Zeiss Ikon – Stonetown, Zanzibar.
I found in an old box an Zeiss Ikon camera that had been sleeping for ages. The last time it was used was probably in the early 1960s. A few months ago, a photographer friend gave me an expired black and white 120 Tmax 400 film. During a shot trip to Zanzibar in 2015, I tried the camera.
So, after taking the 12 photos of the film, I had to wait until I returned to France to process it in a lab. Two long months waiting ...
But what a pleasure to take the developed film out of its crystal paper envelope and watch them on a light table with the magnifying glass.
Certainly the photos are not without flaws, but it is rather promising. On some of them, there are spots of light and over-impressions. But overall, the photos are well exposed, so the camera is still working. Since then, the Zeiss Ikon has never left my bag.
