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I've had this little guy for several years, just sitting on display like any 80+ year-old box camera should.
We had some CineStill 50 Daylight film in the fridge. I rarely shoot color film of any kind, but thought the film speed would marry up with this box camera pretty well. It's hard to find many specifics on this camera, circa 1935 beginning production.
Sent the negatives to The Dark Room, in California, and they just emailed their own scans - still awaiting the actual negatives.
These are all from a quick walkaround the town square, about a week before Memorial Day.
I was expecting nothing from this shot, pointing towards the sun like this, but was thinking maybe the flags would show up, highlighted by the sun. I'm tickled with that shadowy courthouse. The frame captures a larger area than the viewfinder would have you believe.
There are a couple of thin scratches along the right side of this frame.
This frame is better, and shows off some vignetting. With the lightly strreaking water here, our guess is about a shutter speed of 1/50. Maybe?
This frame has some clear light leaks along the top - was the last one on the roll. Also shows the falloff of sharpness better, as it moves toward the right. It *could be* from curled film, since again this was the last frame on the roll. I really don't like having others develop my film, but this outfit really did fine for what it is.
This shows the viewfinder:
And the high-tech shutter release:
I do like my low-tech gear. Isn't it cute?
This was a pleasant surprise, since I'd never bothered checking to see if it was functional.
We had some CineStill 50 Daylight film in the fridge. I rarely shoot color film of any kind, but thought the film speed would marry up with this box camera pretty well. It's hard to find many specifics on this camera, circa 1935 beginning production.
Sent the negatives to The Dark Room, in California, and they just emailed their own scans - still awaiting the actual negatives.
These are all from a quick walkaround the town square, about a week before Memorial Day.
I was expecting nothing from this shot, pointing towards the sun like this, but was thinking maybe the flags would show up, highlighted by the sun. I'm tickled with that shadowy courthouse. The frame captures a larger area than the viewfinder would have you believe.
There are a couple of thin scratches along the right side of this frame.
This frame is better, and shows off some vignetting. With the lightly strreaking water here, our guess is about a shutter speed of 1/50. Maybe?
This frame has some clear light leaks along the top - was the last one on the roll. Also shows the falloff of sharpness better, as it moves toward the right. It *could be* from curled film, since again this was the last frame on the roll. I really don't like having others develop my film, but this outfit really did fine for what it is.
This shows the viewfinder:
And the high-tech shutter release:
I do like my low-tech gear. Isn't it cute?
