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A tribute to photography’s evolution, featuring two iconic cameras—one vintage, one modern. As Flickr turns 21, this shot represents the journey of visual storytelling, from classic film photography to contemporary digital perspectives. A reminder that the camera is just a tool, but vision is timeless.
A FED-2 joins the party with comrades Kiev-4AM and Zorki-4.
Pentax MZ-5
Arista 200
Rodinal 1:25, 5 minutes
Pakon F135
I have posted other shots of my dad's old Ikoflex, but this is a test shot that is more about the lens used than it is about the camera in the photo - read on...
Photo taken with a Graflex 1941 Anniversary Speed Graphic 4x5 camera, using Ilford HP5 Plus black and white sheet film; Developed in Kodak HC-110.
The lens used on the Speed Graphic for this shot was a Steinheil München Cassar 100mm f/6.3 borrowed from a Pho-tak Foldex 6.3 folding camera. It's a 120 roll film camera, so this lens does not cover 4x5. I knew that going in, but my subject matter here was not filling the frame, so I knew I'd be safe for this particular shot. But it won't work for 4x5 out in the world. Still, it's showing itself here to be plenty sharp!
One of the less common “scout” cameras, with graphics designed by Walter Dorwin Teague. Based on the Vest Pocket Kodak Model B, the Camp Fire Girls Kodak was produced from 1931-34, and used 127 film.
Minolta siblings ~ the X-370, the X-570, and the X-700. This is an older photo and I chose not to keep the X-700, but I do still presently own the 370 and 570. My dad's old XG-M sort of took the place of the 700 (I say that because the XG-M was really the prelude to the X-700 - essentially the same camera with no program mode and a different metering system).
I just posted a similar looking digital photo of this camera a couple days ago. But this shot is much more about the gear used to take the photo. I dragged out my Speed Graphic 4x5 for the first time in several years, and wanted to test an old lens pulled from a folding camera. Read on...
Photo taken with a Graflex 1941 Anniversary Speed Graphic 4x5 camera, using Ilford HP5 Plus black and white sheet film; Developed in Kodak HC-110.
The lens used a Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. "Rapid Rectilinear" lens mounted in an Eastman Kodak Co. ball bearing shutter which dates to roughly between 1914 and 1920. The lens/shutter combo was borrowed from a No. 3-A Folding Pocket Kodak Model C camera (from the same period of course).
I suspected this lens would prove to be quite sharp, and I was not let down in that assumption! Now I'll look forward to testing out this combo out in the world, rather than just holed up in my office.
Here we are ! It's been 2 years since I wander the world with my film camera family ! I love it so much <3
Thank you again for your support, it means a lot to me :)
Canon AE-1 P • 28mm f/2.8 • Lomography Color Negative 400
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...well, I think you all knew that anyway! This shot contains all my cameras....I should get out more!
You really have to view this large to see the drawings
Procrastinating because I don't really feel like studying for my exam tomorrow.
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My recently acquired Voigtlander Vitoret. These were made in West Germany between 1960-1971. It needed a bit of TLC when I got it, but it's ready to shoot. I have the DR version too, a true rangefinder with light meter and slightly higher shutter speeds, and with a Lanthar lens; however, I really like the simplicity of this one. I was also drawn by the Singapore Airlines sticker on the case. Maybe it belonged to someone from the cabin crew of one of their jets, and I like to imagine that this camera had some globe-trotting adventures.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Eus aquí una càmera que mereix la seva existencia com a meravella del diseny industrial, independentment de les seves capacitats fotogràfiques. La Kodak Bantam Special està considerada una de les càmeres més boniques mai fabricades, i amb raó.
Fou disenyada per Walter Dorbin Teague, i fabricada entre 1936 i 1948. Es tota una icona del art deco de mitjans del s. XX. Tot i que no ho aparenti, és una càmera força petita, i això es deu al seu format inusual, el que encara la fa més extranya de fer servir. Om pensaria que es tracta d'una càmera de 35mm o fins i tot del format 127, però no, es tracta del molt poc usual format 828.
Kodak creà el format 828 com a manera d'aprofitar més be la pel·licula de 35mm. Com aquesta tenia el seu origen en el cinema, els forats dels laterals prenen bona part de la superficie de emulsió util. Pertant, el format 828 fa servir pel·licula de 35mm però sense perforacions, permetent imatges més grans. Però alhora empra paper protector, com al format 120 i 127 i només permet 8 imatges per rodet. Tot plegat dona càmeres petites i de bona resolució optica (teoricament) però amb poques imatges per rodet.
El format 828 mai va tenir exit i es deixà de fabricar al 1985, pel que semblaria dificil fer servir aquestes càmeres. Pero només amb una mica de pel·licula de 35mm enganxada a un paper dorsal de 120 (convenientment retallat de mida, tenir-ne un autentic de 828 com a model ajuda molt) és força facil donar nova vida a aquestes càmeres.
Aquesta Bantam Special en concret sembla fabricada el 1938-39 (pel nº de serie del obturador Compur Rapid), i va equipada amb un objectiu Kodak Anastigmat Ektar f2 / 45mm de gran qualitat. Tota ella funciona molt be, tant l'obturador com el telemetre.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_Bantam_Special
www.cameraquest.com/superban.htm
redbellows.co.uk/CameraCollection/Kodak/BantamSpecial_gen...
www.artdecocameras.com/cameras/kodak/kodak-bantam-special/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/828_film
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Here is a camera that deserves its existence as a marvel of industrial design, regardless of its photographic capabilities. The Kodak Bantam Special is considered one of the most beautiful cameras ever made, and rightly so.
