Pony = Rides

[smithdan]

Another rescue.

This one had a sticky shutter and lots of dirt. Luckily the light seal around the shutter linkage still works.

First attempt gave a hopelessly OOF half roll that hit the garbage wet.

Some fiddly lens adjustments later and what better way to test a mid 50's camera than on 50's cars

altogether not a bad little camera.

My little pony




and the Rides (note to self - viewfinder wider than film frame)

 

[Derrel]

A Kodak Pony 135-B was my VERY FIRST adjustable camera!!! I bought it in 1974 or 1975, for $16.95, from a drugstore in my small hometown...they sold used cameras in a case by the front door! A full pharmacy...but with a two-shelf glass counter and case with a good selection of cameras. Consider that at this time, gas was about 59 cents a gallon, after the terrible oil embargo of 1973 sent it "soaring", up from 35 cents a gallon. I take it you do know that the lens collapses with a twist and a push inward. Your example looks to be in very nice condition! I will always have a soft sport in my heart for this camera moel. The odd thing is that after I bought mine, about three years later my grandfather dug his old camera out of his closet and began using it after about a decade layoff. His camera? ALSO a Pony 135-B!!!

 

[smithdan]

Thanks Derrel, this must have been the go to rig for anyone wanting a more serious camera and willing to part with the extra $$. Kodak sold a ....load of these and the 828 rollfilm model - have one with box and original price tag - $34.50 possibly late 50's early 60's. Quite a pocketful considering a starflash sold less than $15 complete with roll of VP and batteries.

How does it do with colour. Lens coating looked absent.

Lens collapses but lives happily in the closed case extended and ready - nice.

 

[limr]

Nice!! Great little camera and really impressive results.

 

[timor]

What's the difference between Pony 135 and 135 B ? As I don't have a chance to get any of this:

I can settle for Pony. I know one for sale.

 

[smithdan]

Very slight modifications between the models over the production run. Mischa Konig site Kodak Classics very informative

kodak classics - mischa koning


now - that's ^ different!

 

[timor]

Thanks.

 

[compur]

There was a Pony model with an Angenieux lens that is quite collectible.

 

[timor]

now - that's ^ different!

Maybe 100 000 made between 1963 - 68. Very expensive nowadays.

 

[timor]

There was a Pony model with an Angenieux lens that is quite collectible.

Looks like one model was made in France.

 

[Derrel]

My older sister Susan's fourth birthday party, during the Eisnenhower era, 1955. Shot with a Kodak Pony 135-B and a flash. A pretty badly underexposed Kodachrome slide that I scanned last year. My dad, who died in 2001, was about 25 years old when this was taken, my Mom 24 years old.

[ Susan's Fourth Birtday_sm.jpg photo - Derrel photos at pbase.com ]

 

[timor]

My older sister Susan's fourth birthday party, during the Eisnenhower era, 1955. Shot with a Kodak Pony 135-B and a flash. A pretty badly underexposed Kodachrome slide that I scanned last year. My dad, who died in 2001, was about 25 years old when this was taken, my Mom 24 years old.

[ Susan's Fourth Birtday_sm.jpg photo - Derrel photos at pbase.com ]

This is, what photography is for. I am not sure though, if my hard drives gonna last that long.

 

[smithdan]

Yes timor. Snapshots, mileposts of our lives.


The other Pony, needs a bath. Probably won't shoot it any time soon, any film surgery goes to my 127 guys first and need to scrounge or make another spool



same same as 135 except for film fit and transport. Great for folks that forget to rewind.

 

[timor]

The other Pony, needs a bath. Probably won't shoot it any time soon, any film surgery goes to my 127 guys first and need to scrounge or make another spool

View attachment 81914

same same as 135 except for film fit and transport. Great for folks that forget to rewind.

Nice.

 

[Derrel]

More Pony 135-B birthday shots from 1955. The camera was pretty new then. I believe the B in 135 film size was made from 1950 to 1953.




and the opening of the gifts begins! So...this is my answer too how the lens did with color film--not too badly. Mine and my grandfather's Pony models both had coated lenses.

Here is a slide that says Sept 1960 on the slide mount, of my sister Theda, who was born in 1953, so she is just a few days shy of her 7th birthday. This is at the municipal swimming pool facility and is the "kiddie pool".