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Post by yashica1943 on Oct 30, 2015 12:55:29 GMT -5
I have a sealed 120 b/w film that was in the bottom of a bag of 35mm cameras I was given.I was looking for a cheap but good 6 x 6 folder on ebay to use it in and probably put a few more films through. I lost out on a Baldix, but found what appears to be a very clean Kershaw 630 and bought it. I think that it should produce some decent enough results.
I will keep in touch after it arrives. (Why on earth did I sell my Bronica?)!!!!!!!
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Post by Stephen on Oct 30, 2015 14:52:20 GMT -5
The Kershaw 630 is not a bad camera, it holds well against other quality folders and was not a cheap camera, it just had modest specifications against some rivals. The quality was there, but Kershaw was owned by Rank Photographic, who proceeded to asset strip the company in the late 1950's, even leaving the factory empty for a period before final closure. Rank had plans for modern models, but Kershaws original owner still had partial control and did not want to develop the models further.
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 4, 2015 4:43:37 GMT -5
Thank you Stephen. The Kershaw has just arrived, it was packed in a big box with metres of bubble wrap. Brilliant. It looks very clean, looking forward to using it. I saw one described by an owner on another site. He said that the shutter could only be operated with a cable release!
If he had looked, he would have seen that there is a section of the edge of the front plate on the right hand side looking from the operator's view that is the shutter release. Very subtle.......... And a nice piece of design. I will put a picture on here later..........
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 4, 2015 11:02:46 GMT -5
Would have added some pictures. Photobucket is closed for maintenance. Cannot add an attachment (too big) not really!
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 5, 2015 6:27:47 GMT -5
Well, that worked!
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 12, 2015 5:51:43 GMT -5
I have just loaded the film into the Kershaw, I have used roll film cameras in the recent past but they were all automatic loaders without a red window on the back. I was doing the loading carefully in good light and really enjoying the process. But it seemed to be taking a long time, circles made up of dots kept coming past the window! So I stopped and shone a really bright light at the window (!) and I could see a faint number three in the circle. So I have wasted two shots. I have no space dark enough to open the camera and do not have a changing bag. Will leave things as they are, the film is over 10 years old anyway. Not impressed with Mr. Ilford, why not just print big dark numbers on the backing paper?
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Post by mickeyobe on Nov 12, 2015 12:14:49 GMT -5
I have just loaded the film into the Kershaw, I have used roll film cameras in the recent past but they were all automatic loaders without a red window on the back. I was doing the loading carefully in good light and really enjoying the process. But it seemed to be taking a long time, circles made up of dots kept coming past the window! So I stopped and shone a really bright light at the window (!) and I could see a faint number three in the circle. So I have wasted two shots. I have no space dark enough to open the camera and do not have a changing bag. Will leave things as they are, the film is over 10 years old anyway. Not impressed with Mr. Ilford, why not just print big dark numbers on the backing paper? Any available space dark enough. That means pitch black with room lights off. Try: Underneath the bedclothes. Pile on a few more blankets if necessary. Room lights off. A clothes closet at night. Room lights off. Inside two or three black or dark green plastic garbage bags. Room lights off. A bathroom with the usual small window. Cover it with anything that is opaque and handy. Put a towel on the floor to block light coming under the door. Room lights off. Inside your car inside its garage at night. Room lights off. A cemetery at midnight on a moonless night. Sit down behind a big headstone to block any incoming room lights. Mickey
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 13, 2015 8:46:18 GMT -5
Thanks Mickey, I fixed it under a black tablecloth in a darkened room. My PC is on top of my desk so I turned it off to avoid the bright light on the switch. It just had to be an occasion when it was downloading something so I had to arrange a black cloth over that. It took half an hour to shut down. Oh for the days when a switch turned just things on and off!
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Post by julio1fer on Nov 13, 2015 21:15:30 GMT -5
From Spoerl, Mit der Kamera auf du.
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 14, 2015 4:14:25 GMT -5
I don't wear pyjamas!
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Post by philbirch on Nov 14, 2015 18:39:49 GMT -5
Make sure your nighty doesnt ride up then - you don't want the cat thinking its a game...
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