Hello,
I call this a detective style because it is not a simple box camera, it has a knob that moves the lens for scale focus, an adjustable aperture, a knob for shutter speeds including "time" and a knob that cocks the shutter. The shutter speed control knob rotates to different setting and a pointer/pin drops into a little slot to hold it in position. On a couple of probably the most ofter used speeds, over the years those couple of slots have worn just a little so one has to deliberately put the pin in the the slot. If I were going to keep and use it I would gently file the slots back into shape so it works better on the settings for those couple of speeds. The focus moves in and out well. The falling plate action is controlled by the flat lever/knob on the right side of the camera near the top. The viewfinders were designed without ground glass - you're looking at a fairly bright mirror that reflects the scene in front of you in an inverted manner, sort of a sight method.
It comes with 12 septums and many of them if not all still have glass plates in them. The problem is that I have not been able to figure out how to load the plates into the camera so they drop properly. I just don't understand the method. I need to be working on my house during the pretty fall weather and not playing with cameras so I'm hoping a smarter person than myself will buy it and have fun. I thought it would be great way to carry and shoot multiple paper negatives.
Camera is about 8inch long, 5 3/4inch wide and 6 1/4 inch tall. It is pretty and a heck of a camera.
$50 plus $20 postage, if it will fit in a post office large flat rate box I will ship it that way, if it won't fit I'll send it ground parcel or UPS.
Thanks!
Robert
I call this a detective style because it is not a simple box camera, it has a knob that moves the lens for scale focus, an adjustable aperture, a knob for shutter speeds including "time" and a knob that cocks the shutter. The shutter speed control knob rotates to different setting and a pointer/pin drops into a little slot to hold it in position. On a couple of probably the most ofter used speeds, over the years those couple of slots have worn just a little so one has to deliberately put the pin in the the slot. If I were going to keep and use it I would gently file the slots back into shape so it works better on the settings for those couple of speeds. The focus moves in and out well. The falling plate action is controlled by the flat lever/knob on the right side of the camera near the top. The viewfinders were designed without ground glass - you're looking at a fairly bright mirror that reflects the scene in front of you in an inverted manner, sort of a sight method.
It comes with 12 septums and many of them if not all still have glass plates in them. The problem is that I have not been able to figure out how to load the plates into the camera so they drop properly. I just don't understand the method. I need to be working on my house during the pretty fall weather and not playing with cameras so I'm hoping a smarter person than myself will buy it and have fun. I thought it would be great way to carry and shoot multiple paper negatives.
Camera is about 8inch long, 5 3/4inch wide and 6 1/4 inch tall. It is pretty and a heck of a camera.
$50 plus $20 postage, if it will fit in a post office large flat rate box I will ship it that way, if it won't fit I'll send it ground parcel or UPS.
Thanks!
Robert
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