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Post by nickr on Apr 19, 2023 14:45:32 GMT
So having told myself I wouldn't be buying any more cameras for a while, obviously I've bought another one.
Can't be too cross with myself, because it's one I've wanted for ages, am astonished I have never owned before, and is cheap, to boot. A Vest Pocket Kodak. A Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak, to be precise, complete with stylus and case. Very cute.
And it came with something else - the real surprise. Inside was an exposed roll of Verichrome Pan. I'll have to have a dev day.
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 19, 2023 16:19:15 GMT
Pictures!
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Post by nickr on Apr 19, 2023 17:07:27 GMT
I'll take some tomorrow, been stuck sorting out tomato plants this afternoon. Think I've grown too many...
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 19, 2023 17:56:22 GMT
I'll take some tomorrow, been stuck sorting out tomato plants this afternoon. Think I've grown too many... You and me both! I'm particularly bemused by the ones where I carefully counted the seeds out, and have more seedlings then seeds! |
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Post by nickr on Apr 20, 2023 10:33:37 GMT
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 20, 2023 12:40:24 GMT
OoooOoOh that's cute!
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Post by nickr on Apr 20, 2023 16:15:10 GMT
It's not an awful lot bigger than a Minox 35, and feels very solid. Shutter release didn't work when I got it, as the lever had somehow been pushed below the actuator, but a bit of brute force and ignorance fixed that, to give a very nice functioning Kodak ball bearing shutter - I'm very fond of these, despite their paucity of settings.
I've obviously got the cheap meniscus lens, but cute the whole package is. And feels really very good for a cheap century old folder. Not looking forward to loading it - it loads like an old Leica, through the bottom. But in every other way, it's an instant favourite.
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Post by gray1720 on Apr 20, 2023 17:48:54 GMT
it loads like an old Leica, through the bottom. I shall never look at a Leica in quite the same way again, matron! |
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Post by andy on Apr 20, 2023 18:03:57 GMT
Is the lever below the lens for focus?
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Post by nickr on Apr 20, 2023 18:58:57 GMT
Is the lever below the lens for focus? Oddly enough, no, it's the aperture lever, despite the descriptions. It's fixed focus. And probably unsharp at any distance...  |
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Post by andy on Apr 20, 2023 19:27:46 GMT
Is the lever below the lens for focus? Oddly enough, no, it's the aperture lever, despite the descriptions. It's fixed focus. And probably unsharp at any distance... That would have been my second guess. Thanks. |
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