DVPhoto

Camera:

Canon EOS 350D Digital

Exposure:

0.008 sec (1/125)

Aperture:

f/5.6

Focal Length:

55 mm

ISO Speed:

100

Camera:

Canon EOS 350D Digital

Exposure:

0.003 sec (1/320)

Aperture:

f/5.6

Focal Length:

200 mm

ISO Speed:

100

Exposure Bias:

0/2 EV

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The first camera I ever owned was a Voigtlander Brilliant F/7.7.

No no, I’m not that old. When my parents moved to our new house back in the early 1980’s we found it lying in a pile of junk left by the previous owners. At age 7, I was beginning to pester my father constantly whenever he had his cameras out, so I think he decided this was a great (and cheap) way to get me my own camera. It served me well for a few years, until I hit my teens and forgot all about photography. And if memory serves me correctly I spent many an hour in my fathers darkroom helping develop photos from it, and got at least a few good ones.

Well I was digging around in some old boxes the other day, and under a pile of magazines what should I find, but my old box camera. I pulled it out, blew off a ton of dust, and reminisced about my childhood. Then I sat down at my PC and got down to finding out just how old it really was. Made around 1932 apparently, which makes its condition a bit more understandable. I even found a manual for it online at butkus.org.

A bit rusty and dirty all over, most major parts appear to be okay; though it seems that the shutter speed dial is a bit rusted, and unfortunately the shutter itself appears to be stuck open, only ever closing when you half depress the shutter lever. So I guess I’m going to have to take the front lens mechanism apart and see what I can do. I’ve never done this before; and though this camera does seem to be very simple, I am a bit worried that I won’t be able to get it back together again. So if anyone out there has taken this particular model apart before a little advice would be nice.

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