andrea_ingram

Thanks PC. 'Falling plate' sounds about right for what i does. Will contact retro and get some film - can't wat to have a go!

.. and the gubbins inside.<div></div>

.. and here is is next to my chum's Ferrari just for size [and a magazine!]

After a lovely day in the sun over here in t'north, I ventured to one

of my coachs' homes as he had something to show me. Out comes this

small suitcase sized object which he tells me is a 1/4 plate box

camera called a Kelto. Focusing is done by turning this knob on the

side and the whole front of the box moves forward to reveal bellows.

The aperture control is on the front and if you get it right you can

play a tune [possibly] as you focus! Film is carried in holders

inside, held in place by a large bed-spring. The holders fall to the

floor of the box as they are exposed.

It's amazing thing and I am looking to borrow it for a feww days to

run some film through it. The only thing is, I don't know what size

quarter plate is in real money. Any ideas please?

Below are a couple of pics ofthe beast.<div></div>

Very nice! I didn't actually realise Wakefield had a Cathederal. Must pop over and have a look sometime

It's a bit complicated for me Gene - but the pictures are great.

I think you will find that Bbrownies are a class act among Boxes. I have several and if you get good light you can get great images.

... and Malc, posing on his birthday!<div></div>

Feeling a bit better after a stroll out in the next valley a couple

of furlongs from home with the Ensign 2 1/4 Box. Amazes me what you

can get out of these things and makes me want to work with these

alone ! Anyway, Malcom, my cycle coach chum [whose birthday it was]

and I took a stroll out and came back with a couple of piccis - Malc

from one of those new-fangled all-singing and dancing pixelated

things and me with my Box.

Here are two i quite like;

Both Tmax 100 [out of date] twirled in Rodinal 1;75 for

my "goodness , it that the time already" type of development.<div></div>

AAhh! Isn't Hal cute? Sounds like he had a real nice time in Frankfurt. Brilliant post. I'm really enjoying Hal's travels - so many thanks to all who are giving Hal a holiday!

Phew! Just back from the race meet and now exhausted - which is good in that I have decided not to upload another pictuure from this first roll because i don't think it is up to standard and I am not proud of it. I will try again and have something better and more interesting to show you another day. I don't want to bore you with yet another picutre of the park or something. This is such a wonderful forum and I want to do all I can to keep it that way - and I like reading your posts rather than posting mine !

.. and the second one will have to wait as I have just realsied work beckons and partner is riding NW track championships!!

Two images, one in progress as it were, from the second of the skip

finds that were given to me. Back fell off while I was loading Tmax

pro 100 [out of date] so I gaffer taped it! This camera is a bit

techincal for me since it has three apertures plus T and I on the

shutter thing. Anyway, snook out from Velodrome via the Park.

Developed in Rodinal - stand 1;70 - time; "OMGoodness, I've forgotten

the film".<div></div>

Not to worry. This is lovely! I wish I had the nerve to take pictures like this.

Lovely capture. What sort of camera is a Tenax? Apart from an older one ;-)

Has the kayak gone over?

used to do that myself some years back. Great fun - even on the relatively placid waters of the Uk.

Anywhere but work!!!

fav would be French Pyrenese; Faero Isles, Chile and India. But just over the road in the sun will do........

Calm down boys. It's only cameras and bikes you know. It's not life threatening or something.

Anyway, thanks for the comments bout the picci. Must go, have some cookin in a pot of Rodinal now.....

I am extremely lucky living, as I do in a row of 5 houses overlooking

the wonderful hills that edge the Peak District. My neighbour

recently gave me 4 cameras that he had rescued out of a skip [a

rubbish receptacle, in case it?s differently nomenclatured

elsewhere]. One was this Ensign Blue Box camera all covered in dust

and grime of countless years of neglect. So, not wanting to

disappoint my neighbour, I purchased a roll of Efke 100 127 film

since E29 is no longer made, and loaded. [The film is a tad narrower

but Okish]. There was a little problem, once I cleaned off the dust,

in that something was rattling inside the box although I couldn?t see

what it was. Must be in the shutter housing but since it seemed to

work Ok I thought I would give it a go. The viewers are all clouded

too!

I live in England so it rains a lot. I took Ensign to work but since

the lighting at the Velodrome is so terrible, I snook out away from

the Olympic and world champions flying round the track in search of

more speed and went into Phillips Park that runs adjacent. This park

is the first public park in the UK [i think] and as the sun was

shining for a moment, I aimed Ensign [such a wonderful name don?t you

think?], shoved a yellow filter over the front to cope with the light

values and took this picture.

I finished the roll off here and at home, sloshed it round in Rodnial

1:50 and scanned his quickly this morning, just before my medidation

and rush to work.

I think it?s lovely coming from a 1930s box camera with a single

meniscus lens. What do you think? Yes, slight overlapping of frames;

sorry!<div></div>

Obviously the so called 'flaws' in Hal have been greatly over-egged! Hal saw these scenes brilliantly through the eyes of the dancers - probably fuelled with alcohol and goodness knows what. The way Hal 'saw it' wa probably how they saw it.

Brilliant work! thanks so much for looking after Hal, giving him a holiday and letting us see the results!

Roll on the next roll.

I have a Butcher & Houghton box camera from, mmmm - sometime before I

was born and it uses 127 film . At least I hope it does since I have

acquired a couple of rolls of Efke in that format. How many frames

does one get with this type of camera and film please?

Wonderful pictures. Been raining all day a bit further east in the Uk so nicc to see some sun again - even if in photos. My FeD is banned here since it is a 4. Perhaps i need to get an older one!

It's good to hear that Hal is in good spirits [must have been the schnapps!]. Anyway, half the fun of this isto see if you can get Hal to take some reasonable pictures - even with his little 'problems'. Have fun:-)

lovely pictures. and lovely to see you both

Lovely pictures and makes me want to sort my Agifold all the more. interesting development. I have triied stand developmennt [Tmax 100, rodinal 1:75 - 30 mins] with mixed results.