Week 117 - Yashica Electro 35 GSN

Yashica Electro 35 GSN, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The Electro 35 series was made from 1966 to 1977, the GSN is the last model, but the only real differences from the earlier versions are a hot shoe and different film speed settings.
It's an automatic, aperture priority rangefinder camera with no manual overide. The f1.7 lens has quite a good reputation. I've loaded it with Kodak ColorPlus ISO200 film from Poundland.

photos from week 116 - Kodak Tele Disc

three chimneys, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Three consecutive exposures as they appear on the scanned disc.

photos from week 116 - Kodak Tele Disc

Barcelona Disc, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is a scan of the whole disc, the age related deterioration is particularly evident in the dark skies to the left of the scan. There is no exposure control on this camera, so no way to try to compensate for the loss of sensitivity that aging film suffers from.

photo from week 116 - Kodak Tele Disc

blue and yellow chimney, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is one of the 15 photos on the disc. The quality is worse than I had hoped based on previous old discs, the negatives are very thin, and there are a lot of blotches.
I took a series of photos of roof-top details in Barcelona, this is a chimney on the Guell Palace.

Week 116 - Kodak Tele Disc

Kodak Tele Disc, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is another disc camera, like most, it has a fixed aperture and shutter speed, but this one also has a telephoto lens setting, engaged by popping out the electronic flash unit.
Disc film is no longer made, I've loaded this one with an expired Konica disc which came with another camera that I bought on Ebay.

photo from week 115 - FED-BOY

reflected self-portrait with FED-BOY camera and red hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

One of a pair...

photo from week 115 - FED-BOY

St. John's College Cambridge, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The left hand image of one pair, sandwiched between another stereo pair.

photo from week 115 - FED-BOY

fruit & veg & bridge of sighs, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Two stereo pairs as they appear on the negative, one close up, one medium distance.

Week 115 - FED BOY stereo camera

FED BOY stereo camera, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This Ukrainian stereo camera is unusaul in having a "7 perforation" or 30mm x 24mm frame size. The automatic exposure system seems to be working, but the accuracy will only become apparent when I develop the film. I've loaded it with Kodak ISO400 colour negative film..

photo from week 114 - Bencini Comet

metal wildlife, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Even in late winter sunshine, there is a risk of over-exposing the ISO200 film in a camera that was made for a time when colour films were much "slower". These metal animals have recently appeared in one of the local parks.

photo from week 114 - Bencini Comet

reflected self-portrait with Bencini Comet camera and striped hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This was very over-exposed, and the attempted correction seems to have brought out the Newton's rings, but it has a rough and ready look to it!

Week 114 - Bencini Comet

Bencini Comet, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

This is one of the less common models, it has beige trim rather than the more common black, and also takes square 4x4cm negatives, most of the Comets use the 3x4cm format.
I've loaded it with Macocolor negative film, it has a couple of shutter speeds and apertures, so there is some flexibility in exposure possible.

photo from week 113 - Zenit-C

Reflected self-portrait with blue Zenit-C camera and blue hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The first time I took this shot I used 1/30th of a second, but I got the impression that the shutter had acted as if it was on the "B" setting. There is no instant return on the mirror, which might have helped settle the question, so to be on the safe side I re-shot it at 1/60th. When I developed the film, I could see that I had been correct about the unintended long exposure.

photo from week 113 - Zenit-C

twisted chimneys, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The shutter didn't run smoothly, so most of the photos are over-exposed on the left, and under-exposed on the right. This is a square crop, which I think suits the composition, but also loses the worst of the uneveness in the negative.
This one was taken with a Jupiter-11 135mm f4.0 telephoto lens.
Converted to black and white after scanning.