« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"  (Read 2852 times)

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« on: June 23, 2010, 11:11:43 PM »

So for ?4.01 on the bay I couldn't resist ... The Coronet 4-4

Looks like the lady that won it back in the 50's (?) on Mardy St. never used it as all the paperwork and complementary roll of 127 are untouched.  Now, what are the chance of the film ... Ok, just thought I'd ask ...

[Sorry, image deleted during forum software upgrade. Please re-upload if so inclined.]
Logged

Ed Wenn

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,300
  • Slowly getting back into it. Sometimes.
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 02:43:09 AM »
Indeed, the 4-4 is a beauty. Doesn't it just feel right in your hands?
Logged

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 05:24:06 AM »

The bumpf would suggest a more slender digit, yet dammit Yes !
Logged

al

  • Peel Apart
  • ***
  • Posts: 231
    • matchboxpinhole.com
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 09:06:24 AM »
I can smell that brown plastic case from here! :-/

Nice find.
Logged

sapata

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 2,079
  • "I want to be plastic" Andy Warhol
    • Personal Site
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2010, 09:37:05 AM »
Brilliant !!
Please share the results when you finished the film...
Logged
Mauricio Sapata
@mauriciosapata
mauriciosapata.com

Francois

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,769
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2010, 03:27:46 PM »
Quote from: al on June 25, 2010, 09:06:24 AM
I can smell that brown plastic case from here! :-/

Nice find.
Ahh! the smell of cheap plastic in a cardboard box freshly delivered by the mailman...  ;D
Logged
Francois

Film is the vinyl record of photography.

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2010, 05:44:59 PM »

Loaded the "original" film today, will consult with Leon on his return if it's worth trying to develop, maybe as a practise.  The mailman brought me a Zenit EM and 4 Lenses today too ! The flippin' 44M I really bought it all for is goosed though I think, no auto apperture jumping, grrrrr ....

Still there's a nice Chinon 28mm in there and manual 105mm plus a host of coloured filters too.
Logged

rolo

  • 120
  • **
  • Posts: 169
  • What comes out gray is really red.
    • rolopix!
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2010, 07:06:31 PM »
Ooh, that's a beauty.

I want one.
Logged

Ed Wenn

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,300
  • Slowly getting back into it. Sometimes.
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2010, 07:36:33 PM »
Quote from: Miles on June 25, 2010, 05:24:06 AM

The bumpf would suggest a more slender digit, yet dammit Yes !

If you have the same instruction sheet with yours that I got with some of my 4-4's you'll appreciate it's a work of art in its own right. I love those line drawings with the lady models.
Logged

TheLearsFool

  • 35mm
  • *
  • Posts: 20
  • Vintage & Toy Camera user
    • El Buf?n de Lear
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2010, 08:44:31 AM »
I have one and I love this camera. I have a small arsenal of 127 expired film to enjoy my Bedfordflex, my Kingston, and my dear coronet 4-4 ;D ;D ;D
Logged

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2010, 07:34:56 PM »
you've got to love the 4-4.  If only there were some decent 127 film types available still ... I'd definitely still use mine. As it is I cant be doing with the curly stuff.



Logged
L.

Ed Wenn

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,300
  • Slowly getting back into it. Sometimes.
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2010, 10:05:03 PM »
If only there was a way to retain everything that's cool about this camera, but make it shoot 120 then I'd be ecstatic. I know Al has a mod documented somewhere where he explains how to shoot 35mm film in the 4-4...that's something worth revisiting I think. Now...where was that article?
Logged

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2010, 10:24:22 PM »

I would indeed like to see that.  Going to try (as suggested here) doing the same with the Yash 44.
Logged

Ed Wenn

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,300
  • Slowly getting back into it. Sometimes.
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2010, 12:18:30 AM »
Done!!! And don't ever say I don't do nuffink for you.
 ;)

http://filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=3128.msg30304#msg30304

p.s.
Miles, I'm working in London still, but near Tower Hill, not Moorgate anymore. Could meet after work more or less anytime, but not for lunch.
Logged

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2010, 08:41:30 AM »

Going to have to do this !

I have 2x rolls off efke 100 127 that I go from Silverprint (what a place) and I'm saving them for my Baby Yash 44 so wacking some 35mm into the Coronet would be great.

So ... I have FP4 and Delta 400 stocked up as well as some expired old Kodak colour of varoius types.

What do you reckon ?

Also - I'll txt you about a chat maybe next week, would be nice to sit out and jaw.  :D
Logged

Ed Wenn

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,300
  • Slowly getting back into it. Sometimes.
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #15 on: July 06, 2010, 02:26:40 PM »
Try the cheapest 35mm film that you have in the 4-4...better safe than sorry.
Logged

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
Re: I say Mr. Wenn "England's Finest"
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2010, 11:09:59 PM »

Cool, have a roll of 24 ready.

I'm guessing that it will expose over the sproket holes too ?
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »