Hi Pini, Is that the condition of the camera today? If so you’ve kept it in top notch condition!! I think probably most of us were flattered by comments made by viewers and that gave us the impetus to keep going. For me that was the case but also that I found I could make pocket money with the photographs I made of tourists to my town … in areas where the “pros” did not visit. I could not develop and print my negs but we had the local “chemist” or pharmacist who ran a processing service and I relied on him for that. But eventually I made horizontal enlarger out of a couple of nesting cardboard boxes and made small enlargements from my 35 (828) negatives in a closet under a red safelight. I don’t remember what kind of lens I used on this makeshift enlarger! Andy > On Jul 29, 2021, at 5:25 PM, Pini Vollach <pinimage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I got my first (used) camera at age Ten. > It is unbelievable, my first was a Large Format 6x7 ! - An Agfa Box. > Prints usually where the same size as the film itself. > <image001.png> > The roll of film was of two layers, The film and a black paper to protect it from rear lights. > The roll was of about 7 or 10 frames. > With this "machine" I took a very well composed tree image during a school journey. This image was liked by the adults around me (No FB those days.. J ) > This response maybe caused me to continue love photography till today. > With this camera you had to shoot from a waist level and it had two "windows" as viewfinders, one for horizontal frame and one for vertical. > You could use an aperture of two positions by pulling a built in piece of metal sheet with tiny holes in it. > <image002.png> > > To advance the film you had to rotate a handle until a new frame number appear through a little new red window on rear back of the camera. > <image003.png> > > Those were the days of magic ! > > Pini
