Cameras – Uncredited Work

Zeiss-Ikon 127 film Box-Tengor

Can we just take a minute to appreciate the best little box camera on Earth? Way back before the second world war Zeiss-Ikon made a box camera in their Tengor line that took 127 film. It’s tiny. 6x8x5 cm. But it has a portrait and a landscape tripod socket. It’s got a bulb mode switch.Continue reading “Zeiss-Ikon 127 film Box-Tengor”

Buy a Kodak Duaflex II

You should absolutely buy a Kodak Duaflex II with a variable focus Kodar lens. Here’s why: It’s a 6×6 medium format camera. It’s smaller and lighter than most 6×6’s. It’s sturdy as anything and dead simple. The lens is not terrible. With f8, f11, & f16 you can actually get decent coverage for depth ofContinue reading “Buy a Kodak Duaflex II”

Fuji Super RX-N X-Ray Film

Holidays are coming and people who have them will make the way back to their ancestral homes. Parents and grandparents and great second what-have-yous-once-removed will be in abundance. Ask these people if they have any old cameras. You’re not looking for 35mm point and shoots, not looking for SLRs, or anything that takes a battery.Continue reading “Fuji Super RX-N X-Ray Film”

Copal SV & Copal MXV Shutter Repair

Issues If the Copal SV and MXV shutters in your camera (seen in Yashica TLR’s, among others) doesn’t fire, fires but is sticky on slow speeds, or has otherwise broken, chances are it’s a fault in the self timer. Thankfully there’s a easy fix; just take the self timer out. Unless you know what yourContinue reading “Copal SV & Copal MXV Shutter Repair”

Lomography Diana + & F+ Lenses Field of View

In a previous post I calculated the f-stops of the Cloudy, Partly, and Sunny, settings for the various Lomography Diana + & F+ lenses. Now I will dig out a trig textbook and do the same for the field of view. It bears mentioning that when I type field of view I should be calling itContinue reading “Lomography Diana + & F+ Lenses Field of View”

Lomography Diana + & F+ f-Stops

110mm Soft Telephoto Lens: Sunny: f32 Partly: f22 Cloudy: f16 75mm Normal Lens: Sunny: f22 Partly: f16 Cloudy: f11 55mm Wide Angle Lens: Sunny: f16 Partly: f11 Cloudy: f8 38mm Super Wide Angle Lens: Sunny: f11 Partly: f8 Cloudy: f5.6 20mm Fisheye Lens: Sunny: f5.6 Partly: f4 Cloudy: f3 Source: Published values for the 75mmContinue reading “Lomography Diana + & F+ f-Stops”