No.1A Folding Pocket Kodak camera brought back to life

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Martin Henson

Martin Henson

11 ай бұрын

This camera was bought in an antique shop and needed some work to get it working again, this video shows you how it's done and with slight modifications to start reshooting film, which I did.
Information varies about these vintage folding cameras so I have tried my best to be accurate, however, if any of the info is incorrect I do stand corrected and apologise, enjoy.
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@NormanSaxon331
@NormanSaxon331 15 күн бұрын
I got one of these with a wooden front lens mount where the original owner wrote their name and address inside the back panel for a street in Peoria, Illinois. The house was still there a few years ago.
@jaykey6307
@jaykey6307 10 ай бұрын
Please keep doing these long-form, slow, no frills videos. I love them so much.
@sgit1
@sgit1 7 ай бұрын
Your enthusiasm shines through with this camera.
@johnblackstock4092
@johnblackstock4092 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your video, I have my late aunty Carrie Cockfield (Painted 1910 Wooden Kodak No. 3A Folding Brownie Camera and many old family negatives. It's very similar to yours but it has opens with a Door-Bridge opening. It has aperture f4 to f128. The Shutter has T B 1/25, 1/50 & 1/100 speeds. It also has 2 off 1/4" screw mounting points. UNC or BSW, I haven't checked (but in the Free Class of threads they "Cross Thread" without a worry). The camera is still functional, and some fifty years back a put a sheet of 4 by 5 Inch Tri-x and took a photo of my parent’s back yard (the red window was covered). I don't remember what I developed it with, but in those days I was using Ilford ID11. Then somebody told me that Kodak D76 was a sharper developer. I did try Kodak D76 and compared it to Ilford’s ID11 and found it to be true, though I stayed with ID11, because it was cheaper, and my Zeiss lens were sharp enough. Thanks for the Tip on how to use 120 Roll film in the old camera.
@tarmacscratcher
@tarmacscratcher 10 ай бұрын
Great video as always, thank you for doing these. I'm learning so much. Thanks again.
@stephenscott2802
@stephenscott2802 10 ай бұрын
Martin, thanks for another hugely inspiring video. This one couldn’t have been more timely for me. I have just been given a No.2 Kodak folding Autographic Brownie. There was a film in it with three exposures taken on an old variant of Kodak Verichrome Pan. I think that these shots must have been taken around eighty years ago, judging from the estimated age of the woman in the photos who was known to the chap who gave me the camera. Amazingly, when I developed the film, the three images came out with near perfect sharpness and tonality. I am still struggling to believe it! Keep up the good work.
@jsollowsphotography
@jsollowsphotography 9 ай бұрын
Martin you’ve inspired me!! I have a Kodak Pocket Folder 3A which takes 130 format film. I’m going to adapt it to 120 which will result in 6x14. This will be fun!
@kevinthephotographer9346
@kevinthephotographer9346 10 ай бұрын
A very helpful video. I'm going to make some viewfinder attachments for my folders.
@bcostin
@bcostin 8 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I have a Kodak 116 format folder that I was considering adapting, so this is perfect advice. I love that little hood for the finder.
@TomNorthenscold
@TomNorthenscold 10 ай бұрын
I love these old folders. I learned on a Kodak Duo Six-20 as a fifth grader back in ‘69. I have several folders, including a Duo Six-20. They make surprisingly good photos. I love how I can tuck a folder into my back pocket.
@terrywbreedlove
@terrywbreedlove 10 ай бұрын
These folding Kodaks make some very interesting paper negative photos.
@glennmcdonnell8375
@glennmcdonnell8375 10 ай бұрын
That's me away to make a viewfinder hood for my Kodak No. 1 Autographic Junior.
@number6705
@number6705 10 ай бұрын
I always enjoy your videos - please keep making them
@AngelJustoPerez
@AngelJustoPerez 7 ай бұрын
Such an interesting video, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge.
@northstar1950
@northstar1950 10 ай бұрын
Impressive and I also like the aspect ratio.
@Wiencourager
@Wiencourager 6 ай бұрын
I have the no 1 version of this camera, purchased new by my great grandfather about 1908. Still works! It was made for 105 film but works fine With 120, the 105 spools just had larger flanges to hold more shots on a roll.
@Wiencourager
@Wiencourager 6 ай бұрын
I like the hood, I will have to make one for mine.
@Jack_Warner
@Jack_Warner 10 ай бұрын
I had a folding Kodak camera in the early 1970's. I've still got the negs I took with it. It used 620 film, but the lens was absolute pants. At the time I thought it was a really cool looking camera, until I bought an Olympus OM1 in 1979, then I started getting sharp pictures.
@franciscranfield2051
@franciscranfield2051 10 ай бұрын
wow !! An excellent video Martin and what a brilliant set of pictures that you made. Thank you for going out and proving that it's the photographer behind the lens and not the camera that makes great images. Totally inspirational !!!
