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These are the former Kodak EC70

The inside of the top folding cover plate has the serial number with a preceding letter, mine has a G Prefix = 1935. Mine is a German eddition that came with photo's from WW2 Germany

Yep, you definitely get the vintage look from vintage cameras. No light leaks? I usually tape them up with electrical tape just in case. 👍📸

The SLR did not start with the Nikon F (or Nikon).

What where the issues Nikon had with the Mamiya produced Nikkorex F?

Thank you! Very concise and informative video.

You mentioned the VP Twin. I got one for the princely sum of 99p. I had to make some new red windows from some acrylic sheet and I ran a roll of 127 film through it and got similar results to yours with the Vista Colour. The camera cost me 99p but the roll of film was £14.00 !!!!

This morning I was looking at my camera gear. Digital and the needed gear. I recalled my film days. Shot mostly slide and I thought how I had to create the image I wanted to go on the slide. There was no way to take a slide and add or shadow the image to make it better. Like a painter and using colors applied to a blank canvas. Yes a canvas can be added or applied with hues to make it look better. But the work would be time consuming and to remove any hue after applying to a completed painting. I really miss film days. I have seen digital images, after being printed that just didn't look natural. I remember one award winning image of horses as if running in a circle, with purple and red hues with patches of real dark hues. The explaination of how the final image was made left me thinking why not just take any photo and play with using a computer program and end up with an image that is NOT an actual moment with a camera?

That's an oddity I've never seen.

Own a couple of that particular model.

just been given one.

door catches can break easily, but lot of camera just got one for £12 cost less than the film I put in

Nice video, sir.

Good lesson 👍

I agree, VueScan is a great scanning programme, far better than what Epson offer for Linux. I set up various profiles for different films.

Hello, what film can i use in this type camera

Really looking forward to using a 4k I bought today. Old Soviet cameras seem to be getting a bit more expensive? Love your videos, you talk good sense about cameras, no snobbery, just measured views.

Just repaired my mum's old AF-10 - cleaning out the battery compartment and gluing back a big piece of plastic housing which held one of the battery springs. Nice to have as a car camera. Looking forward to making it chooch again!

What type of battery is that, bro?

I have one of these, is it worth anything ?

I really enjoy your videos. I have a little collection of film cameras too. Thanks for sharing.

Thought this might interest you (your neck of the woods?) - ua-cam.com/video/pgZIe-vy8-I/v-deo.htmlsi=zWT2LGFELZixVciL

Interesting story!

Excellent video 😮!

Grandfather actually made the M-1, then changed to OM-1. Then my uncle told his father to have F-stop in the viewfinder. But his father says they are closing down & going digitals.

Hello, I was going to buy one from eBay but you put an end to that. 20th Oct 2024. Thanks for you video thou.

I think that Ilford is now part of Harman.

Because these cameras seem cheap at the outset they are in fact extremely expensive cameras to use. Film is expensive and the resulting images produced by the " plastic fantastic " is reserved for the Togs with money to burn.

Hiii, I got this model of camera and I wanted to know if it is still possible to get the battery and roll to use it ?

The company was founded by Jack Hannes (1923-2005). Born in Germany and educated in England, Hannes' family fled Germany for Australia in 1939. After becoming involved in the import of photographic products in the years following the end of World War II, Hannes formed Hanimex (an abbreviation of "HANnes" "IMport" "EXport") in 1947....... From Wikipedia.

I have one of these , in a sort of burgundy colour . It was given to me as a gift in a the 90s . I used it extensively as a teenager . When you take into account its construction, intended market and limitations it will reliably take acceptable pictures . It does its intended job of being an adequate snapshot camera

Thank you! Loved the photos!

I have a black Kalimar branded example. Good video.

Heya after finding one of these, it still works but the bulb doesn’t. What type of bulb does it require

Thanks for the lovely video, much appreciated. When I went to college these were the cameras we used as part of the Graphic design course I was on, apart from photography I didn't enjoy the course very much but I never forgot the camera! I've just taken the eBay plunge and purchased one for £35..you never know exactly what you are going to get until it turns up in the post for that much anticipated first inspection..I am hoping all will be well and it is fully functional!!...the digital cameras I have are all Pentax so it also made sense to stay in the same stable...I'm looking forward to seeing my old college friend the ME super again 41 years on!! How time flies!!

