Vintage film cameras

[Sir Trev]

Thought of this thread today as i walked past my local branch of Oxfam. They had a plastic bodied Trip and a very similar Miranda in the window for £2.99 each. Not quite the 50p Camera Project mentioned in the remarkable blog by Paul Brooker linked above but still a nice project for someone if they were inclined.

Still no film in my local Poundland but will be out and about tomorrow so if I get chance I'll stop by Asda.

[johnnyrod]

Blimey that's good, I guess you can only assume they work, but the Trip would normally go for at least £15-20. I can't think of anything I'm looking for just now. I'm going to try some colour film in my old Zeiss folder, if that doesn't come out too well I may be in the market for another! I just keep an eye on the Gumtree/ebay ads to see if there is anything on there that is too good to miss - like the Pentax K2 where the seller didn't know the value. And I should get out and take some pics!

[Kenzie]

I am back fom the Lakes! Popped into Asda to get the films done but their machine is broken. I did happen to find this in an Age UK shop in Windermere



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[Kenzie]

Hey Mav, try the Martlesham Poundland, usually have loads.

[johnnyrod]

Hahahahahaaaa, I saw something on ebay or gumtree that was in Preston, thought I could let you know if you were interested as you were in the area and I thought, nah, this is getting silly!

[Kenzie]

Found this GAF220 at the boot sale this morning



Check out that covering!

[Sir Trev]

I had a 110 cartridge camera back in the day. It was my first if I remember correctly. Took absolutely rubbish pictures unless it was a bright sunny day. Got me started though.

By the way, was in Sainsbergs yesterday and noticed they do Fuji Super 36 shot 35mm film at a fiver each. Not as cheap as the Asda deal but another option for those of us without easy access to a branch of Wal Mart's finest. I can get a test rollthrough the P30 now.

[Kenzie]

Hopefully going to get my 120 films back tomorrow fro the Koroll and the Ensign. Don't know who to use while Asda is out of action.

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[Kenzie]

Mav, did you get your film cameras out?

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[johnnyrod]

Wow, you just need some flash cubes now!

I did a bit of reading on fill flash, would really appreciate any tips. Consensus seems to be to use an automatic flash unit (got one), set it to the appropriate f stop (indicated on the back according to the ISO of the film) then set the shutter speed accordingly for the scene, assuming you can stay within the max synch speed of your camera. Then adjust the flash power down 1.5-2 stops - on a simple one like mine this involves moving the ISO setting on the flash up e.g. from 200 to 400 or 800-1000 to fool it into using less power, which gives a fair bit or just a bit of fill respectively. So am going to try it out, but any other thoughts would be most appreciated! Am also going to try monkeying around with aperture and shutter speed as well and see how it all looks.