Jan 28, 2019
Something strange in those eyes. Strange but magickal.
Madolaina DiPerna
Derek Schwarzkopf 2019
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Something strange in those eyes. Strange but magickal.
Madolaina DiPerna
Derek Schwarzkopf 2019
Arkansas, before the eclipse
March - 12 Cameras 12 Months
March – 12 Cameras 12 Months
I’ve been delinquent posting on the blog about my camera project. January & February flew by very quickly. I’ll follow up with the Mamiya ZM & the Canonet QL17 G-III.
The Ansco Speedex has been a longtime favorite camera in my collection. There’s several reasons to make it a favorite … the biggest is that the Ansco shoots 120 film, specifically 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 square w 12 images. I like that…
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Back in 2015 I started to get curious with film photography. I learned that my long deceased grandfather had a collection of cameras and lenses. I thought it would be interesting to dust them off and start experimenting. What followed was a lot of research and some fun experimenting.
The first two cameras were made by the defunct camera manufactured Ihagee. They were a camera manufacturer based in Dresden, Germany that existed throughout the 1900s. The first model, known as the Exa was a 35mm small format camera, and was made sometime in the 1950s. It was seen as a good beginner camera due to it being relatively inexpensive.
The second camera model is Exakta VX and is a nicer quality camera that was produced between 1951 and 1956. This camera has a penta-prism viewfinder unlike the Exa which has a waist level viewfinder. Because this is the nicer of the two cameras, this ended up being the one I played with the most.
The third camera is a Ansco Speedex 4.5 Special. It is a 120mm film camera so I am excited to eventually experiment with it once I get around to having it fixed up. This camera was made by the company Agfa/Ansco and was for the American Market much like the Exakta VX. What is also cool about this camera is that it is a folding camera, nice for portability. The lens attached is an 85mm f4.5, so I imagine that this would be great for some portraits.
The lenses pictured here are what I was most excited about. I will eventually do specific posts on each lens as I have an adapter that allows me to use them on my sony digital camera. Left to right: 135mm f3.5, 35mm f2.8, 50mm f1.9 and a warming filter.
120 Film developed. None were focus. These are sorta cool tho.