Seven Days of Crappy Camera Photos - Day 4
I had planned on today's "Crappy Camera" photo set being neat, and awe inspiring, pushing the limits of art. Instead, I was distracted by one of @eveunconvered's recent posts on one of her recent film camera finds (https://peakd.com/photography/@eveuncovered/testing-lubitel-2) and was inspired by that. So, today's crappy camera moment are crappy digital camera photos of old film cameras.
All photos below taken with a Sony MVC-FD75 at it's full 640x480 resolution and processed for a lovely 1960's vintage film look. All camera's below are in my own collection.
Incidentally, all of these cameras work, and I do have film for them all.
First up, a 1960's Kodak Brownie Flashmite 20. Kodak used the "Brownie" line of cameras since the dawn of commercial photography in the late 19th century; this camera is a far cry from the original black boxes called Brownies, but maintains the name.
Next up are two bellows cameras: A Kodak Tourist, and a West German Balda Baldinette.
The Tourist has an expandable bellows and interesting shutter release right on the bellows case.
It also has a small tab on the front cover that pulls open. It looks, perhaps, a little odd until it's purpose is realised.
Yes, it is used to place the camera into portrait mode. Pretty neat.
The other bellows camera is the Balda Baldinette. This happens to be my personal favourite of all the film cameras I have. There is film currently loaded into it; I just need to find the right occasion to consume it.
Finally, the last camera I am showing today is a Kodak Duaflex II. @eveuncovered has one very similar to this that she was showing off, a Lubitel 2. I also happen to have film for this one, so I might load it up and compare photos with her.
I have about a dozen more film cameras in various states of repair, some of which work, and I really need to begin to use them.
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Those are very cool cameras!
Of course you can also do the inverse and use any modern camera and use editing to make it look crappy for sepia Saturday lol
Every now and then I'll find a neat one and pick it up. What I really want next is an old bellows plate camera. That'd be awesome.
I spotted my grand father's old camera, Panaflex is it? Another old item passed on to me from my Dad as he seemed to cherish it. Is there film still available for these things, as if I had any clue how to operate it.
Believe it or not, film is still available. There's probably a camera store somewhere in Vancouver that could help out. If not, thedarkroom.com definitely sells a variety of film.
Make sure you let me know if you fire any of these up and get pictures! :)
I definitely will! 😀