Thanks for this great video. I just got this camera, but I think the AF is not working. I believe I should half press and then hear/see the lens moving to focus, but it doesn't. Could you confirm how the AF works with your camera?

I like the EV system lots on my 1950's cameras. I find it natural and easy and as light changes I simply go up and down the EVs, exposures are consistent and intuatively set.

Just bought one for one pound on eBay. Bargain.

This is antoher model of Box camera from Agfa, the Synchro Box has a place to connect a flash (hence the name). Otherwise it's identical. These are fun cameras to use still today. My only 6x9 is one of those actually! (I cannot enlarge those negatives in my darkroom though, max the enlarger I have does is 6x6, and need to swap to the 85mm lens too so it's not the easiest swap) I have a "made in France" Agfa Synchro Box. Between 1949 and the mid 50's Agfa manufactured such cameras directly in France so they could sell them to the french market without having to pay an important duty/tax that existed specifically for photographic equipment. Those more often than not "still works" assuming nothing bad happened th the lens. The shutter is extremely simple. The shutter on these is closer to 1/40 than it is 1/30 as far as I know. You can find an additional "Portrait Lens" (Porträtlinse) that snaps on the front lens. It is a small added magnification that brings the place of focus between 1m and 2m instead of 2m to infinity

Thanks for your video. I’ve had 2xAZ300s in the past & I’ve currently got an IZM300. There’s very little difference between the two, and I agree that they’re really simple, but nice cameras to use. The zoom lens moves pretty smoothly too. If you’re out for a walk & don’t want to go hulking a load of kit, this has a fair number of options to keep you happy.😀👍

Sorry, this is not a Synchro Box, the pins on the top of the Box for the flash are missing and the lettering on the Frontplate "Synchro Box" is missing too. The Box shown in the Video is a Box 50!

Bettering the sh*t out of the film back plate... Lol.. (1.40mins)

I have had much sharper images from the same model of camera. I recommend checking the lens collimation at infinity at full aperture on "T" shutter setting, using a piece of ground glass with the frosted side facing the lens. I suspect that the lens helicoid has been tampered with and that the focus needs recalibrating. A Box Brownie has sharper images in the centre of the field. It is a case of focussing at infinity on the glass, loosening the screws on the scale bezel and setting the infinity symbol to the mark when the horizon is in sharp focus. This camera can offer so much more, unless the lens is totally faulty.

You've just reminded me. I have an Ensign Midget camera. It caught my eye years ago in a charity shop.

I got one recently, in Japan named „Kiss III“.

Interesting! I was just looking up the Kodak Motormatic 35 when your video showed up in the results. They look nearly identical, except the bottom wind lever is a wind knob with a spring to give you auto winding/advancing of the film to the next frame. I saw the Mototmatic 35 in some old Kodak film reel footage in a video by “History in the Dark” called “The (Misunderstood) Fall of Kodak | It Wasn’t Because of Digital Cameras | History in the Dark”. Thanks for your video. I will be looking out for this camera!

Hi, I appreciated your video, but I have what is clearly a A 531. But it has a back (with the serial number, etc.) that is marked 6x9cm, yet has the window (with the little slinging cover) in the right place for a 4.5x6cm format. I love the serial number O 388 with the 5 pointed star. I can't find anything on this combination, any ideas?

My husband just brought this camera to me he knows I love stuff like this thanks for the video I did not know how to open but I have a question are all films the same size or do you need a specific one ?

I have an Agiflash which is very Art Deco looking but not practical. Wouldn’t even waste a film on it but it does look cool 👍📸

I have this exact model. Only shot one roll with it so far, but was happy with the results. I checked my rangefinder against a laser measure and it agreed. I think that you can adjust it with the screw in the centre of the wheel. We're off to North Norfolk in 10 days so I plan to give it outing there.