Wednesday 25 April 2012

photo from 127 camera number 18 - Whitehouse Beacon

Accordionist by pho-Tony
Accordionist, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

There is a very noticeable light leak on all the negatives from this camera. It did occur to me that I might have caused some fogging when I re-rolled the film in order to swap it between cameras, but if that was the case, there would have been fogging on those negatives as well, and there isn't. The fault therefore lies with the Whitehouse.

127 camera number 18 - Whitehouse Beacon

Whitehouse Beacon by pho-Tony
Whitehouse Beacon, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is quite a stylish little model, with a lens board that collapses into the body when not in use, leaving quite a slim, squarish camera.
It takes sixteen 3cm x 4cm frames per roll, and I transferred the part used roll from the Voigtlander Perkeo into it. There is no focus or aperture adjustment, and only one shutter speed plus "B".

Saturday 21 April 2012

photo from 127 camera number 17 - Voigtlander Perkeo

Sax Max Quartet by pho-Tony
Sax Max Quartet, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This photo was taken against the light, and with the un-coated lens, the flare could have been worse.

Thursday 19 April 2012

127 camera number 17 - Voigtlander Perkeo

Voigtlander Perkeo by pho-Tony
Voigtlander Perkeo, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is an old favourite camera, it was made in Germany in the early 1930s, and still works as it should. I loaded it with a roll of Efke 100 film, and took it an a trip to Barcelona.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

photo from 127 camera number 16 - Exakta VP model B

This camera has a series of very long exposure settings, going up to 12 seconds, this one was taken indoors, away from a window, the exposure was 4 seconds at f22.

Sunday 15 April 2012

127 camera No. 16 - Exakta VP model B

Exakta VP model B by pho-Tony
Exakta VP model B, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.
This is one of the early Exakta SLRs taking 127 film, it works fine, even the very slow shutter speeds (it goes down to 12 seconds!) are OK.
I used a roll of Efke 100 black and white film in it.

photo from 127 camera No.15 - Kodak Vest Pocket Series III

penguin with light leaks by pho-Tony
penguin with light leaks, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I knew there were holes in the bellows, and expected, indeed was looking forward to, some light leaks, but there was rather too much stray light sloshing around, and this is the only one of the four photos I took that has anything to see on it! The film was considerably expired as well, which didn't help...

Wednesday 11 April 2012

127 camera No.15 - Kodak Vest Pocket Series III

Kodak Vest Pocket Series III by pho-Tony
Kodak Vest Pocket Series III, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Probably made in the 1920s, this is one of the many variations of the "VP" format, using the newly released 127 film. There are a number of holes in the bellows, so I expect light leaks and fogginh, hopefully it might add some interest if it's not too bad.

Sunday 8 April 2012

photo from 127 camera No.14 - Bilora Bella

Norton Hotel by pho-Tony
Norton Hotel, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The blotchiness is related to the age of the film, which expired the best part of 20 years ago. This photo was taken at around 7pm, when the sun finally came out after a dull day.

127 camera No.14 - Bilora Bella

Bilora Bella by pho-Tony
Bilora Bella, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The Bilora Bella was made in the late 1950s and has a sleek curvy look to it. There is very little to go wrong, and this one seems to work OK.