Vintage film cameras

[Kenzie]

Well apparently it's part of the Maritime Festival this weekend. I'll pop down there in a bit. Was going to do a boot sale but I was too comfortable in bed after a day in London. Everything is a five minute job, just like filing my negs that I started three days ago.

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[Kenzie]

£10

[Kenzie]

Found a few shots from a test roll of 35mm in a 120 camera







Some highlights from the Science Museum:











Hey Yoko, our 500Gs are museum pieces! Does that improve the value?

Johnny, didn't you buy a plate back for your Certo? Would these fit? 391861405715

[yokohama]

Nice Kodak you picked up there, and a very good price.
Looks like you had an interesting day out at the Science Museum. If only shooting with an antique Ricoh would make me a better photographer ....

[Kenzie]

The Kodak is a bit clunky to use. It's got coupled shutter speed and aperture. You turn a small dial on the bottom to match the meter. The film is protected from light by a metal curtain and the mirror locks down and the aperture opens to keep the viewfinder bright for focus. When you fire the shutter the aperture stops down and the first shutter leaves close as the mirror flips up and the the shutter opens and closes. It's really weird and I think I have the description right. If not, Google it!
I might do a high speed video with the HS10 to make it easier to understand.

[johnnyrod]

Good score with the Kodak Keznie, they're not cheap IIRC. Yep early SLRs were a cat's cradle of interconnected mechanisms, because the shutter was in front of the mirror.

[johnnyrod]

PS regarding the plates, yes I have the ground glass screen and plate holders, they are for quarter plate (2x2.5"). Seolchrome did come in this size though the box doesn't say. Odds are they wouldn't have worked by now, but as the box also says "open in a dark room" then they're not going to work at all. I think you can get/use cut film pieces instead in the plate holders. Some of them (from memory) have some sort of thing in them which may even be these plates.

[Kenzie]

Will keep an eye out, more for completeness than anything. Managed to get an Olympus PS200 flash for my Trip 35 from Oxfam for £9.99.

[Kenzie]

This might be of interest http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v8cqw caught part of it this morning with James Dean. I also missed some great photo opportunities on the way in this morning, sunrise with hay bales and mist.

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[Kenzie]

Right you lot, I have some lenses to shift so let me know if you have any interest. Vivitar 70-300 f4. 2-f5.8 OM fit, Canon 70-150 f4. 5 FD mount, Tamron 80-210 f3. 8/4 Adaptall 2 (needs mount) The lenses have been bought from Charity shops or aqquired with other gear so just want them gone. The Canonscan is still here but heading for donation at the weekend. Oh yeah, Yoko, I found the beauty ring for the Yashica lens I sent you, do you want it? Also clearing out some of the older box cameras that I won't use, and the Bierettes. So my collection has dropped by five.

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