@ralphturner7852
@ralphturner7852 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for another great vlog, Martin. There is something very satisfying about getting great images out of these old timers. I recently took the plunge with purchasing an Ensign Carbine no.12 which takes 116 film and seems to be in remarkably good shape for it’s age as far as I can tell (albeit with no useable speeds below about 1/25th sec as is). I look forward, when time allows, to adapt it and get out shooting with it. Thanks again 🙂
@danMdan
@danMdan 5 ай бұрын
Proper adapter sets are easily available for many vintage cameras to be used with 120 film. Try your favourite fleaBay! No need to make your own, available for various film sizes to 120.
@jhenline7813
@jhenline7813 10 ай бұрын
I love your longer videos Martin. Such attention to detail but never boring. I think it’s wonderful how you thought of ways to improve the camera and get 120 film to fit. Keep up the good work in keeping old cameras and film alive. Thankyou.
@ledesclos5321
@ledesclos5321 10 ай бұрын
Well done Martin. You are the master of these old cameras. Truly impressive.
@rickyzagalo
@rickyzagalo 10 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for this very inspiring video, it drived me to pick and try my grandfather's Kodak n⁰3A Autographic. I realised it's not an obsolete camera, quite the contrary.
@tgchism
@tgchism 10 ай бұрын
Really nice video and shots as usual! Lots of interesting information on these old cameras!
@michael_177
@michael_177 10 ай бұрын
That little viewfinder modification / attachment you've made works absolute wonders
@pixelgenau2982
@pixelgenau2982 10 ай бұрын
It's always a joy watching the process of creating those beautiful pictures you shoot. With growing experience I hope I will get this "photographer's eye" of a seasoned photographer as you are.
@TheSchnauzie
@TheSchnauzie 10 ай бұрын
Thanks Martin, you bring old cameras back to life.
@tomislavmiletic_
@tomislavmiletic_ 10 ай бұрын
I sincerely admire your dedication for this project, course I gotta admit, I wouldn't have enough patience for that...
@robertyoung1777
@robertyoung1777 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for showing this beautiful camera! That big video billboard looks like it …. it needs a new home.
@liveinaweorg
@liveinaweorg 10 ай бұрын
Beautiful camera and the red bellows look wonderful. That mechanism is so clever and in such wonderful condition. £35 is a bargain. I love the panoramic images. I have the 1A Autographic, Martin. It has 1/25 & 1/50 & 1/100 with B & T options too. Aperture sizes from US4 to US128 so F/8 to F/45. It even has the Autographic scribe attached. Haven't shot with it yet but your modification has given me food for thought. Thank you.
@RandyPollock
@RandyPollock 10 ай бұрын
A very enjoyable video Martin... I have a 1953 Perkeo II that I love to take out...was happy to see that yours made some loving images at 112 yr old!
@devroombagchus7460
@devroombagchus7460 10 ай бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you.
@IzziedeD
@IzziedeD 7 ай бұрын
you have a wonderful presentation style. oftentimes i scroll youtube and can't be bothered by videos longer than 10 minutes. however, with your down to earth demeanor, gentle background music and the unhurried pace, i actually felt relaxed after watching. it did not seem like 45 minutes at all. i have a brownie target 616 that my uncle left us when he passed. I have never used it. in fact it has just been sitting on a bookshelf like a relic, collecting dust for a few years now. i'm sure it would honor my uncle to try to run it again. i came across this video when searching for info about 116/616 film. i am grateful to have found yours.
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 7 ай бұрын
Thank you, get the camera working and resurrect film history
@1973sonvis
@1973sonvis 10 ай бұрын
Great pictures, great video! 🤩
@matthiassommer9317
@matthiassommer9317 10 ай бұрын
Hallo Martin, es war wieder eine grosse Freude zuzusehen und zu lernen. Danke aus Berlin Mathias
@evgenygorshkov9893
@evgenygorshkov9893 10 ай бұрын
Hi Martin ! Great ...... Great video !!!
@vangstr
@vangstr 10 ай бұрын
Great job as always! Thanks for making the video!
@markdodsworth5439
@markdodsworth5439 10 ай бұрын
Top video 👍
@beckerse
@beckerse 10 ай бұрын
Great video, Martin!
@billbarraclough9653
@billbarraclough9653 10 ай бұрын
Another wonderful video, Martin!
@wayofthewheel3543
@wayofthewheel3543 6 ай бұрын
Brilliant work mate!
@pepper6253
@pepper6253 10 ай бұрын
Amazing captures , what a beauty of a camera .
