Brian Moore
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I mentioned in a previous post that while in Kutna Hora I came across a roll of 120 film trapped in a Pionyr camera. I would have bought the Pionyr but the shutter was frozen. However, there was also an old Voigtlander for sale and this camera I did purchase. It's not in bad shape given its age, which I estimate to be around 80 years give or take a few.
I didn't get a great deal on it, and I knew that when I bought it, but it wasn't too bad and besides I just wanted a souvenir of my trip. What better souvenir than an old Voigtlander Roll Film camera?
I decided that my souvenir should do some work so I loaded a roll of Fomapan 100 in it and shot the roll walking around Prague the next day.
I readily admit these are not the best of pictures. The camera takes a bit of getting used to. And for some reason I had trouble estimating some lighting situations. Perhaps the shutter speeds are off.
Nevertheless, here are the shots in the order I snapped them. (It is a 6x9cm camera, so a roll of 120 film yields 8 images.)
1. A young American couple and their son. The chap and I shared an interest in cameras and so I asked if he'd like me to take their picture. I forgot to focus. I realized this only later as I was thinking about the shot. I hoped my selected aperture would provide enough DOF, but obviously not.
2. A restaurant where Meg (my younger daughter) and I ate lunch on our last day together in Prague. I do not know what caused the abrasions on the film.
3. Damn parallax error! Well, I like to think that was what caused this terrible comp. Maybe it was just bad aim. Too bad, because I otherwise like this image very much. This is Meg, taken in the restaurant I featured in 2 above. On the table sits the Werra I had purchased from a camera shop in Prague just an hour or less before.
4. Two bums on the other side of a fountain. One scratching his ankle, the other asleep.
5. A Trolley.
6. A magnificent edifice; a bank to be precise. Perambulating tourists in the foreground.
7. An anonymous lad so underexposed one cannot see the mirth that my camera has illicited upon his countenance.
8. A lovely building.
I didn't get a great deal on it, and I knew that when I bought it, but it wasn't too bad and besides I just wanted a souvenir of my trip. What better souvenir than an old Voigtlander Roll Film camera?
I decided that my souvenir should do some work so I loaded a roll of Fomapan 100 in it and shot the roll walking around Prague the next day.
I readily admit these are not the best of pictures. The camera takes a bit of getting used to. And for some reason I had trouble estimating some lighting situations. Perhaps the shutter speeds are off.
Nevertheless, here are the shots in the order I snapped them. (It is a 6x9cm camera, so a roll of 120 film yields 8 images.)
1. A young American couple and their son. The chap and I shared an interest in cameras and so I asked if he'd like me to take their picture. I forgot to focus. I realized this only later as I was thinking about the shot. I hoped my selected aperture would provide enough DOF, but obviously not.
2. A restaurant where Meg (my younger daughter) and I ate lunch on our last day together in Prague. I do not know what caused the abrasions on the film.
3. Damn parallax error! Well, I like to think that was what caused this terrible comp. Maybe it was just bad aim. Too bad, because I otherwise like this image very much. This is Meg, taken in the restaurant I featured in 2 above. On the table sits the Werra I had purchased from a camera shop in Prague just an hour or less before.
4. Two bums on the other side of a fountain. One scratching his ankle, the other asleep.
5. A Trolley.
6. A magnificent edifice; a bank to be precise. Perambulating tourists in the foreground.
7. An anonymous lad so underexposed one cannot see the mirth that my camera has illicited upon his countenance.
8. A lovely building.
Yes that's the accoutrement of brewing you have spied. 
