Sunday, 25 March 2012

Week 117 - Yashica Electro 35 GSN

Yashica Electro 35 GSN by pho-Tony
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.

Friday, 23 March 2012

photos from week 116 - Kodak Tele Disc

three chimneys by pho-Tony
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 by pho-Tony
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 by pho-Tony
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.

Friday, 16 March 2012

Week 116 - Kodak Tele Disc

Kodak Tele Disc by pho-Tony
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

One of a pair...

photo from week 115 - FED-BOY

St. John's College Cambridge by pho-Tony
St. John's College Cambridge, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.
The left hand image of one pair, sandwiched between another stereo pair.