This was a charity shop find for £5. It has a range of shutter speeds and an f2.8 lens. There is a built in un-coupled selenium exposure meter, but the settings are all manual. Though branded as a "Boots" camera, it is in fact made by Braun of Nurnberg.
126 film is no longer made, and all that is available is long expired. I have a couple of ISO100 Boots brand films labelled develop before 1996, and have loaded one of these, I set the ISO (or rather ASA) on the meter to 50, as the film will probably have lost some sensitivity with age.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Sunday, 27 May 2012
photo from week 125 - Coronet Midget
The camera was made decades ago, when film was less sensitive, so this photo, taken in bright sunlight was quite over-exposed, a sluggish shutter might also be a factor.
photo from week 125 - Coronet Midget
It was rather fiddly, but my attempts to load some old 16mm Ilford FP4 into the Midget seemed to work. I don't think I'll be using this camera regularly, but at least I've squeezed a few images out of it.
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Week 125 - Coronet Midget
Very much a novelty, this camera has become quite collectable frequently fetching over £100 on Ebay, I didn't pay anything like that for mine, though it is not in first class condition.
I've loaded it with some re-spooled 16mm Ilford FP4 film.
I've loaded it with some re-spooled 16mm Ilford FP4 film.
home made 16mm reel
For the Coronet Midget that I'm using in week 125, I had to make a film spool, as there was only one with the camera. It was rather fiddly, but seems to have done the job.
Monday, 21 May 2012
photo from week 124 - Kodak Brownie Super 127
I held a yellow filter over the lens for this one to bring out the clouds a bit.
photo from week 124 - Kodak Brownie Super 127
reflected self-portrait with Kodak Brownie Super 27 camera and hard hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.
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