At 19:09 4/7/02, Dave Dougherty wrote:
Thanks, John. I think it would be cool to do some B&W with one of those old
cameras. For that matter, I wonder what color negative film would look
like. Might be alot of fun. Shoot the same scene with an OM camera and the
old Kodak folding camera.
I will let you all know what the outcome is.
Dave Dougherty
Yes, it would be. The first camera I used was a 620 Kodak folding "pocket"
camera. Shot Verichrome Pan in it. It was called a "pocket" camera
because it would fit into a coat pocket. Not the breast pocket mind you,
but one of the side pockets, and just barely! It fit, but the marketdroids
never mentiond the bulge it made or how the coat would sag on one
side. Supposedly being a 620 helped make it thinner and less bulky than a
120 when folded up.
If you've never used one, you will find nearly all of them a bit
crude. They were the "Instamatic" of their era; pros used view cameras and
sheet film, including portrait studios. Most do not much in the way of
shutter speeds or lens apertures to choose from. The leaf shutters are
anything but sophisticated; mechanically very simple. It is amazing anyone
got any photographs out of them considering nearly all film was
_much_slower_ than ISO 100 when they were made, especially the color
films. They required outdoor "Sunny-16" conditions. Anything else with
B/W film called for Press 25 *clear* flash bulbs (GN ~230, ASA 100, feet)
or the Press 25B's (GN ~180, ASA 100, feet). The Press 25's make most
current flash units pale! A full dump from a Metz 60 CT approximates the
light output of the *blue* ones.
Ensure you check the bellows *thoroughly* for light leaks, along with all
the other usual suspects. There are sources of material and techniques for
patching them (and replacing them if necessary). Also ensure the cover
over the frame number works, and *don't* leave it uncovered any longer than
necessary to get to the next frame!
-- John
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