Brian Moore
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My newest camera is a Kodak Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model C, a box camera which dates from the late '20s. Got it off E-Bay. I was the only bidder. This one is in pristine condition. Actually, I think it has been restored. It arrived on Wednesday and I couldn't wait to run a roll of 120 through it. I did so at lunchtime on Thursday, then developed the roll yesterday.
Thursday was a dull day here in the LA area and I only had 100 ASA film, so the results of the first few shots turned out a bit under-exposed as you can see. However, as I was snapping the foties the sky brightened a wee bit and you can see in the last two shots below that the exposure is a wee bit better.
I read somewhere that the aperture on these cameras is f11. I'm guessing that the shutter speed is about 1/50th. There are no adjustments for exposure on the camera. There is only one viewfinder--for viewing in vertical orientation--so to shoot in the horizontal you have to just guess at what's going to be in the frame. Indeed, you're pretty much guessing at the vertical too, since the viewfinder has aged so over the decades that its hard to see an image.
The shutter is in front of the lens, so all you see at the front of the camera is a shallow hole with no glass. The shutter release is interesting. Its a small lever that you shift in one direction (up-to-down or left-to-right, depending on the orientation of the camera). For the next shot you shift it the other direction.
With a 120 roll you get 8 images of 6 x 9. I used Fomapan 100 for this set, and developed them (with some problems apparently), in Rodinal 1:100 for 60 minutes. (I think I need to try steel reels and tank.)
I hope you enjoy these old-looking new foties. It was a joy to shoot them.
Thursday was a dull day here in the LA area and I only had 100 ASA film, so the results of the first few shots turned out a bit under-exposed as you can see. However, as I was snapping the foties the sky brightened a wee bit and you can see in the last two shots below that the exposure is a wee bit better.
I read somewhere that the aperture on these cameras is f11. I'm guessing that the shutter speed is about 1/50th. There are no adjustments for exposure on the camera. There is only one viewfinder--for viewing in vertical orientation--so to shoot in the horizontal you have to just guess at what's going to be in the frame. Indeed, you're pretty much guessing at the vertical too, since the viewfinder has aged so over the decades that its hard to see an image.
The shutter is in front of the lens, so all you see at the front of the camera is a shallow hole with no glass. The shutter release is interesting. Its a small lever that you shift in one direction (up-to-down or left-to-right, depending on the orientation of the camera). For the next shot you shift it the other direction.
With a 120 roll you get 8 images of 6 x 9. I used Fomapan 100 for this set, and developed them (with some problems apparently), in Rodinal 1:100 for 60 minutes. (I think I need to try steel reels and tank.)
I hope you enjoy these old-looking new foties. It was a joy to shoot them.
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