@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole
@ChrisTDownTheRabbitHole 10 ай бұрын
The most simple but effective shutter tester someone can make is by removing a small solar panel from a garden lamp or something and connect it to the input of the sound card. Then use Audacity (free) to "record" the shutter time. As for the f opening of such lenses you can measure the focal length and divide it with the entrance pupil (you measure the opening from the front of the aperture in simple lenses) Have fun, and thanks for the videos!
@GeorgiosKalaydjian
@GeorgiosKalaydjian 10 ай бұрын
Amazing shots from an extraordinary vintage camera, thank you Martin 🙏🏻
@captaindebug
@captaindebug 10 ай бұрын
Excellent video Martin - very inspirational - I was glued to the screen.
@iaincphotography6051
@iaincphotography6051 10 ай бұрын
Amazing results from such an old camera.
@f1remandg
@f1remandg 10 ай бұрын
Yet again an excellent video of a vintage camera, you attention to detail and honesty in relaying the points is what can only be described as reassuringly comforting, the time watching passed like watching an interesting and entertaining programme. I think the points having taken the photos were also accurate and a testament to the photographers of those infancy years of photography, although unintentional it also displayed the crudeness of todays disregard for architectural beauty, with the yellow and black boxed frame entrance to one of the old mills. But the camera I thought performed well and perhaps some kind of securing mechanism to grip the camera, like those used for iPads with expanding grips that could be modified, like your viewfinder hood and dare I say, the ubiquitous lackey band! But then could be used with a tripod and the aperture closed down to the F32 giving a really clear detailed shot at 1sec or more like a fine art print, with real charm, from a bygone age. Lastly you have a sound and loving son, to have seen the camera and realised the happiness that it would bring, not only to you, but to all that appreciate craftsmanship. Excellent!
@HeinzStockhammer
@HeinzStockhammer 10 ай бұрын
Thank you Martin, provides a challenge to me to try a vintage camera.
@roytofilovski9530
@roytofilovski9530 Ай бұрын
Blue Moon Camera out of Portland, Oregon, sells 116 film. Can be ordered over the web
@stephensharrock
@stephensharrock 10 ай бұрын
brilliant thoroughly enjoyed that, even got me scanning ebay for one, thanks Martin, keep the videos coming
@stalevilhelmsen3192
@stalevilhelmsen3192 10 ай бұрын
I have a Kodak no 2a folding pocket camera which I believe was made in the autumn of 1910. It's the "luxury" version of the old Kodaks, it has a tripodmount😊. Like yours it's made for 116-film. It has rectangular sides. One of the spools has a 35mm centered slit which gave me the idea of making an adapter for 135 film in wood. Like you I made a frame for the smaller negative. In my case it became 24x72mm. I got only, due to a little accident when unloading the film, two usable negatives. Enough to spark my interest for using it again in the future. Will do that.
@TheAssclown213
@TheAssclown213 10 ай бұрын
If I could like this 100 times I would. Brilliant work as always. ( I actually have 2 of these torn down for refurbishing. )
@jamesbarnes3063
@jamesbarnes3063 10 ай бұрын
You might try a cell phone adapter on it next time, great video
@scaramangabongo4420
@scaramangabongo4420 10 ай бұрын
Great video and images, the Henson turret for the viewfinder is genius! I shall be making a few sizes of these for various cameras.
@theoldunsshot1005
@theoldunsshot1005 10 ай бұрын
Inspirational Martin. I also love the look of the shots, whilst not sharp when pixel peeping the lens rewards attention to exposure and composition. Excellent video!
@pics_and_cams
@pics_and_cams 10 ай бұрын
I like the camera and how you modified it. I have already printed similar helps for cameras with small, rather dark viewfinders. The image results are really amazing! Thanks for the video!
@williamthompson5929
@williamthompson5929 10 ай бұрын
Congratulations on your 10,000 subs. I get a lot of pleasure from taking photographs with a Zeiss Ikon 515/2 I believe was made in 1937. The sharpness of the images from these old folders may not be perfect, but is certainly good enough for most purposes.
@druszaj
@druszaj 10 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this and also surprised at the quality of that single element lens. Cheers
@petercooper9054
@petercooper9054 10 ай бұрын
Another great video. These old cameras do produce some great photos. I was out with a voightlander vf101 which I total rebuilt and the lens gave some very sharp images for 35mm size. The voightlander Vito's get very little attention but produce a very crisp negative. Have you got into using glass plates? I bought a lovely small folder with all the dark slides and the insert to convert them from glass plates to sheet film. Zebra plates do some glass plates here in Europe. I've yet to get the time to try it.
@urbanimage
@urbanimage 10 ай бұрын
That looks like an interesting camera to use. I'd be inclined to add a tripod socket, and possibly some method of using a cable or air shutter release. The hood for the finder is a brilliant idea.
