Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie Camera: One of 6 (the one I liked the best) exposures taken of my 60+ year old favorite model in an local old barn using the 100+ year old Kodak No.

DIRTY HARRY Loc: Hartland, Michigan

One of 6 (the one I liked the best) exposures taken of my 60+ year old favorite model in an local old barn using the
100+ year old Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie Camera. Neither of the two tripod sockets on the amera were that sturdy and there was no provision for my cable release. I think I may have moved the camera setting off the shutter...But, still.... here it is.

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Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

DIRTY HARRY wrote:

One of 6 (the one I liked the best) exposures taken of my 60+ year old favorite model in an local old barn using the
100+ year old Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie Camera. Neither of the two tripod sockets on the amera were that sturdy and there was no provision for my cable release. I think I may have moved the camera setting off the shutter...But, still.... here it is.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I like it.
--Bob

DIRTY HARRY wrote:

One of 6 (the one I liked the best) exposures taken of my 60+ year old favorite model in an local old barn using the
100+ year old Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie Camera. Neither of the two tripod sockets on the amera were that sturdy and there was no provision for my cable release. I think I may have moved the camera setting off the shutter...But, still.... here it is.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

DIRTY HARRY wrote:

One of 6 (the one I liked the best) exposures taken of my 60+ year old favorite model in an local old barn using the
100+ year old Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie Camera. Neither of the two tripod sockets on the amera were that sturdy and there was no provision for my cable release. I think I may have moved the camera setting off the shutter...But, still.... here it is.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Love the tiny bit of motion in the scene. Very nicely done.

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

thumpercat2

Fantastic image!

Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida

Oh how we struggled before image stabilization! Nice trip backwards in time.

Toby

thumpercat2 wrote:

Fantastic image!

richardsaccount

I personally don't do nude photography. I am easily suseptible for colds. :-)
Nicely done photo by the way!.

Jwshelton Loc: Denver,CO

Like it all - story and photo.

richardsaccount

May I make another comment. Probably because of the lens and the film, your excellent photo
definelty has a Pictorialist look to it. That is a good thing.

toxdoc42

what a great idea, classic camera and model! I got rid of all my old cameras when I downsized my home. the model looks gorgeous, I love black and white nudes, did you do the developing? I really remember with great fiondness spending hours in the darkroom getting just the effects I wanted. I suppose you could try Topaz to see if changing the resolution would make the image better or worse?

Please share others from the shoot.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

What!! any out of focus is not the fault of the Kodak No. 2A Folding Pocket Brownie Camera. These cameras were feats of engineering... stood tall for their time and perhaps even now. I am impressed by the view finder which would be useful for many of our compact cameras that rely on a screen image useless in the sun. History and views of this camera:
https://www.35mmc.com/18/08/2018/kodak-no-2a-folding-pocket-brownie-camera-historic-compact-dale-willetts/

Oh my!! The scientist/engineer in my being forgot to mention how youthful this 60 y o model is... and to thank DIRTY HARRY for using this historic "compact camera" to show us a glimpse of history.

toxdoc42

dpullum wrote:

What!! any out of focus is not the fault of the Ko... (show quote)

thanks for adding the information. so the photographer guessed the distance, and there was really no way to check the focus? The camera depended upon DOF to capture an image in focus. That is fascinating.

Yes, the model looks gorgeous, one can only wonder what the other images from the shoot are like.