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I found this in an Oxfam (charity shop) this morning. Mooltan was the Anglicised spelling of the city of Multan in Punjab province, Pakistan. I’m assuming these were children of a British military family living there. The photographer H.N. Madon seems to have been based there from the 1860s and also offered framing and photo supplies. He photographed the Nawab of Bahawalpur in around 1910. I’ve guessed this photo must be early 20th century? The Fauntleroy-looking outfit made me think earlier, but the mini uniforms the older boys are wearing look 1900s to me…I thought the British were still wearing red before then. I don’t know a lot about uniforms though, so if anyone knows more I’d be really interested!

Made by Vaganey of 34 Avenue de L'Opera, Paris. The sequins are made of gelatin so it would have been relatively light to wear. Imagine how it would sparkle by candlelight or gas lamp!
From the collection of Norfolk Museums Service.

I got my camera on Friday and took it for a walk today. These were all taken using the ‘Hotel’ film preset. This one works brilliantly in bright sunlight, especially if you get a nice bit of sky in the shot.

The last two were taken indoors, the one with the glassware was a huge space with lots of natural light; the last one (vaulted ceiling) was in an undercroft with no natural light - hence the fuzziness. I got some nice portraits too, outdoors but in shade and they came out nicely too. I won’t post them here but they were taken same spot as the cup of tea, so you can get an impression of the tone from that.

So far I’ve found the viewfinder pretty accurate. There were also couple of random shots I didn’t take intentionally but that definitely adds to the point and shoot film experience! Serves me right for winding on the ‘film’ straight after shooting a frame. Bad habit!

All in all, a fun start!

I received my pro code for the app by email just now (woo!) and because I’m on iOS and have already created an account in the app, the instructions say I should go to the promo portal, sign in and then apply the code to my account. The issue I’m having is that I signed up to the app with my Apple account (image 1) so I don’t have a password - I sign in using my Apple passcode. However there’s no option on the portal to sign in using my Apple account, only username and password (image 2).

Any advice would be gratefully received!