By the way, if you want to play with working 620 film cameras you can do so with 120 film: http://www.instructables.com/id/Using-120-Film-in-620-Era-cameras/ or 35mm film (you get the exposure all the way through the sprockets, of course): http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-35mm-film-in-old-cameras/ Some examples here: http://lublyou.com/2012/08/27/lomography-monday-how-to-use-35mm-film-in-a-620mm-camera/
And if you want MY recommendation for the Very Top pseudo-TLR to get, it would be the Anscoflex II. It is not only a great (heavy duty) camera, with a giant top viewfinder and a built-in close-up filter, but it was designed by the world famous Raymond Loewy (as seen in this episode of This Old Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnaC2qP8CEY http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5068132/raymond-loewy-the-man-who-designed-everything http://www.raymondloewy.com/photo-gallery.html Enjoy! On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the info/link P.J. You gave me the idea to search Google > Books to see if I could narrow it down through advertisements. Here is > what the Rediflex "Outfit" looked like in 1950: > https://goo.gl/82gLZw > Mine is clearly later. Found this description (but no picture) from a > 1952 publication that describes a "1951 deluxe Ansco Gadget Bag" > https://goo.gl/zStuEP > The price is also $24.95 for the kit (which was still a chunk of > change in the early 50's). > I'm guessing that mine is from that era. > > From that search I also learned that the Rediflex was something of a > pioneer in its use of plastics ( being cited in publications for its > innovation in publications up to 1959). I also found two 1947 > publications referring to the new Rediflex, which would mean that > those place publishing 1948 dates for it's introduction might be a > year off. > Finally, from that search, found an interesting book that I'm going to > have to see if I can find from Interlibrary Loan. (The prices for it, > even on the used market are too rich for my blood): > http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTHONY-THE-MAN-COMPANY-CAMERAS-BY-WILLIAM-ESTELLE-MARDER-FIRST-EDITION-/360612404378 > One of his companies was apparently Ansco and the Rediflex is mentioned > inside. > > Another Google Books search using the film box info (Ansco > "All-Weather" film "Economy Pak") yields it being mentioned starting > in 1952 and on, although the box looked different than mine in 1952, > judging by this ad from a KC newspaper on July 1, 1952: > http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/AnscoAdKC1952.png > > > I also found that Pacific Rim is trying to sell the little instruction > book that comes with my kit for nearly 1/2 the price that I paid for > the whole kit: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANSCO-REDIFLEX-INSTRUCTION-BOOK-183983-/381435077241 > > Finally, Butkus.org has (what appears to be an older version of) the > manual: http://www.cameramanuals.org/agfa_ansco/ansco_rediflex.pdf > I think the model on the cover of mine looks more modern (I'm guessing). > > By the way, I found my box of TTV cameras (along with my Minolta 110 > and my stash of unused 110 and 126 films). I have two other Rediflex > cameras but they both have cosmetic issues (still useful for TTV, of > course). So this new kit will definitely be the new "display" model > for me. Taking a quick inventory, it looks like I have about 20 of > these pseudo-TLRs (and two real TLRs... a Mamiyaflex and a C33). > Please don't report me to the reality show "Hoarders". > :) > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:16 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Site, site, site... Damned spell checker. >> >> >> On 11/6/2015 2:14 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> According to this sit it's circa 1950. >>> >>> http://web4homes.com/cameras/ansco.htm >>> >>> On 11/6/2015 1:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> I've got a soft spot for psuedo-TLR cameras. I think they are cool >>>> looking and there is something about looking down at the world through >>>> their distorted waist level viewfinders that feeds my soul. One of my >>>> favorites is the Ansco Rediflex. >>>> >>>> Last night I picked up (on that infernal auction site) one of the >>>> mintiest Rediflex kits you will probably ever see. It (quite likely) >>>> has only had one roll of film put through it, as it has a 3-pack box >>>> of B&W Ansco 620 film with two of the rolls still inside it >>>> (expiration date Feb. 1965). They started making the Rediflex in 1948 >>>> and I'm not sure when they stopped. The expiration date on the film >>>> might give a clue to its age, but I'm not sure how long after >>>> manufacture Ansco placed their expiration dates. I'd guess that this >>>> kit is from the mid-50s: >>>> >>>> http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/rediflexKit.jpg >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >> immortality through not dying. >> -- Woody Allen >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
