David Mitchell
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Or for decoration and home protection, get an Argus C3 
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David Mitchell
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Here is my Argus C2 set to 'home defence' mode
Adam Lewis
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Ha home defence! That's brilliant, my tripod is my bedroom defence, it's not necessarily heavy, but my god I twinkled my head with it and it hurt, I can only imagine it being put to use... Hopefully it won't just break LOL.
I've looked into those folding cameras before, but they all tend to be a bit brown and skanky, so I'd rather not
however I'm gonna look for an argus c2/3, it's quite pleasing.
I've also looked into Brownie? cameras, they look quite funky really.
I've looked into those folding cameras before, but they all tend to be a bit brown and skanky, so I'd rather not
however I'm gonna look for an argus c2/3, it's quite pleasing.I've also looked into Brownie? cameras, they look quite funky really.
Hamish Gill
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Brown and skanky? Your working hard on this getting shunned aren't you 
David Mitchell
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The tripod is just the handle, the Argus C2/C3 are made from Bakerlite, they are nicknamed 'the brick' for good reason.
Box brownie cameras are pretty basic and can be picked up for a few pounds, folding brownies or the brownie folding autographics are cool though, here is the folding brownie that I bought my mate for Christmas:
http://www.realphotographersforum.c...6-kodak-no-2-autographic-folding-brownie.html
Just be aware with the older camera - although it will still be fine with 120 roll film to shoot the film speeds when the camera were made were much much lower. There aren't as many shutter options on them meaning it can be difficult to shoot properly without slow film. Example is the fact that the camera is ment to be shooting on ISO 25 film, in its day ISO 100 film was considered very very fast...today we have ISO 1600 in some cases and 'normal' speed film is usually ISO 200-400.
Basically the older the camera is, the better built it is, that camera was from 1926 and was still ok to use, can't image a 87 year old pro DSLR still functioning properly after that.
Remember that although you might find these to be 'decorations' you will just 'get the one' and then a few weeks later you will get another lol
I would check out the thread section here to see what other cameras everyone has, I collect unusual cameras and most of them I own are on that part of the forum ranging from the Argus C2 to a Zenit Photo sniper to a Sputnik stereographic camera etc etc lol
Your Kit
My first vintage camera was the box brownie, it still works fine as there is very little to go wrong, I would suggest you get a cheap non working folding camera from the 20, 30s or 40s. Then you can start looking for a Russian or Japanese film SLR from the 80s to early 90s for when you want to shoot.
Like I said, you will buy 1 camera, then you will want more, its a slippery slope from here!
Box brownie cameras are pretty basic and can be picked up for a few pounds, folding brownies or the brownie folding autographics are cool though, here is the folding brownie that I bought my mate for Christmas:
http://www.realphotographersforum.c...6-kodak-no-2-autographic-folding-brownie.html
Just be aware with the older camera - although it will still be fine with 120 roll film to shoot the film speeds when the camera were made were much much lower. There aren't as many shutter options on them meaning it can be difficult to shoot properly without slow film. Example is the fact that the camera is ment to be shooting on ISO 25 film, in its day ISO 100 film was considered very very fast...today we have ISO 1600 in some cases and 'normal' speed film is usually ISO 200-400.
Basically the older the camera is, the better built it is, that camera was from 1926 and was still ok to use, can't image a 87 year old pro DSLR still functioning properly after that.
Remember that although you might find these to be 'decorations' you will just 'get the one' and then a few weeks later you will get another lol
I would check out the thread section here to see what other cameras everyone has, I collect unusual cameras and most of them I own are on that part of the forum ranging from the Argus C2 to a Zenit Photo sniper to a Sputnik stereographic camera etc etc lol
Your Kit
My first vintage camera was the box brownie, it still works fine as there is very little to go wrong, I would suggest you get a cheap non working folding camera from the 20, 30s or 40s. Then you can start looking for a Russian or Japanese film SLR from the 80s to early 90s for when you want to shoot.
Like I said, you will buy 1 camera, then you will want more, its a slippery slope from here!
Adam Lewis
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Brown, skanky, sticky, someone's toast crumbs encrusted within, a bit of a damp patch from drool dripping haha.
Thanks for that David, you've been great help (unlike Hamish-bojangles over here)
Ill keep trawling the interwebs
haha.Thanks for that David, you've been great help (unlike Hamish-bojangles over here)
Ill keep trawling the interwebs
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
David Mitchell said:
Rubbish!
David Mitchell said:
Very true, been there too!
David Mitchell
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With regards to the 'old cameras are built better' i'm just going on the fact that with the 1926 folding brownie it was well put together and had lots of metal parts and well engineered. Then after the war there were a lot of plastic cameras around which probably didn't have the best build quality. The 80s-early 90s mechanical SLRs were built really well, but certain models (like the Zorki/FED cameras) sometimes had issues with moving parts eg curtain tension whereas the older cameras were simpler so there wasn't as much to do wrong lol.
