Coronet Supreme Deluxe

I was given my Coronet Supreme Deluxe box camera from an old photography lecturer from Sussex, Lancing. It is in reasonable condition, with a few bumps and scratches on the corners and a broken leather strap.

The Supreme Deluxe camera was manufactured by the Coronet Camera Co. in circa 1935. Coronet Camera Co. was founded in 1926 in Birmingham, England, and became known as Coronet Ltd. in 1946. However the manufacturing process was discontinued in 1967.

The camera was designed as an inexpensive box camera for taking 6 x 9cm exposures on a number 120 roll film. It featured a meniscus lens, and a simple instantaneous shutter. It is constructed of cardboard and covered in black leatherette with a round metal faceplate.

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Aires Penta 35

This is my Japanese Aires Penta 35, 35mm film camera. It is in perfect condition as it was very well looked after by my Grandpa who bought it when he was a ship captain and ported in Japan. It is quite heavy to carry as it is made completely of metal.

Mine also has a tele lens which is also made from metal and is heavy in weight. This screws onto the lens already on the Aires Penta 35. Along with a cardboard case, covered in brown leather with light brown decorative stitching around the edges.

This camera is a version in a family of fixed-lens leaf-shutter 35mm SLR cameras produced by Aires from 1959 to 1960. The camera was also marketed in the United Kingdom as Aires Reflex 35, and was later rebranded as the Aires Ever. These three versions did to have light meters. It uses 135 roll film (35mm cassette).

The Penta LM version had a built-in selenium light meter photocell set in the front bezel of its pentaprism. The light meter window was located on top, reading in EV with a chase needle but without a match needle. The given exposure value had to be manually set on the lens' shutter speed and F-stop rings.

If you are looking to buy or sell an Aires Penta 35, depending on the condition they are selling/buying for:

Mint condition: £97-£110 / $160-$180
Very good condition: £55-£60 / $90-$100
Average condition: £36-£42 / $60-$70

The tele lens is selling/buying for £30 without the original case, so £50 with a case.

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No.2 Portrait Box Brownie Camera Model F

This is my No.2 Portrait Box Brownie camera Model F. It is black in colour with a leather coating around a metal frame, not too heavy in weight and in great condition bar a few scratches which personal I feel show its age and how the owner used to love it and care for it. My parents bought this one as a present for me in Lichfield market for around £10.

This camera was made by Kodak Ltd produced in London, Great Britain between 1929 and 1935. It is a simple box metal-bodied camera for 2 1/4 (a quarter) inches by 3 1/4 inches photographs on 120 size roll-film. It is fitted with a 10cm meniscus lens and a supplementary portrait lens on a spring-loaded lever. It had focusing with a portrait lens, two brilliant view-finders, a film-advance indicated by a red window and a tripod socket.

This model was the first design to be produced by the new Kodak camera factory at Harrow and was made in a variety of coloured finishes. This included grey, claret, brown, red, green, blue and black. It also has two brilliant view-finders, a film-advance indicated by a red window and a tripod socket. The blue and black finishes ceased in 1933, green the following year, and production ended completely in 1935.

Other Box Brownie Models 

No.2 Brownie

Model B 

Made by Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester, USA. 1904.

It had a 10cm meniscus lens with three sliding stops, a spring powered sector with T & I settings. The body was made out of cardboard with a format of 8, 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/4 inches exposures on a 120 roll-film. It had no focusing but had two reflective view-finders and a film-advance indicated by a red window. It also had a sliding back catch, no surround view-finders and a film-advance handle with lugs. 

Model D

Made by Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester, USA. 1914. 

This model also had a 10cm meniscus lens with three sliding stops along with a spring powered sector and T & I settings. The body was made from cardboard with a format of 8, 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/4 inches exposures on a 120 roll-film. It had no focusing but had two reflective view-finders and a film-advance indicated by a red window. It also had a sliding back catch and a centre spring for film tension. The camera came with instructions and a tripod adapter in a box. 

Model E

Made by the Canadian Kodak Co. in Toronto, Canada. 1920. 

This camera had a 10cm meniscus lens with three sliding stops along with a spring powered sector shutter and T & I settings. The body was made from cardboard with a format of 8, 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/4 inches exposures on a 120 roll-film. It had no focusing but had two reflecting view-finders and a film-advance indicated by a red window. It also had a trigger guard and a 'D' back catch.

Model F (not portrait)

Made by Kodak Ltd in London, England. 1931. 

This model had a 10cm meniscus lens with three sliding stops along with a spring powered sector shutter with T & I Settings. The body was made of metal with a format of 8, 2 1/4 inches x 3 1/4 inches exposures on a 120 roll-film. It also had no focusing but had two brilliant view-finders with a film-advance indicated by a red window. It had a bar type film-advance knob and a small back catch. 

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Cheap Film Tips

Recently I decided on a little project of my own, to get some cheap film for my old cameras to see which ones work and which ones work the best. As we all know, film and developing can be an expensive hobby!

I am starting this project with my Voigtländer Vitoret 35mm camera. If you would like any information on this camera please visit my previous blog post here.

So I had to shop around rather a lot for some cheap film, it isn't an easy search! 

First off I tried ebay, no such luck there. Although if you are looking for out of date film a cheap Lomography look ebay is your place to shop. 

I then tried Amazon, not such a bad site for film. I found some decent film by Kodak, 6 35mm ColorPlus 200 ASA with 24 exposures each for £14.95 but still was more expensive than I was looking for on a potentially failed experiment! You can find the product I found here.

