Who needs expensive lenses.......

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I'm rather excited about your pics, Bertram2, I also have an older camera passed to me by my grandfather who passed away earlier this year. It is a Kodak Pocket Jr. 1A from about 1930. Same thing, one speed, one focal length, although four apertures but only labeled 1-4! The lens is the same as yours; just the one element. I attempted a roll of 120 in it a while ago but something went wrong and it was all completely exposed (or completely not, I'm rather new to this...). The upshot was that there were no pics on it at all. It seems to be functioning just fine and no leaks or anything so I have since put another roll of film in and am trying again. I'm shooting tmax 100ASA FWIW.

Wait now, I just reread your post. Did you take those pics with that camera or you only found the negs? Just curious. Is the camera still around?

 

[Bertram2]

I see a whole new career and life opening up here Bertram, photo-historian.! And Photo-resurectionist.

I always got the feeling that the people who "needed" all this information were far more interested in the equipment than the photography. :angel:

Hi John,
photo historian ? Well you know that in fact I am a historian, I studied history at the university because this got an essential interest for me during the school time.
And tho I never worked as a historian I never lost the interest in principle, and while trying to get a photog the historical part is a MUST KNOW for me of course.
Under these circumstances it is clear that Atget and his main focus on the documentary side is a very interesting personality for me.
The poetry in his photos comes from his education as a painter, he made documentation using the rules of art . Unique !
There have been contemporary photogs who did the same job at the same time, as official photogs of he governement, their photos are absolutely stunning related to the quality, but they are completely DEAD !!

Yes, for some it is a kinda torture not to know which cameras were used for the pics who won the contest, they get mad about it somehow, so mad that they cannot deal at all seriously with the pic itself before the know the lens ! As if it would be embarrassing to have said "great! " and it turns out later it was a disposable ? 😀

Best,
Bertram

 

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Wait now, I just reread your post. Did you take those pics with that camera or you only found the negs? Just curious. Is the camera still around?

It is still around a and working and I took the pics with it 2002.
Since then I detected additional "features": It has a filmpressure plate (not all box cameras have it) and a kinda slide at the rhs, pulling it out to the first mark you get a smaller aperture (f22 I think) and pulling it out to second mark you get a yellow filter behind the lens !! I must go out with this baby and try filter and aperture out, maybe the softness towards the corners gets better with the smaller aperture ? 😉

Post your results please when you got some ready , I am alwasy interested in such kinda stuff ! 🙂

Regards,
bertram