Amazon Pics is playing silly buggers again so library pic - the condition of mine is very similar
I need to have a proper look at it but mechanically, it seems fine - Shutter release works perfectly as does the "Timed or Instantaneous" option (the T & I at the top)
I think I just need to source a 127 roll and try it out because as you no doubt know - it's the baffles that are most likely to be a problem. Any light and you're screwed.
As an aside, mine has the little Pen too - this allows you to slide a little slot on the back and write on the negative which is very cool
JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm
I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Rich B wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:57 pm
but Dinny was right…
I'm not that concerned really if it works - that would be a bonus to be honest. It's more of an ornament and probably the first step on a ruinous Vintage Camera collection.
Next on my list would be a Kodak Brownie box camera as used by Vivian Maier
JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm
I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Rich B wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:57 pm
but Dinny was right…
I've found the temptation to own some old cameras quite significant, but I have enough photography shit as it is without adding more to it for the sake of being pretty. Let's say I'm a little envious.
dinny_g wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2026 8:30 pm
bought myself something I’ve been looking for for years. A Vest Pocket Kodak Model B.
I file vintage cameras in my “very cool, but I have zero use for” bucket.
I’ve had a fiddle with a 40’s/50’s (Polaroid) Land Camera and (since the general layout / bellows design looks similar) assumed this was similar in size. Which it isn’t of course…. It’s a tiny wee thing.
Yeah I have a 620 too but I really don't use it enough.
I did a load of B&W shots during Covid but I'm really not good at light levels. I keep seeing adds on Instagram for a Light Meter Watch which may be the answer
That Voightlander is awesome...
JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm
I say this rarely Dave, but listen to Dinny because he's right.
Rich B wrote: Thu Jun 02, 2022 1:57 pm
but Dinny was right…
I have a Sekonic L-308S light meter for when I'm using flash, or just use another camera (DSLR or Ricoh GRII) for metering, if just using ambient light.
I did my first camera gear upgrade in years on Friday, purchased from WEX a lightly used Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens to go with my 70-200 L series.
I've been going to Duxford a fair bit this last 18 months as I bought a joint membership for me and Vicky, and we like a wander around a nature reserve of a Sunday. The 200 end isn't quite long enough.
I'm really pleased with this purchase tho - was at Duxford yesterday for the Battle of Britain season finale and despite the bleak sky got some pretty decent pics I think of the Red Arrows and Typhoon display.
tim wrote: Sun Oct 04, 2026 5:37 pm
Next stop is I think to upgrade my EOS 450D to lightly used 7D Mark II.
Good pics!
I keep getting the same urge, thinking that if I get a new body, I'll start using the camera, but I think it'd make more sense to get back into using the 40D, and then presuming I get back into it, then upgrade. Otherwise I'll just be sitting there with a newer, fancier body, and still not using it...
Great pics Tim. My brother=in-law takes some great aircraft shots. He's at Shuttleworth a lot.
When my 40D broken I went to a 100D as it was cheap. Whilst the quality is about the same, if not better, the usability is poor compared to the 40D. I really fancy a 5/6/7D of some kind.
some of the stuff that appears on my FYP is "how did you know that I'd like this?!?!"
