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Adrian
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Username: Adrian
Post Number: 289
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 02:51 pm: | 
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I've just picked up one of these little Bakelite toys - the pre-war Woolworths ones. However the shutter is kaput. Does anyone know if it is possible to dismantle them, or is it a shelf queen? Not that I'll get Magnum-quality photos from it, but it's nice to try these things! |
Johnhh39
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Username: Johnhh39
Post Number: 5
Registered: 02-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 04:59 am: |
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Sorry don`t know how to take it apart, but glad to see someone else has one I started with one of these back in the fifties or sixties. they occur now and again on ebay as does film, 126 if memory is right, haven`t used mine was just for the menories |
Johnhh39
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Username: Johnhh39
Post Number: 6
Registered: 02-2009
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 05:04 am: |
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just checked, uses 127 film available from efke - google search but developing could be a problem |
Adrian
Tinkerer
Username: Adrian
Post Number: 290
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 - 08:16 am: |
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Developing only a problem until my Photoflo arrives, and I get the bathroom sorted!
I have a nasty feeling that it clips together, and it will break if I try to dismantle it. However I've got several other 127 cameras, so if I do work out how to get it apart there is likely to be a film lying about...
According to an interview I found with Google, Ken Russell's first camera was a VP Twin. So you share something with him! |
Adrian
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Username: Adrian
Post Number: 291
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 02:18 am: |
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Just an update... When I pressed the lever, every now and again something twitched in the aperture, so I put a tiny bit of Universal Camera Fixing Fluid (Ronsonol...) on a cotton bud, and very carefully applied it to said aperture.
Result... success! Obviously it had just gunged up, and the fluid broke the friction. It still sticks occasionally, but given that it's three-quarters of a century old and I'm not going to be making a living with photos taken with it, I'm happy. Not often I say that, being a miserable git by nature :-) |