Then I decided to look in the 99p store in my local town centre, no hope there! However, if you're willing to spend that extra 1p they do sell film in Poundland. VICTORY! £1 each for a roll of Vista Plus 200 Iso AGFA Photo with 36 exposures. 

So if you're not looking for expensive film to experiment and get used to your film cameras Poundland is the place to shop!

Happy shooting!
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Voigtländer Vitoret

This is my Voigtländer Vitoret. It is a 35mm film viewfinder camera manufactured by Voigtländer & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, former West Germany. It was produced between 1961 and 1971.

The Voigtländer Vitoret series were a very successful range of consumer level inexpensive cameras that were produced from 1961 to 1971. Vitoret series were more inexpensive than the Vito range cause there were the choice of lenses and shutters and a more simple internal design. All series produced with quantity ca 700.000. Many Vitoret cameras are often still usable and capable of providing good results.

Vitoret basic model specifications:

• Lens: Voigtlander Colour-Lanthar 50mm f/2.8, filter: push-on 32mm
• Aperture: f/2.8 - f /22 no click stops
• Focus range: 1-20m +inf,

• Focusing: manual front focusing, guess the distance, there are markings for rapid zone focusing on the distance scale for portraits, groups and landscapes, indicated by a spot, triangle and circle respectively
• Shutter: Prontor 125 leaf shutter, speeds: 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, +B
• Shutter release: on the right-front of the camera, w/ cable release socket, on the bottom of it
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, on the back of the top plate, long stroke
• Frame counter: additive type, auto-resets, window on the bottom plate
• Viewfinder: bright-frame, very large and bright
• Re-wind lever: on the top plate, folding crank type, turns when winding
• Re-wind release: small button, keep depressed when winding
• Flash PC socket: on the lens-shutter barrel, synch M, X 1/30
• Others: Cold-shoe; Hinged back cover; Tripod socket 1/4 inch; Engravings on the bottom plate: Made in West Germany and serial no.
• Body: Metal, square edged body; Weight: 429g

All versions have:

• 1:1 bright frame finder
• Prontor 125 or 300 shutters
• Standard lens was the Colour Lanthar 2,8/50 with a few exceptions
• Distance range marked by symbols or feet/meter scale.
• The post-1967 series of the Vitoret had square edged bodies and the pre-1967 series all had the rounded body similar to the Vito range.

Vitoret

• 1961
• Basic version
• Also with Vaskar 2,8/50 lens for export

I do not own any other versions, but here is some information on them:

Vitoret D

• 1961
• Leather covered or metal bottom
• Exposure meter

Vitoret Rapid D

• 1964
• For Rapid film cassettes
• Exposure meter

Vitoret DR

• 1964
• Coupled rangefinder and exposure meter

Vitoret F

• 1964
• With AG 1 flash under accessory shoe
• Also supplied with Vaskar 2,8/50 lens

Vitoret Colora F

• 1964
• With AG 1 flash under accessory shoe
• With Color Skopar 2,8/50 lens

Vitoret L

• 1964
• Coupled exposure meter
• Metering readout also in viewfinder

Vitoret R

• 1965
• Rangefinder
• Colour Skopar 2,8/50 lens
• LANTHAR 2,8/50 lens

Vitoret LR

• 1967
• Coupled rangefinder and exposure meter

If you are looking at buying yourself one of these cameras, you can buy a good quality one for around £20-£40 on ebay.co.uk 

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No.3 Folding Pocket Kodak Model E2

No.3 Folding Pocket Kodak Model E2 made in 1904 by Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester U.S.A 

Lens: 

f8, B&L Rapid Rectilinear, iris diaphragm scaled in US 4 - 128.

Shutter: 

FPK Automatic, speeds - T, B, I, two-blade pivoted return.

Construction: 

Morocco leather covered wood body, mauve leather bellows.

Format: 

12, 3 ¼" x 4 ¼" exposures on 118 roll-film.

Focusing: 

Bellows, 4 set positions 100 - 6 feet or manual by focusing scale to 6 feet.

Attributes: 

Brilliant view-finder. Film-advance indicated by red window, not coupled to shutter. Spirit level.

Movements: 

Rising front, cross front.

Notes: 

Instruction book has Kodak addresses corresponding to c.1902 - 1905. Retailer's stamp in instruction book: Fred. V. A. Lloyd. 15 Lord St. Liverpool.

The No 3 dates from 1900 and introduced the 118 film size. It went through a number of model changes until replaced by the Autographic model in 1914 which itself continued until 1925.

The E2 introduced new style back catches which prevented the back being put on upside down. Pre-set focusing positions were provided on later models.

The model F was introduced in 1909 and remained in production for two years. The price was $17.50.

This is a gorgeous camera, and a great addition to my camera collection. I got given this camera by an old photography college teacher from Sussex College and it is in perfect condition. 

If you are looking to buy this camera I found a model E2 currently going for £20 on bid and a model F going for £80 on ebay.co.uk 

I do not have a model F unfortunately, but here is an image of one I found on google.com. 

If you would like any information on this model please do message me I will be happy to find out anything for you.

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Back to Blogging

Thats right guys, Emily-Grace Photography is back to blogging!

In this blog you will be able to read about my photography and view the images I create using my Nikon D3100 and various lenses. I will also be sharing my techniques, be giving tips on editing and writing about some of my old cameras that I collect.

You can also follow me on Instagram: Ladyteapott

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