It was designed by Walter Dorbin Teague, and made between 1936 and 1948. It is an icon of art deco of the mid-XX Century. While it doesn’t look like it, it’s a pretty small camera, and that’s due to its unusual format, which makes it even weirder to use. One would think that this is a 35mm camera or even a 127 format, but this one uses the very unusual 828 format.
Kodak created the 828 format as a way to make the most of 35mm film. As this had its origin in the cinema, the sprocket holes in the sides take up much of the useful emulsion surface. Therefore, the 828 format uses 35mm film but without perforations, allowing larger images. But at the same time it uses protective paper, as in the 120 and 127 format and only allows 8 images per roll. All this gives small cameras with good optical resolution (theoretically) but with few images per reel.
The 828 format was never successful and was discontinued in 1985, so it would seem difficult to use these cameras. But with just a little 35mm film joined to a 120 backing paper (conveniently cut to size, having an authentic 828 as a model helps a lot) it’s pretty easy to give new life to these cameras.
This particular Bantam Special seems to have been manufactured in 1938-39 (for the serial number of the Compur Rapid shutter), and is equipped with a high quality Kodak Anastigmat Ektar f2 / 45mm lens. It all works very well, both the shutter and the rangefinder.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_Bantam_Special
www.cameraquest.com/superban.htm
redbellows.co.uk/CameraCollection/Kodak/BantamSpecial_gen...
A compact folding-front 35mm camera. Great build quality on a camera with few features for the time. The film advance knob is located on the bottom of the camera. Every time you took a shot, you had to invert the camera to wind the film. Gimmicky.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Eus aquí una càmera que mereix la seva existencia com a meravella del diseny industrial, independentment de les seves capacitats fotogràfiques. La Kodak Bantam Special està considerada una de les càmeres més boniques mai fabricades, i amb raó.
Fou disenyada per Walter Dorbin Teague, i fabricada entre 1936 i 1948. Es tota una icona del art deco de mitjans del s. XX. Tot i que no ho aparenti, és una càmera força petita, i això es deu al seu format inusual, el que encara la fa més extranya de fer servir. Om pensaria que es tracta d'una càmera de 35mm o fins i tot del format 127, però no, es tracta del molt poc usual format 828.
Kodak creà el format 828 com a manera d'aprofitar més be la pel·licula de 35mm. Com aquesta tenia el seu origen en el cinema, els forats dels laterals prenen bona part de la superficie de emulsió util. Pertant, el format 828 fa servir pel·licula de 35mm però sense perforacions, permetent imatges més grans. Però alhora empra paper protector, com al format 120 i 127 i només permet 8 imatges per rodet. Tot plegat dona càmeres petites i de bona resolució optica (teoricament) però amb poques imatges per rodet.
El format 828 mai va tenir exit i es deixà de fabricar al 1985, pel que semblaria dificil fer servir aquestes càmeres. Pero només amb una mica de pel·licula de 35mm enganxada a un paper dorsal de 120 (convenientment retallat de mida, tenir-ne un autentic de 828 com a model ajuda molt) és força facil donar nova vida a aquestes càmeres.
Aquesta Bantam Special en concret sembla fabricada el 1938-39 (pel nº de serie del obturador Compur Rapid), i va equipada amb un objectiu Kodak Anastigmat Ektar f2 / 45mm de gran qualitat. Tota ella funciona molt be, tant l'obturador com el telemetre.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_Bantam_Special
www.cameraquest.com/superban.htm
redbellows.co.uk/CameraCollection/Kodak/BantamSpecial_gen...
www.artdecocameras.com/cameras/kodak/kodak-bantam-special/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/828_film
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Here is a camera that deserves its existence as a marvel of industrial design, regardless of its photographic capabilities. The Kodak Bantam Special is considered one of the most beautiful cameras ever made, and rightly so.
It was designed by Walter Dorbin Teague, and made between 1936 and 1948. It is an icon of art deco of the mid-XX Century. While it doesn’t look like it, it’s a pretty small camera, and that’s due to its unusual format, which makes it even weirder to use. One would think that this is a 35mm camera or even a 127 format, but this one uses the very unusual 828 format.
Kodak created the 828 format as a way to make the most of 35mm film. As this had its origin in the cinema, the sprocket holes in the sides take up much of the useful emulsion surface. Therefore, the 828 format uses 35mm film but without perforations, allowing larger images. But at the same time it uses protective paper, as in the 120 and 127 format and only allows 8 images per roll. All this gives small cameras with good optical resolution (theoretically) but with few images per reel.
The 828 format was never successful and was discontinued in 1985, so it would seem difficult to use these cameras. But with just a little 35mm film joined to a 120 backing paper (conveniently cut to size, having an authentic 828 as a model helps a lot) it’s pretty easy to give new life to these cameras.
This particular Bantam Special seems to have been manufactured in 1938-39 (for the serial number of the Compur Rapid shutter), and is equipped with a high quality Kodak Anastigmat Ektar f2 / 45mm lens. It all works very well, both the shutter and the rangefinder.
camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak_Bantam_Special
www.cameraquest.com/superban.htm
redbellows.co.uk/CameraCollection/Kodak/BantamSpecial_gen...