Spartus Full~Vue: Snap Shooter

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"DON'T unroll the spool of film to 'see the picture.'"

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Now <i>that's</i> a reminder of simpler times. :-)

"You see the picture BEFORE you take it"

 

I think that says it all right there. While I am a big fan of digital cameras (let's face it, they are convenient), I have found that I use every auto feature they have as a crutch. Today, it is almost as though the motto is:

 

"You see the picture IMMEDIATELY AFTER you take it"

 

BTW, Pedro is a character in the movie "Napoleon Dynamite". Him and his friend Napoleon are nerds in a somewhat modern, though small, Idaho high school. They become, in the end, what you might call "nerd heroes" when Pedro is voted for class president after Napoleon helps him out. Hence the "Vote For Pedro" t-shirt.

Hard to imagine getting a better quality photo of the Snap 1 scene with any other camera. I thought the manual page posted by Danny was particularly interesting for the admission that that camera is optimized for 8-12 feet. I think that was true of a lot of cameras of that type, but the makers seldom admitted it up front. The statement that backgrounds are also registered with "fairly good definition" is also refreshingly candid. Seems like a camera ideally suited to its purpose.

thanks for posting the instructions, I looked everywhere for the ideal focus zone (8-

12 feet). Thanks for the comments, alot of thoughtful insight here.

 

Todd

Great pictures! You definitely have a good eye. Of course Sid is the star. Thanks Danny, also for the rollfilm loading guide. Snapshots are the heartbeat of Life!

The larger the diameter of a meniscus lens the more likely the center will be sharp at the stopped down aperture. This is probably true to a greater or lesser extent of any lens. The proof is apparent in the posted pics.

Todd, excellent pictures done with the Bakelite Spartus camara. Nice toning! I have one exactly like yours and years ago, I "shot" a roll film thru it, getting nice results.

 

...and Steve S, I was surprised to learn about the plastic lens in the '40s, a precursor to the late '60s technology used by the Instamatics.

Todd - No.1 is superb - the poses are reminicent of the glass plate studio shots from the end of the 19th century, but with the obviously modern fashions and bycicle the shot becomes disturbing - the eye accepts, but the brain says something is amiss....