tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73254357071255468212024-03-19T05:05:41.583-07:00127@100It is 100 years since 127 film was launched, once the mainstay of family photography, it is now obsolete.
To mark this centenary year, I plan to use as many 127 film cameras as I can.pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-90395077771158254172012-12-01T08:41:00.001-08:002012-12-01T08:41:30.678-08:00127 camera number 29 - Nagel Vollenda<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8231320353/" title="Nagel Vollenda"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8231320353_08212ffa87.jpg" alt="Nagel Vollenda by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8231320353/">Nagel Vollenda</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This is another of the little black folding cameras from the 1930s that I am particularly fond of. It all seems to work, but I've not put a film through it before, so I won't know how light tight it is until next week.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-12235024509162849982012-12-01T08:39:00.001-08:002012-12-01T08:39:21.624-08:00photo from 127 camera No. 28 - Baby Brownie Special<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8235053756/" title="Arts Tower"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8349/8235053756_4241b0c9da.jpg" alt="Arts Tower by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8235053756/">Arts Tower</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The age-related degeneration in the film is much in evidence here, though I was rather disappointed not to see in of the backing paper markings as I have sometimes found on very old film.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-8960336704061230702012-11-25T11:46:00.001-08:002012-11-25T11:46:08.050-08:00127 camera number 28 - Baby Brownie Special<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8217133113/" title="Baby Brownie Special"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8217133113_856579d550.jpg" alt="Baby Brownie Special by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8217133113/">Baby Brownie Special</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>It's been a couple of months since I last used a "new" 127 camera, so with the centenary year drawing to a close, I'll try to fit some more in. This is a full frame model, so it takes 8 photos on a roll. It is as basic as you can get, no focussing, fixed aperture and a single shutter speed with no "B" setting. I loaded it with Efke black and white film.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-26689555618494339752012-10-14T11:24:00.001-07:002012-10-14T11:24:56.369-07:00photo from 127 camera number 27 - Purma Special<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8033851393/" title="Sir Isaac Newton"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/8033851393_5918c3f52e.jpg" alt="Sir Isaac Newton by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8033851393/">Sir Isaac Newton</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The Purma special has three shutter speeds, selceted according to which way up the camera is held, but there is no "B" setting, so indoor shots are generally not feasible. This sunlit chapel seemed just about bright enough to get away with the "slow" shutter speed, so I took this picture of Isaac Newton. Even though the sculpture was several feet away, it is clear that the lens is focussed better on the wall behind, there is no way to focus the Purma, other than by attaching supplementary lenses, but I don't have any of them, so this was the best I could do.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-63607004363956793732012-09-27T12:18:00.001-07:002012-09-27T12:18:23.648-07:00127 camera number 27 - Purma Special<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8020737648/" title="Purma Special"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8452/8020737648_0e862085c7.jpg" alt="Purma Special by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/8020737648/">Purma Special</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This is something of a design classic, with its art deco lines and bakelite construction. It also has an unusual shutter, which has three speeds depending on which way the camera is held. The format is square (but not the standard 12 on a roll 4cm x 4cm, this takes sixteen 32mm x 32mm photos) so the orientation of the camera doesn't matter. There is no focusing, and a fixed aperture of f6.3.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-28757144301620365802012-09-18T15:17:00.001-07:002012-09-18T15:17:42.562-07:00photo from 127 camera No. 26 - Brownie Starmatic<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7977155417/" title="Gondolas"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8038/7977155417_7a5da7c92e.jpg" alt="Gondolas by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7977155417/">Gondolas</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This camera was made for the expanding tourist market in the early 1960s, so this rather obvious holiday snap is an appropriate choice of subject.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-51160937059326543732012-09-18T15:07:00.001-07:002012-09-18T15:07:26.950-07:00127 camera number 26 - Brownie Starmatic<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7896225810/" title="Brownie Starmatic"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7896225810_94fc600a17.jpg" alt="Brownie Starmatic by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7896225810/">Brownie Starmatic</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>I found this camera recently in a charity shop, it has an automatic exposure system which still seems to work despite being around 50 years old. At 44mm the lens is quite wide, which makes a nice change for this format. I loaded it with Efke 100 film to take away on holiday.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-4594780818845917812012-08-22T03:20:00.001-07:002012-08-22T03:20:30.456-07:00Helter-Skelter<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7789236430/" title="Helter-Skelter"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7789236430_31b7090425.jpg" alt="Helter-Skelter by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7789236430/">Helter-Skelter</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This was taken with a Kodak Brownie 44A, I used one of these back in February, but this one was a recent find at a car boot sale, it had a partly used film in it, and I decided to finish the film off and develop it. At first it seemed completely blank, but when it dried out, I could just make out some very faint images, so I scanned the negatives and did what I could to salvage them in photoshop. Technically the results are abysmal, but this timeless subject has a certain charm.