Both are very nice images Priit. I really like the second one, to bad about
the graffitti on the door.
I've got an old Brownie 616 that's been collecting dust on a shelf for
years, does anyone know where I might find some film for it, or if it's even
available anymore?
Darin
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From: <priit@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 1:35 PM
Subject: [OM] [OT] Certo Box pictures
> 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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