Kodak it8 target film
This camera specifically says “Caution: this camera does not take 120 film” and it’s not wrong. You can see why this confused me for a bit. To open this camera, you pull out the wind knob as usual, but you also need to pull up the little knob that is the forward connector for the hand strap.Then you can pull the front off, viewfinders and all. Shooting: the shutter lever & shutter are not so convenient and smooth that you don’t need to worry about shake, so like with most box cameras, it’s best to hold against your body for stability when you shoot. The shutter was pretty tough to get moving, so I took a little silicone potentiometer lubricant like I use on guitar pots, put it on a cotton swab and rubbed it on the friction spots for the shutter parts, which got it sliding smoothly. Glued the mirror back in and cleaned the front metal with Flitz. Cleaned all the glass with Windex, including setting the shutter on what would be ‘B’ and cleaning the lens from behind (like many box cameras, there are only two settings: shoot, and stay open). Cleaned the leather with Lexol, then took the front of the camera off to clean all the glass, whereupon one of the viewfinder mirrors fell out. It was dirty, with tarnished metal, cloudy glass & peeling leather. This is wood/paper construction like most Kodak box cameras. It does have similar bright viewfinders and is about the same size. The Art Deco styling on this camera reminds me of the Agfa Synchro Box, though this model isn’t quite as sophisticated. Not only was there one, it dates back to 1899, not even a decade after Kodak was founded in Rochester.
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No, embarrassing because I think the reason I never used this camera is that I never quite figured out how to open it and so let it sit until I forgot I had it.Īlso, I’ll be honest, I didn’t know there was a Canadian Kodak.
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Not even embarrassing that I’ve had this camera for so long and never made a page about it (I think I thought I did?). No, not that it was made in Canada, I have nothing against America’s hat.