposure film swap. Creating double exposures with aps film is very simple and due to the nature of the film, they always seem to line up…or they do for me. The expired film would be perfect for doubles as there was no way to reset the camera to iso lower to compensate for single shots.

I shot my photos of background-type images such as clouds, the sky, and telephone poles and suggested my friend shoot the main images. We met in Walthamstow and when I checked my placemarks in Google Maps, I realised there was a dot for somewhere I wanted to visit, God’s Own Junk Yard. This was a cafe and neon workshop/museum/display?? I loved it, it was just so vibrant.

We also went to the William Morris Gallery. It rained nearly the whole time, as usual. But, I had a lovely day. I got to see two new museums and a whole area of London that I had not been to before.

Anyway, here are most of the results from the ‘forced’ film swap. I say forced as I didn’t tell Paula beforehand and just handed her the camera.

Well, I like them 🙂

And if you like that kind of thing, the neon graveyard was amazing. If it is not your kind of thing, then the William Morris Museum might be more your style. Walthamstow was great!