Here's a few pictures taken with a box camera I've had for a while now. A
few weeks ago I finally loaded some film in it and went out. I was a bit
lazy though, so I didn't try really hard to take the kind of photos I'm
interested in personally. It was a sleepy Saturday morning and I walked
around like a tourist and took snapshots.
So, here's a few of the 1000dpi scans. I used Neopan 100.
http://www.softshark.ee/~priit/cb/01.jpg
a view of the old town. It was quite funny to stand there fumbling with my
large metal box, while there was a group of italian tourists beside me,
shooting away with their whirring autofocus cameras and compacts that play
a cute shutter sound mp3. They didn't seem to take notice though.
http://www.softshark.ee/~priit/cb/02.jpg
By an old bastion. This one was taken on the 'B' setting; I tried to count
to 0.5 seconds :) Surprisingly sharp considering how much the camera
actually moved during the exposure (tried to hold it steady against the
pavement).
And the camera itself:
http://www.softshark.ee/~priit/certobox.jpg
It is a 6x9 format camera, presumably built in 1946 in Germany. The lens
has a built in leaf shutter with a single fixed speed (unknown, I'm
guessing 1/30-1/60) and maximum aperture of f/11. Seems to be a "normal"
focal length for this format, so I'm guessing about 12,5 cm.
My conclusion is that even though this was something of a P&S camera of
it's time, using it is a bit tricky. The biggest problem is actually
seeing what you're pointing the camera at through the viewfinder, although
admittedly the viewfinders were a bit dirty. The glare is a huge problem
outside. The other big issue is holding the camera steady enough while
pressing the shutter button, which is fairly stiff.
priit.
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