Now this is a rabbit hole I never saw coming. A few years ago I was gifted a 1935 Twin Reflex camera. Long story short, this started me on a journey to see what would be the oldest camera I could find and use. My first project was a 1920's Kodak 1A which I restored back to working condition. The second was a wrecked 1898 Full Plate Thornton Pickard which I've now restored and is my pride and joy. Somewhere along the way I was given a circa 1900's falling plate camera which is really teaching me how to make and work with glass dry plates.
Taking a photo was never easier. All you need to do is. Cut a glass plate. Coat it with film emulsion in the dark room. Once it is dry you can the load it into the camera. There is no point and shoot here. It's all 'Point and Pray'. Once you expose the image, then it's back to the dark room for development and 'hopefully' you get an image!
When it all get's too much I just go back to one of the multitude of film cameras I own and just take one of those out for a spin. All the shot's here are hand developed and I loved every minute of it.
