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Post by Reiska on Oct 6, 2008 16:02:53 GMT -5
We have an eternity project in Killinkoski. We are building a heaven for cameras. (Those who can't behave are not welcomed) An old industrial building is transforming into a heaven. Over two thousand items are knocking the door and we know there is more to come. A big repro in a heavy weight class. A pressure test for some shelves. A work bench of a professional, Kauko Tanner This is what I saw when I drove home. This means winter.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2008 16:32:14 GMT -5
I've got the lenses off one of those room-sized plate cameras. Grabbed them when they tore out the camera here at work. Haven't figured how to attach them to my D300 yet!
That looks like a really cool museum.
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 6, 2008 19:21:54 GMT -5
Valhallah!
Is that blue/ grey enlarger between the silver and black ones a Minori by any chance?
Mickey
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Post by John Parry on Oct 6, 2008 20:40:32 GMT -5
Wow Reijo - you HAVE been busy!
Do you have a catalogue for all the equipment? If so, post it on here...
Regards - John
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Post by Reiska on Oct 7, 2008 15:43:03 GMT -5
Mickey, I can not confirm your assumption. I'll try to check it next time. The problem is, that Kamerataivas (Camera Heaven) is 202 km away and the next meeting there is not until just before the Christmas. John, The catalogue is "under construction" it is an enormous job as you understand. Many items are still packed and the content not even thoroughly inspected. All job has to be done by voluntary work and we are living all over the country. www.killinkoski.fi/kameramuseo.html
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Post by SidW on Oct 7, 2008 18:18:10 GMT -5
Reijo, who is financing this project?
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Post by Reiska on Oct 8, 2008 11:19:01 GMT -5
The nest-egg or wellspring (can't say it in English) was a legacy of deceased Rainer Mattlin and his wife Sirkka Mattlin, members of the Photography Historical Association of Finland. The rest is consisted mainly of donations. All the work is voluntary and the space is, believe or not, free on that condition that the society attends to the place and tries to make it attractive for the passers-by. This is not the only museum in that building. One of the most interesting is a "Ribbon museum". It consists of old sewing machines and suspenders (garters)
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Post by Rachel on Oct 8, 2008 15:30:14 GMT -5
Reiska, I thought that last picture looked familiar
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Post by John Parry on Oct 8, 2008 18:16:08 GMT -5
Rachel - that's wicked !!
Don't get us started on suspenders for goodness' sake.... !! LOL !!
Regards - John
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Post by Reiska on Oct 10, 2008 12:35:21 GMT -5
Rachel, Somehow they looked familiar to me too. I just can't remember where.... Eh, maybe in the dreams. John, Please remember "Honni soit qui mal y pense" has something to do with the suspenders, English and chivalry. My haste doesn't give up. Now I have my own cow in a ditch. Most of my cameras are on display in a local museum. Problem is as you see we have only five free tables with a plexiglas dome. Three of them are in a picture. Cameras might experience claustrophobia. Many things is still under construction although the opening is on next Sunday. The exhibition was not my idea but the director of the Cedercreutz Museum. Guess how many cameras and you could win a ....hm. The results of the course for the children "How to use a digital camera" are displayed there at the same time. At least the children and their parents / or grandparents will come.
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Post by renaldo on Oct 10, 2008 13:01:30 GMT -5
Wow...what an interesting project! I could spend hours in there just looking and absorbing all the history!!!
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 10, 2008 14:43:14 GMT -5
It is a beautiful looking display area and those domes are a great idea allowing one to see the displays from all angles.
"At least the children and their parents / or grandparents will come." Isn't that exactly what a museum wants?
Mickey
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Post by Rachel on Oct 11, 2008 4:56:43 GMT -5
Reiska, sorry to have lowered the tone It looks a great display.
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Post by John Parry on Oct 11, 2008 11:15:09 GMT -5
Reijo
So, you're giving me a hard time in Old French now? I am totally innocent here. It was you who posted the picture!
I like your museum very much. You should lend out some of those beautiful cameras to make sure they still get used, though. Maybe to students, and people such as yourself.
Regards - John
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Post by PeterW on Oct 11, 2008 12:58:11 GMT -5
That's a wonderful museum, Reijo. Well lit and spacious. I love the idea of cameras under plastic domes so that you can look at them from all angles. Are they annotated? I could see only one notice in each table case. The cameras in the cases with shelves are also well lit and well displayed, and I loved the display of old enlargers and horizontal enlargers/repro cameras. Is the workbench in use when visitors are around so that they can see the work that goes into restoration? If so, Kauko Tanner must be a complete professional, sure of what he does. I don't think I would want onlookers when I'm fiddling with restoration. Sometimes my trial and error methods lean towards the errors! I also like the other museum in the building that you showed, the one with the bobbin winders and sewing machines. Some really ingenious mechanism went into this type of machinery. Is there a display of domestic sewing machines as well, so that visitors can say "Oh look, my grandmother had one just like that!" I have some idea of what's involved and the unending work in setting up a museum. I was a founder member of the Dover Transport Museum Society, and did a three-year stint as chairman. We started in a very small way in the outbuilding of a disused water pumping station but soon had to move into larger premises by the Boat Marina. When the lease on that expired we moved yet again to get even more space. You can get an idea what it's like now from the website dovertransportmuseum.homestead.com/Index.htmlThe pictures don't really do the museum justice. As well as the vehicles there are displays of by-gone shop windows full of all sorts of fascinating stuff, including a camera shop window. I don't suppose I shall ever visit Finland again, but I could spend hours - days even - in that place. Are there plans for any other museums in the building, or is it close to full up? I suppose eventually there will be a catalogue, but at the moment it would have to be in loose-leaf form to enable constant up-dating! PeterW
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