Photography Gear that never caused you GAS

[rick oleson]

When did you finish it?

I've STILL got a roll of (I think) 24-shot Kodak Colorplus which I had in my Petri Half/Compact/Junior (it's labelled "Compact", but I add its alternative names so people know which one which particular one I mean, after all they did a number of cameras most people describe as "Compacts") that I finished in July 2025. I'm not sure about the end of the film as I was merrily clicking away at what looked to me as a count of 50 or so, but then I later noticed the counter was still at 50 about ten shots later, lol.

I shot it at the end of October 2024; haven't developed it because I was hoping to figure out a way to save the plastic 126 cartridge rather than just breaking it open to get the film out. And haven't done that yet.

 

[seany65]

Yeah, that was one of two silly design faults of the cartridges, the other apparently being that the film was held only on the take up spool and not the um, feeder spool so there was more film play in that side.

 

[rick oleson]

Yeah, that was one of two silly design faults of the cartridges, the other apparently being that the film was held only on the take up spool and not the um, feeder spool so there was more film play in that side.

I don’t think Eastman had intended them for the level of hardware that camera makers came up with for the 126 format. They were looking for captive proprietary film sales to replace 127 in the high volume snapshot market, and the world (including Nagel) took them too seriously.

 

[Rob-F]

Also, Hasselblads. Great lenses, awful to use.

Yeah, I do have a love/hate relationship with them. Hard to focus with wide angle lenses even with enhanced screens. I mostly scale focus. Damn dark slide. Light leaks. I'm not a square format guy (I use the A16 back mostly). I did my best MF work with a Pentax 67. But the Hassie SWC, that's another story.