Curious case of double exposure

Here, pictured in the uncut grass of my backyard, sits Brownie camera I received last February from *bay seller. It is ancient No 2A model from the early 20s. This very simple box camera has one speed rotary-type shutter and 3 Waterstop apertures...that's it. I bought is because there was a roll of exposed film inside. The film turned out to be a 116 Kodak Verichrome Pan. Now, Verichrome Pan is later film, went on sale in mid-50s. It is also known for preserving the latent image very well. So, 4 minutes in very cold and very active developer and...

Wednesday in Little Havana

This had been taken with Kiev 4AM + 35mm Jupiter f/2.8 lens -- one of the few the soviet era setups I have. Came to like this cruel piece of machinery after some trial and error.

The Box Of Darkness

This is brownie-style Agfa camera (B2-Cadet).
I found exposed roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan film inside and developed it.
There were 4 frames on the film:

Miami Camera Show 2012

I have been there again. Since I am in love with old cameras, I liked it. The parking was no problem, and the floor was not very crowded. It is once a year show, it is not widely advertised, so if you'd like to go next year, follow this blog, I'll try to keep you informed. See more photos from the event in this flickr gallery.

Annual Miami Camera Show 2012 is coming!

Miami Camera show. Strange place, big room full of dusty cameras and half-crazy camera freaks (just like me:-). If you like old cameras, you are going to love it. You can take photographs there, its ok, you can also bring you camera to trade (not very profitable) or buy something (usually ridiculously overpriced).

Here is my gallery from the last year's event.

The original pdf can be downloaded from here. Fill it, then print and you'll get $1 off the ticket at the door.

I am going. See you there!

WEREHOUSE FOR RENT

Taken with old Leica IIIF with 50mm Summitar F/2 lens; Neopan SS film in Diafine @ E.I.200.

Hymns

Still walking Little Havana with Kiev-4am, this taken inside the little open store on Calle Ocho.

Conjunction

This is again taken taken with Kiev-4am. Wonderful camera in the need of better 50mm lens and an external viewfinder.

Behind the glass

This photo had been taken with old soviet Kiev 4am camera from 80s. The model is based on wartime Contax; it is heavy balky beast; I liked it a lot. The lens, 53mm f/1.8 Helios 103, is sharp but very flare-prone. The rangefinder, while somewhat awkward in use, is precise. I think it has one of the widest bases among all the 35mm rangefinders. All in all, I glad I brought this piece of aluminium, iron and glass from Russia where I bought it for 650 rubles AKA $20:)

This phone is broken. Who did it?

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This was taken with Olympus XA camera, beautiful old P&S. I liked it more then I actually anticipated when I first hold it in my hands. It is aperture priority rangefinder, I use it as a scale camera most of the time but here I actually used the rangefinder and it did the job. The film was Ilford HP5 at E.I.800 developed in Diafine.

Lincoln Road nights, continued...

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"To hell with the world!" it says under the picture of laughing woman. I was surprised the text this small turned out to be legible -- surprised, because this picture had been taken using 60 y.o. Leica IIIF with 50mm f/2 Summitar collapsible lens, pictured here, and the speed probably was 1/30 or 1/15, plus the aperture was wide open. Praise to old uncle Barnack! See few more pictures from the same session below --

Miami Camera Show 2011

I am going. See you there!

Family reunion

Close relatives of original Leica, left to right:
- Leica IIIF B.D. with 50mm Summitar f/2.0
- Nikon S with Nikkor S.C. 50mm f/1.4
- Zorki 1 type B mod 3 with 50 mm Industar f/3.5

Nice bunch.