Camera brand

**bulwellmick** · 10th May 2010, 15:55

My first camera was a Zenith.

My first too !

**Miss Survey** · 18th May 2010, 17:40

Originally Posted by bulwellmick

My first camera was a Zenith.

My first too !

My first was a Box Brownie ( owned by my parents) followed by a Kodak Brownie 127 - methinks I am dating myself!!

**Richie** · 18th May 2010, 20:10

Two for the Road..........

In my ownership now, having been in my family continuously and around for about 70(?) years now.

Just a bit longer than me LOL.

**yamahapaul** · 18th May 2010, 20:13

Originally Posted by Richie

Two for the Road..........

Do you ever use them or are they collectors pieces?

**Richie** · 19th May 2010, 04:15

Never been used by me since i inherited them so that takes out the past 45 years straight away!

Me? Attempt to use anything technical?

**Miss Survey** · 18th June 2010, 17:01

I splashed out at the weekend and got a Lumix GF1 to go with my G1!!!! Beans for the next couple of weeks!!!

**Ian_G** · 18th June 2010, 19:33

I've almost completely restored this camera, I started about 3 weeks ago:

The front standard was missing, bellows shot to pieces, no focus screen, brass parts missing.

I totally stripped the camera down, had the missing wooden part to hold the lens board made, stained the new wood, french polished everything, cleaned brass work, re-assembled, ground a new focus screen, made a pattern & then a new set of bellows.

It functions now but there's still minor brass work missing which has very kindly been made for me, one bit to go and then it'll be a 100% restoration with an adaptor to take a modern roll film back. I still need to make a new strap. It dates from the 1880's or 90's and I will use it.

Ian

**Cellarman** · 3rd September 2010, 08:37

That's a lovely piece of kit. Any thoughts of adapting a digital back to it?

**Ian_G** · 3rd September 2010, 09:35

Originally Posted by Cellarman

That's a lovely piece of kit. Any thoughts of adapting a digital back to it?

No chance

However I have just made an adapter (yesterday) so I can use a roll film back with the camera, and I'm off out to shoot some Pan F on the sea shore as it's such a nice sunny day

I also shoot digital for commercial work & snapshots but only film for personal work.

Ian