These cameras were made by the million in the 1910's and 1920's. They were part of the mass market use of cameras in the early 20th century. The name "Vest Pocket" or "VP" was used for the 127 rollfilm format, and gave an indication of how small the cameras were when folded. During World War I it was marketed as "The Soldier's Camera".
This one belonged to my late grandfather, he would have used it for family snaps in the 1930s, I've almost certainly got some prints somewhere...
Thursday, 26 August 2010
photo from week 34 - Trilogy 3D1000
trichrome mirror self portrait in colourful garb with Trilogy 3D100 camera, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.
Very under-exposed mirror self portrait, click on the photo to see more information on Flickr.
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
photo from week 34 - Trilogy 3D1000
I'm quite pleased with the results of these trichrome experiments, click on the photo to go to the Flickr page to read the full details.
photo from week 34 - Trilogy 3D1000
trichrome fairground ride, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.
I'm quite pleased with the results of these trichrome experiments, click on the photo to go to the Flickr page to read the full details.
photo from week 34 - Trilogy 3D1000
trichrome view of Netherthorpe Flats, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.
I'm quite pleased with the results of these trichrome experiments, click on the photo to go to the Flickr page to read the full details.
photo from week 34 - Trilogy 3D1000
I'm quite pleased with the results of these trichrome experiments, click on the photo to go to the Flickr page to read the full details.
Friday, 20 August 2010
Week 34 - Trilogy 3D1000
I bought this on ebay this week, it cost £5.50, and is brand new unused stock. It's a very simple camera, with fixed shutter speed and aperture, and was made to produce negatives for lenticular 3D prints, three half-frame (18 x 24mm) images per exposure. I've made simple red, green and blue filters for it, and using black and white negative film, I intend to make some Trichrome colour images.
photo from week 33 - Penti II
The black patches are where the film was in contact with itself, and so didn't get access to the developer. See the Flickr description for more details.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
photo from week 32 - Foth Derby
The light leaks in this photo look rather like the foreground snow-flakes in a photo of this tree taken earlier in the year during a snow storm. A number of vertical scratches are also evident.
photo from week 32 - Foth Derby
Clearly the aged rubberised cloth focal plane shutter has a number of tiny holes in it. The Belisha beacon was introduced in 1934, around the same year this camera was made.
Friday, 13 August 2010
Week 33 - Penti II
This stylish little camera came in a range of colours, this one is gold and black and has its original red leatherette case. It was made by Welti in East Germany between 1961 and 1977 and has a 30mm f3.5 Domiplan lens with a limited range of shutter speeds (B 30 60 125). The built in selenium exposure meter does not work in this example. It uses a version of the Agfa Rapid cartridge, and produces half-frame (18x24mm) negatives.
Sunday, 8 August 2010
photo from week 31 - Minolta 24 Rapid
As with most of my indoor mirror shots, this was taken at full aperture with the slowest speed available and at the closest focussing distance.
Saturday, 7 August 2010
Week 32 - Foth Derby
The Foth Derby is a folding 127 roll film camera made by the C.F. Foth & Company (Berlin) from 1931-1936. It takes sixteen 3x4 cm frames per roll. This camera has a cloth focal plane shutter with speeds from 1/25th to 1/500th + B. The lens is a f3.5 50mm Foth Anastigmat. I have never used this camera before, it seems to work OK, but time will tell whether there are light leaks, and if the focal plane shutter runs smoothly. I've loaded it with a roll of Efke 100 B&W film.
Thursday, 5 August 2010
photo from week 30 - Zeiss Ikonta 520/16
The fastest shutter speed on this old camera is 125th of a second, but this white knuckle ride has a moment when it is hardly moving, before it swings the riders down again, and I was able to catch this relative stillness.
photo from week 30 - Zeiss Ikonta 520/16
The light wasn't very good, so I had to shoot at full aperture, and at the closest focusing distance for the lens. The result was out of focus and underexposed.
photo from week 30 - Zeiss Ikonta 520/16
Brass Roots playing on the world stage at Tramlines festival
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
new acquisitions
Two cameras from Sunday's bootsale. The blue "Sheffield Wednesday" camera was 50p and is in working order. The green Konica Pop is probably a paperweight, but for £1 I can't complain
new acquisition
From a recent car bootsale, this Kershaw 110 is a very basic folding 6cm x 6cm rollfilm camera. It has one shutter speed (plus B) and 2 apertures. It's not in top cosmetic condition, but appears to work OK, not bad for £2.
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
photo from week 29 - Canon Demi-C half-frame camera
Square crop of a photo taken with the 50mm lens. Redscaled film, see Flickr caption for more information.
photo from week 29 - Canon Demi-C half-frame camera
Three consecutive frames taken with different exposure settings.
photo from week 29 - Canon Demi-C half-frame camera
This set of four details of road markings was taken with the 50mm lens, it was a dull day, and so nearly full aperture. Redscaled film, see Flickr caption for more information.
photo from week 29 - Canon Demi-C half-frame camera
This set of three was taken with the 50mm lens, it was a dull day, and so nearly full aperture. Redscaled film, see Flickr caption for more information.
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