Week 20 - Baby-Box Tengor

This is one of my dad's cameras, it takes sixteen photos on a roll of 127 film. This particular model was made between 1931 and 1934, it has variable apertures and a focusing lens, giving it above average specs for a box camera.

Week 19 - Kodak Retina 1

Kodak Retina 1 camera, originally uploaded by pho-Tony.

This is a type 126 version of the Retina 1, made in Germany between 1936 and 1937. I have loaded it with my 'heritage' roll of Kodachrome 64 colour slide film, now discontinued, and only processable until the end of 2010. I decided to use this camera as it is from the same era as the first Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
I plan to take a few frames with this camera, before transferring the film to another camera, probably one dating from around 1974, when the current (or rather last) version of the film was introduced.
The photos will not be available for a while, as when I have finished the film, it will have to go to Kansas for processing, with a turnaroud time of several weeks.

photo from week 18 - Laack folding 127 camera

tree on a hillside
Originally uploaded by pho-Tony

photo from week 18 - Laack folding 127 camera

Sheffield wheel and town hall
Originally uploaded by pho-Tony

photo from week 18 - Laack folding 127 camera

mirror self portrait with Laack camera
Originally uploaded by pho-Tony

The inevitable bathroom mirror shot!

photo from week 18 - Laack folding 127 camera

remembrance wall
Originally uploaded by pho-Tony

New Arrival

These ten rolls of SHANGHAI GP3 film arrived from China today. They were probably delayed by the Icelandic volcano. They are cheap (less than £12 for 10, including shipping) and it will be interesting to see how they perform, black and white, so I'll be processing them myself. Reading various discussions suggest that the main problem with this film is its curliness.