I have recently come across a Kodak No 2 Folding Cartridge Premo camera from 1917. It takes 120 film and shoots a 6x9 cm negative. It has shutter speeds of 1/25, 1/50, B and T. The aperture settings are 1, 2, 3 and 4 with 1 being the largest opening. I am hoping that there is someone out there who knows the relative aperture of this camera. I would like to be able to get out of having to run tests in order to reliably shoot with this camera. I appreciate any help you guys can offer, I have scoured the net for this info and you guys are my last hope before testing.
Grant <gr...@fullfx.com> wrote in message <news:tYWdnc2ob8nTYomiXTWJhQ@comcast.com>... > I have recently come across a Kodak No 2 Folding Cartridge Premo camera > from 1917. It takes 120 film and shoots a 6x9 cm negative. It has > shutter speeds of 1/25, 1/50, B and T. The aperture settings are 1, 2, 3 > and 4 with 1 being the largest opening. I am hoping that there is > someone out there who knows the relative aperture of this camera. I > would like to be able to get out of having to run tests in order to > reliably shoot with this camera. I appreciate any help you guys can > offer, I have scoured the net for this info and you guys are my last > hope before testing.
Give me a break! Figuring out how an old camera works is part of the fun.
You'll have to test the shutter speed anyway. Do you really think it's still going to be accurate after all these years?
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 02:38:37 -0500, Grant <gr...@fullfx.com> wrote: >I have recently come across a Kodak No 2 Folding Cartridge Premo camera >from 1917. It takes 120 film and shoots a 6x9 cm negative. It has >shutter speeds of 1/25, 1/50, B and T. The aperture settings are 1, 2, 3 >and 4 with 1 being the largest opening. I am hoping that there is >someone out there who knows the relative aperture of this camera. I >would like to be able to get out of having to run tests in order to >reliably shoot with this camera. I appreciate any help you guys can >offer, I have scoured the net for this info and you guys are my last >hope before testing.
Click on f stops and shutter speeds. This is for the Brownie folders but I think it is accurate for all the old folding Kodaks. This is one of the best old camera sites I have found and it is easy to spend an awful lot of time nosing around there.
> Click on f stops and shutter speeds. > This is for the Brownie folders but I think it is accurate for all the old > folding Kodaks. > This is one of the best old camera sites I have found and it is easy to spend an > awful lot of time nosing around there.
> Kiyu
There it was, a aperture estimation list for all the old cameras. Thanks alot.
im not 100% sure but i think its f/11, f/16, f/22, f/32
i think this is what it is on my kodak VPK and the kodak rotary shutter on my VPK is very accurate at over 80 years old though it only has 1 speed, 1/50th
> > Click on f stops and shutter speeds. > > This is for the Brownie folders but I think it is accurate for all the old > > folding Kodaks. > > This is one of the best old camera sites I have found and it is easy to spend an > > awful lot of time nosing around there.
> > Kiyu
> There it was, a aperture estimation list for all the old cameras. Thanks > alot.
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