My Cameras

While it has no real relationship to my favorite car ... it does look like it should. The Bloc Metal 41 was produced from 1941 to 1948 in France. This one has some issues I need to work out. It uses 120 film and the first roll I shot showed signs of light leaks and scratches. I'll be making some repairs before I try it again.

I just added my first 4X5 camera to the collection. I can't wait for the film I ordered for it to get here for it.

Here is another camera from my collection. It shoots the hard to find 127 film. Someday soon I hope to post some photos taken with it.

The latest addition to my camera collection. This medium format Graflex camera shoots 120 film. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I've got the film loaded and ready to go.

This is the second Pontiac camera I've added to my collection. It's in much better shape than the first one and I hope to get some good photos from it. This is a French camera made during the German occupation in WWII.

A while back I ended up with a roll of 616 film and added this camera to the collection in order to shoot the film. It will probably be the only roll I shoot in it.

New to my photography collection yesterday. This Beseler enlager was a Craig's List find and something I've been looking for the past year since I bought the large format Graflex camera. It will hold the larger negative carrier my Beseler 23C would not hold. It was used by a local company in their production of advertising catalogs. Now, I just need to find a spot for it in the darkroom.

The latest addition to my camera collection.

A sampling of the film I have tucked away in the refrigerator and freezer. Some of it is years (decades) out of date and it will be interesting to see the results someday.