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-11879488309080073562012-08-02T11:59:00.001-07:002012-08-02T11:59:52.910-07:00photo from 127 camera No. 25 - Falcon Miniature<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7690297900/" title="giant pigeons"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7690297900_c773d579fa.jpg" alt="giant pigeons by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7690297900/">giant pigeons</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The quality of the images from this camera proved to be rather poor, this is one of the better photos, using a miniature camera to photograph giant pigeons!</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-90080170589102161382012-07-23T11:58:00.001-07:002012-07-23T11:58:21.064-07:00127 camera number 25 - Falcon Miniature<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7604548532/" title="Falcon Miniature"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7604548532_a47bd79531.jpg" alt="Falcon Miniature by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7604548532/">Falcon Miniature</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>There were a number of very similar looking models made in the 1940s and 50s, the styling of this one was a source for the current retro-looking "Sprocket Rocket" from the Lomography store. It has an unusual feature in that a spare roll of film can be stored in a chamber inside the back. The weather has brightened up a bit, so I hope to be able to use this fixed speed, fixed aperture, focus-free camera without too much difficulty this week.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-91292442579801367992012-07-23T11:54:00.001-07:002012-07-23T11:54:56.576-07:00photo from 127 camera No. 24 - Luxette<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7611535744/" title="Lincoln Cathedral"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7611535744_11390f87c6.jpg" alt="Lincoln Cathedral by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7611535744/">Lincoln Cathedral</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The definition, at least in the centre, of this lens is quite good. This one was taken during a cloudy spell on a fairly bright day, I can't remeber which aperture I used, but I think it was probably f11.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-18601059511903586992012-07-17T01:22:00.001-07:002012-07-17T01:22:12.616-07:00127 camera number 24 - Luxette<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7569415162/" title="Luxette"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7569415162_bab3eefda4.jpg" alt="Luxette by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7569415162/">Luxette</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This little camera is rather scruffy, but seems to work OK. It takes square photos and has 3 apertures and 4 shutter speeds (plus B).<br />At the height of the English summer I was hoping to use a more basic camera that needs good light, but it is so dull and wet here that I decided to use one with a bit more flexibility in terms of lighting conditions. I've loaded it with Efke 100 film.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-6365612609520737662012-06-16T15:48:00.001-07:002012-06-16T15:48:49.206-07:00photo from 127 camera number 23 - Baby Rolleiflex<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7187303453/" title="Spitalfields Church"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7187303453_fcf59fdd79.jpg" alt="Spitalfields Church by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7187303453/">Spitalfields Church</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>I took the camera to London for the "Film Photography Podcast" meetup. This is one of the few photos that doesn't feature another photographer!</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-76181927632606970852012-06-16T15:45:00.001-07:002012-06-16T15:45:50.606-07:00127 camera number 23 - Baby Rolleiflex<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/4664555010/" title="Rolleiflex 4x4"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4041/4664555010_a51ae0310f.jpg" alt="Rolleiflex 4x4 by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/4664555010/">Rolleiflex 4x4</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Although it's a bit battered, this one works OK, except for hesitant slow shutter speeds. It was made in Germany in the early 1930s.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-57082314931289589002012-05-30T11:41:00.001-07:002012-05-30T11:41:35.447-07:00photo from 127 camera number 22 - Bencini Minicomet<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7297462654/" title="bunting"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7297462654_b96f581943.jpg" alt="bunting by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7297462654/">bunting</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The film was in poor condition, and was stuck to the backing paper, I had to develop it as it was, though at the end of the process the paper peeled off quite easily. There was a considerable residue of paper particles left stuck to the film, these are the white flecks visible on this photo.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-72788924900597457392012-05-30T11:39:00.001-07:002012-05-30T11:39:16.930-07:00127 camera number 22 - Bencini Minicomet<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7297425256/" title="Bencini Minicomet"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7223/7297425256_6c5e7a3a87.jpg" alt="Bencini Minicomet by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7297425256/">Bencini Minicomet</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This is not only a new model for me, but a new format, it takes 2cm x 3cm pictures, and squeezes 24 exposures out of a roll. So far I haven't been able to find any other cameras that use 127 film in this way.<br />It was made in the early 1960s, there was a film in it when I found it, Kodacolor II, which was introduced in 127 size in 1973.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-68899125612610955922012-05-24T11:17:00.001-07:002012-05-24T11:17:17.686-07:00photo from 127 camera number 21 - Bell & Howell Electric Eye<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7262693826/" title="Madina Masjid Sheffield"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7262693826_5f90396b4e.jpg" alt="Madina Masjid Sheffield by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7262693826/">Madina Masjid Sheffield</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The automatic exposure mechanism on this camera seems to have died, but it still works as a fixed aperture, single speed device. I transferred the partly used film from the Kodak Brownie Super 27 that I was using earlier in the week.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-41375032291715654262012-05-23T14:39:00.001-07:002012-05-23T14:39:55.766-07:00127 camera number 21 - Bell & Howell Electric Eye<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7256247530/" title="Bell & Howell Electric Eye"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8027/7256247530_e00a4c5163.jpg" alt="Bell & Howell Electric Eye by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7256247530/">Bell & Howell Electric Eye</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This is a very heavy and chunky camera, although it has an automatic exposure system, this doesn't seem to be working, so I treated it as a simple point and shoot, with fixed aperture and shutter speed, and took the four frames in bright daylight. I didn't want to risk wasting a whole film, so tranferred the part used roll from the Brownie Super 27 to finish it off.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-70592388798493850132012-05-21T15:07:00.001-07:002012-05-21T15:07:08.841-07:00photo from 127 camera number 20 - Kodak Brownie Super 27<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7243610940/" title="water feature"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5118/7243610940_22d067b102.jpg" alt="water feature by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7243610940/">water feature</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The curly Efke film managed to slip free from the film plane and provide an unplanned selective focus effect.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-89732319272885772192012-05-16T12:01:00.001-07:002012-05-16T12:01:15.773-07:00127 camera number 20 - Brownie Super 27<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7197952950/" title="Brownie Super 27"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7197952950_e4000c4b41.jpg" alt="Brownie Super 27 by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7197952950/">Brownie Super 27</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The Brownie Super 27 is one of the less common Brownies, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Made between 1961 and 1965 it takes twelve square photos per roll. There is no "B" setting, and two apertures marked sunny and dull, so I'm having to wait for suitable lighting conditions to finish the film off.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-33217674980578895502012-05-09T09:50:00.001-07:002012-05-09T09:50:57.702-07:00photo from 127 camera number 19 - Bencini Comet III<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7153857741/" title="Kenilworth Works"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7270/7153857741_19d5efd261.jpg" alt="Kenilworth Works by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7153857741/">Kenilworth Works</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This is one of the many old industrial buildings in Sheffield that are still in use, though sadly many more have been lost.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-29385726857792646242012-05-08T14:16:00.001-07:002012-05-08T14:16:31.382-07:00127 camera number 19 - Bencini Comet III<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/6976044268/" title="Bencini Comet III"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/6976044268_f06a5b3f57.jpg" alt="Bencini Comet III by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/6976044268/">Bencini Comet III</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This is one of the less common of the Bencini range, it is styled rather like a cine camera, with a vertical layout. There is a single shutter speed of 1/50th, plus "B", and unusually, a cable release socket.<br />I loaded it with a roll of Macocolor C41 negative film, and managed to make rather a mess of it, losing the first 3 frames in the process. I'll know what to do next time!</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-87541014627411319212012-04-25T09:10:00.001-07:002012-04-25T09:10:11.179-07:00photo from 127 camera number 18 - Whitehouse Beacon<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7110404659/" title="Accordionist"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7136/7110404659_f25180398f.jpg" alt="Accordionist by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/7110404659/">Accordionist</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>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.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-44555589946330679932012-04-25T09:06:00.001-07:002012-04-25T09:06:42.861-07:00127 camera number 18 - Whitehouse Beacon<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/6964315642/" title="Whitehouse Beacon"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5193/6964315642_77f55eb278.jpg" alt="Whitehouse Beacon by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/6964315642/">Whitehouse Beacon</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>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.<br />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".</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7325435707125546821.post-37237550115559057682012-04-21T14:50:00.001-07:002012-04-21T14:50:29.415-07:00photo from 127 camera number 17 - Voigtlander Perkeo<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/6948120980/" title="Sax Max Quartet"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7243/6948120980_655eb2cc5a.jpg" alt="Sax Max Quartet by pho-Tony" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/6948120980/">Sax Max Quartet</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/">pho-Tony</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>This photo was taken against the light, and with the un-coated lens, the flare could have been worse.</p>pho-Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14163441152551268547noreply@blogger.com0