Show us your Kershaw folder and pics

Quite amazing image detail there Steve! Such dof too. Hope to see more of your work.

DataW, you've made me jealous of your Peregrine! Let's see some more shots from it.

I've taken my eye off the ball recently and have been playing with some vintage 35mm kit. I hope to get to use my 450 this summer (sorry).
 
Kershaw Peregrine 111

Kershaw Peregrine 111

Hallo Kershaw fans ....

Here's a copy of my posting under another thread.
For those of you who have not come across this superb camera here's a couple of pictures. For more details, please visit my website (below)

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I owned both a brand-new Kershaw Peregrine 111 and a Super Ikonta 1V. The Peregrine 111 was the better camera.
Having now retired, nostalgia has struck and I have set myself the task of compiling a web-page which I hope will become the definitive source of information about the Kershaw Peregrine 111. It is well on the way and can be found at http://www.statim.co.uk
Should you have any information about the Kershaw cameras, or know anyone who has owned one, please do contact me at geoff@statim.co.uk
Thanks, GT.
 
Geoff Thomas said:
Hallo Kershaw fans ....

Here's a copy of my posting under another thread.
For those of you who have not come across this superb camera here's a couple of pictures. For more details, please visit my website (below)

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I owned both a brand-new Kershaw Peregrine 111 and a Super Ikonta 1V. The Peregrine 111 was the better camera.
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Thanks, GT.
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Hi Geoff, I can be just as jealous of your Peregrine too! It looks very nice.
I look forward to seeing some of your work and your website.
I'm afraid that I will be of little use to your quest for info on these, other than as another poster wrote, they were made in Leeds. There is a used/vintage camera shop in Leeds (they are online) that had some history to the marque, forgot the name now, maybe it will come back later.

good luck....
 
fidget--Concerning strap lugs on folders. I have several Kodak Tourist and Tourist II cameras. I believe all Tourist models have strap lugs. The lugs stick up through the top plate, and you actually run the leather strap through the lugs.
 
I want to join this club too!
Got a very nice Kershaw 630 today, didn´t know much about it, but it worked and looked nice. Looking at this pictures and some on flickr, I´m really looking forward to use it.

Pictures will follow.
 
The camera looks very nice, gave it a brush with isoprophynol and removed the top because it had a very dirty viewfinder.
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A drop of Zalo and wather, followed by lens cleaner liquid made it crystal clear
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Now it´s ready for some pictures, really looking forward to see the results, lens looks very nice and clean and the shutter times seems right too.
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I don't think I had ever heard of Kershaw before stumbling onto this thread. But these are some very interesting looking cameras! I particularly like that woven fabric looking covering on some of them. Reminds me of a heavy-duty cordura nylon, like a piece of luggage almost! That's not a slam, really. I'm actually sort of a sucker for camera coverings that break away from the standard leather/leatherette look, being very fond for example of the ribbed/herringbone patterned "Robusit" covering found on so many old Agfa/Ansco covers.

Speaking of which, is it just me or do these have a very strong resemblance to some of the Agfa offerings of the era? Well, except for the one model which to me seems to look suspiciously Ikonta-like. Hmmm.

Oh, and I love the avian naming scheme too! (kinda cool, when you do a little bird photography) 🙂
 
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Steve M. said:
Thanks a lot! Yet another camera to lust after.

The first 2 photos look amazing. Looks like the lens images sorta like a Heliar. Who knew? Probably a UK thing, not sure we see many of these over here in the colonies. I like the look of the Ross Ensigns too and have yet to see one in the flesh. Thanks for posting these great shots.
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I'm very impressed with the results from my Otar anastigmat, and also by those posted by others. It may be no coincidence that Kershaw and Taylor Hobson were 'sister' companies at the time under the Rank Organisation 🙄.
PS The Lens Collector's Vade Mecum quotes the lens as "Etar", saying that "Otar" is a spelling mistake. However, as we can see from our camera hardware, and lots of other viewable literature, "Otar" is the correct name.
 
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Hi All,
A couple of years ago (or so), I restricted myself to digi work, partly as a break from the endless testing of old cams that a gear head aquires. It worked well, I love digital IR..

It worked well enough for me to dig out many of my old cameras and sell a few. I came across my Kershaw 450 but found that I cannot part with it. It is capable of very good images and the sort of OOF effects that aren't seen on digi files. I was getting around to selling/donating/dumping the film I have in my freezer, so it seems only right to at least run a few films through the Kershaw. This could be fun.
Now, run-of-the-mill images are always going to be digital for me. If I am to use MF film again (assumung that the film stock is OK!) then I must exploit the image quality of the Kershaw, so will have to think hard about the sort of images I want.

What image qualities do you like from the Kershaw or similar 3 element lenses?
Dave
 
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Hello. First post here.
I have a few older cameras and one of them is the Kershaw Peregrine II, it still works and I plan on running some film through it shortly, but I think it needs a good service. Can I just take it to my local camera repair store, or would you recommend sending it to a more specialized place? (I am in Seattle, US.)
 
jettad said:
Hello. First post here.
I have a few older cameras and one of them is the Kershaw Peregrine II, it still works and I plan on running some film through it shortly, but I think it needs a good service. Can I just take it to my local camera repair store, or would you recommend sending it to a more specialized place? (I am in Seattle, US.)
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It's very unlikely that a local camera store would be able to service an old folder (their business model is more likely to be confined to blowing dust off sensors & lenses 😉 ), although they might have contact with a specialist if there happens to be one in the vicinity. Your best bet is if any US members watching this forum can recommend a specialist near Seattle, or at least the US.

You refer to a service to a working camera, rather than 'repair', so I suppose that may mean just cleaning the shutter and lens; lens to film plane collimation would anyway have to be checked after dismantling for a shutter service. A service man who is accustomed to the likes of Compurs and Prontors should be able to find his way around the Talykron; here is a link to my Curlew III Talykron repair to show the way in. (It is hoped you don't have any broken parts to repair; as a hobbyist I don't have to charge man-hours for my own time when I have to fabricate or improvise broken or missing parts,otherwise it would be prohibitively expensive!).
Good luck 🙂 !
 
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