@borderlands6606
@borderlands6606 10 ай бұрын
There's something about the image quality from big negatives shot on simple lenses, that's very compelling. Of course, they were never meant to be enlarged much if at all, so they have an intimate feel in small print sizes. I'd have risked a touch of overlap for that sixth negative, but maybe not on the first film. Calculating wind-on can get complicated, as the increasing take up diameter, and shrinking feed spool size changes the turns necessary to advance the the film correctly.
@andrewfindlayphoto
@andrewfindlayphoto 10 ай бұрын
Very interesting. Could you up the volume next time 🙂
@homestudioplace
@homestudioplace 7 ай бұрын
@MartinHenson This is amazing! I recently made some repairs to my grandfather's No 1A Pocket Kodak (and made a video about it), but I haven't yet attempted to take photos with it. I only have Ilford HP5 Plus in 120 right now, and was wondering if Ortho Plus 80 might be a better choice? Excited to try it, but I suspect I'm going to waste some film before I figure it out. By the way, hello from Georgia, USA, but my family is mostly from Lancashire, so I really enjoy your photo walks. :)
@TheMungo54
@TheMungo54 10 ай бұрын
Wonderful video, thank you.
@andreaskuehl1365
@andreaskuehl1365 10 ай бұрын
Hi Martin, congartiolation to you 10.000 Abos. I wait for you to see your short movies and to learn a lot. It is every time a Intressting video. By the way Martin, wich ISO or ASA is be used normal? Best, Andreas
@richardrogers8885
@richardrogers8885 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for a great video. It has inspired me to resurrect a similar camera I inherited. Any thoughts about choice of film speed or film? Originally they would have had only very slow film (equivalent to ISO 50 or probably much less ?) and orthochromatic. Anyone tried to either mimic the original look or do something different with more modern film?
@flatbrokefrank6482
@flatbrokefrank6482 10 ай бұрын
Martin you mention that the lens in the camera is a single element achromatic lens - is this two lenses cemented together, one convex and one concave, you should be able to determine this if you can get to both sides of the lens - one inny and one outy - Many Thanks.
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 10 ай бұрын
Yes your correct
@ethanmietzner5218
@ethanmietzner5218 7 ай бұрын
Hi Martin. I have a similar camera - Kodak 1a Pocket Model C which was manufactured 1906-1909. I just got my first pictures back from the lab and some of them seemed to come out blurry and not very sharp. The edges on trees were really soft and thin branches weren't sharp or distinguishable. Do you know what the issue is? I've been extending the bellows all the way for the focus. Am I slightly moving it when taking the photo, therefore causing blurriness and softness? My shutter speeds are I, B, and T. I've been using I(instantaneous) with f/11 for the most part. How quick is the shutter for I? One youtuber said it was 1/50 of a second.
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 7 ай бұрын
Not sure with these old cameras, could be camera shake 1/25 sec could be its fastest, maybe the film is not sitting over the film gate flat
@tammaq
@tammaq 4 ай бұрын
I have this camera also, it is a Model C. What year was my model made? I tried looking but you may know better how to find that info. Thank you.
@user-yl2ey7it4k
@user-yl2ey7it4k 10 ай бұрын
你可以讲讲alphax快门的操作吗?网上很少。 Can you explain the operation of the alphax shutter? Very few online.
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 10 ай бұрын
It’s just a spring tensioned shutter set at a single split time speed, plus moving a lever locks the shutter at B or Time setting
@LP11294
@LP11294 4 ай бұрын
Hi, I've recently come into possession of one of these, however when I see the 120 film online I see things like 400 120 or 200 120 or 100 120 film. My guess is the first numbers are the shutter speed? Would I be right to guess that 100 120would be most suitable for this camera?
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 4 ай бұрын
Yes I’m bright ish conditions
@LP11294
@LP11294 4 ай бұрын
@@martinhensonphotography lovely stuff. Thank you Martin!
@titanicclockguy
@titanicclockguy 5 ай бұрын
HELP,,, l am requesting your knowledge about my newly acquired camera and some film l have sitting here l believe will work in it,you see I'm a big TITANIC person and I believe my camera fits right into that window if nothing else than inside of OLYMPICS window but regardless l have need for some particulars of info about my camera which l just picked up pretty much for free and I don't believe it was shut for 90 + years before it landed in myhands,but with a little oil l believe her too be in perfect working condition
@83sreissig
@83sreissig 8 ай бұрын
What did you use to close off the gaps for the 120 film?
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 8 ай бұрын
Just black mount board
@pauldaverman9235
@pauldaverman9235 4 ай бұрын
How did you affix it? Did you glue it in? On my 1a Series II, I don’t have as much depth to work with as it is a metal frame.
@martinhensonphotography
@martinhensonphotography 4 ай бұрын
Super glue
@hamish5214
@hamish5214 10 ай бұрын
These cameras could've been used during the first world war!
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