{"id":8773,"date":"2025-10-30T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:26:53","slug":"folder-week-an-exercise-in-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/30\/folder-week-an-exercise-in-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Folder Week | An Exercise in Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t take folding cameras out that often. First, I only have a pair of them; second, they can be a pain to use. But my good friend and fellow film photographer Jim Graves made a post<\/a> that was dedicated to being folder week from 19 October to 24 October. The whole thing was started by another talented photographer, Tom Northenscold<\/a>. So, why not dust off the pair of Zeiss Ikon folders and take them out for a spin? This included the simple Ikonta 521, a 6×4.5 format option with no rangefinder, to the massive but hard to handle Super-Ikonta 531\/2, a 6×9 beast with a rangefinder. And used my Gossen Lunasix F with the spot metering attachment for setting exposure. Sadly the Super-Ikonta’s shutter jammed up and failed when I was shooting the roll so I was left with just the one roll. I shot with my Ikonta 521 was around downtown Milton, while I waited for my car’s oil change. I loaded a roll of Ilford HP5+ rated at ASA-320 and developed it in HC-110. The one thing I dislike about these 645 cameras is that, when held naturally, the orientation is portrait; I prefer landscape. So it required a bit of awkward holding to compose the shot in the landscape format. Although the Ikonta lacks features like a rangefinder, it remains my preferred camera to take out regularly. Mainly because it’s significantly smaller and easier to manage. And for focusing, there are at least some helpful settings indicated to maximise depth of field.<\/p>\n

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