new old cameras 24 January 2010
Yesterday I took some more prints down to the Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery. This is the first year that they’ve been open through the winter and invited me as a guest artist (open on the weekends 10-5). I decided to check out the antique shop upstairs to see if they had a dresser since mine is being taken over by P when he moves into his new room. While looking around I spotted a gorgeous Voigtlander Brillant. It has a really interesting viewfinder that I’m excited to use for some Through the Viewfinder work. I think I may also just try it out to use it with film. I happen to have a fresh roll of 120 film sitting here and it seems to be in mostly working order. I also really liked the sticker with the hand written exposure cheat sheet the was stuck on the side of the camera (it fell off when I got it home).
When he saw I was interested in the Voitlander, the vendor dug out a few other cameras he had packed away. Two more pseudo-TLRs with nice bright viewfinders. One is an startlingly cute original Kodak Duaflex (my main ttv camera has been a Kodak Duaflex IV) and the other is a Kodak Brownie Reflex. The Brownie Reflex needs one little repair in order to get it TtV worthy. I couldn’t believe that I got three at one shop. I also like that they were manufactured in all different places, Germany, Canada, and England. Take a look at the pics and you’ll see why I couldn’t resist getting all three:



