Kodak Medalist Photos

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It may be a brick, but it can be rewarding. However I think it works best in larger hands.
Peter
Medalist 1 and Portra 160
 
Neither do I find the weight, per se, a drawback. It's just that I have large and, perhaps unfortunately, arthritic hands and the combination of the weight and the relatively small size is hard to manage. HOWEVER, I'm keeping mine. :)
 
I've only ever taken 2 shots handheld with my Medalist.
My arms and hands are very week (ALS) and I actually held the camera up myself and had my friend press the shutter button when I was ready. That was nearly 2 years ago, I wouldn't be able to lift the camera now , so the Medalist is a tripod only camera for me.

Here's one of the handheld shots,


1937 Chevy by Colton Allen, on Flickr
 
johannielscom said:
Nice shots guys!

Mine is also going through its first roll since I got it.

I've found that putting it on a tripod and shooting it with a wire release makes for a very smooth shutter action and no shake at all. So that's the way I'm planning to use it.

No hassle, my other cameras include a Graflex 4x5 with Aero-Ektar and it's surely impossible for me to shoot that thing handheld at all anyway ;) so I'm kinda used to tripods
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Thinking the same thing, Johan.
 
johannielscom said:
Nice shots guys!

Mine is also going through its first roll since I got it.

I've found that putting it on a tripod and shooting it with a wire release makes for a very smooth shutter action and no shake at all. So that's the way I'm planning to use it.
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Do you have to press the shutter button after you trip the shutter with a cable release?
On my Medalist II, the cable release will trip the shutter, but the advance mechanism will remain locked until I press the shutter button.

Kenj8246 said:
You did better than I did, Colton. :)
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Thanks :)
 
^ Short answer, Yes. I always put my hand over the lens though, better safe than sorry.
You'd think that after owning it for a few years I'd just check to see if the shutter fires again ? Peter
 
Just picked up a No. 2 cable release off fleabay...seems the 6.875" model is most prevalent? Anyone ever see a longer one?

Regards,
Kenny
 
Mike, I just scored three rolls each of 1970's expired Kodacolor II and Verichrome Pan. May shoot one of each and display the rest. :)

Kenny
 
If you're going to have Ken Ruth repair the camera, you should go all the way and convert it to 120 film. Then you will really have no excuse for not using the camera.
 
eckmanmj said:
As for converting it to 120, wise choice keeping it 620. It is so easy to re-roll film onto 620 spools, I just dont think its worth the cost of conversion. Especially for a camera that will see use only once in a while. Plus, it encourages you to scope out expired 620 film on eBay and get some really nice shots like this one shot on Kodacolor II expired in 1983.

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I completely agree :)
I've got a roll of 1995 expired 620 Kodak Gold 200 in my Medalist right now.
 
The Medalist is, I assume, sitting in a box at Ken Ruth's place on Bald Mountain. I'm hoping for a call with estimate soon. I've decided, I THINK, to just do a feed side conversion in addition to a tune up. While I have no problem re-spooling, it can get old. Surely he can't be as backlogged as he was a few years ago. I hope, I hope. Was hoping to take the Medalist out to Taos next month.
 
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