Author Topic: Post Op Coronet Commander II - Back Mod (Read 18813 times)

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #50 on:** June 14, 2012, 12:47:52 AM »

Quote from: Chris A Fraser on June 13, 2012, 06:19:29 PM

Lets call this a Register of Interest on the camera...... bid placed!

Good luck, sir!!

Miles · « **Reply #51 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:18:07 PM »

Commander Mk 1 on the Bay now.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=280906015097

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #52 on:** June 23, 2012, 08:03:53 PM »

okay i didn't win the last one.... so lets try this again. bid placed!

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #53 on:** June 23, 2012, 08:04:19 PM »

Thanks Miles

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #54 on:** June 23, 2012, 08:23:29 PM »

Chris, this has become a quest. On our honour as Filmwasters, we WILL get you one.

BTW, how much did the last one go for in the end? Wait, I can probably check myself....OK, £10.50. Decent price, although double what they used to go for. Considering I just sold an actual Diana on eBay for a paltry £14 it's good to see the Commander getting some recognition (of sorts).

Miles · « **Reply #55 on:** June 23, 2012, 09:25:35 PM »

Cased too ... I'd just BIN and be done with the stress

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #56 on:** June 24, 2012, 02:40:32 PM »

Agreed not a bad price. I need to factor in the fact that shipping to Canada is another 10BP. That and I may be being a little cheap. I am also on the hunt for a nice 4x5 system.....

Miles · « **Reply #57 on:** June 25, 2012, 08:35:31 AM »

Ah gotcha. I paid £15 (at an antiques fair) for my last one, way over the £4 I paid the first time around but hey. Let us know how you get on. I doubt you'll find many of Birmingham's finest in Canada.

Francois · « **Reply #58 on:** June 25, 2012, 02:31:35 PM »

I still have to try my "share the love" model out

Miles · « **Reply #59 on:** July 04, 2012, 04:08:54 PM »

Did you get it Chris ?

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #60 on:** July 04, 2012, 06:11:29 PM »

I did!!!!!! and only 18.60 British pounds including shipping. Can not wait! It was shipped this morning, so not sure how long it will take.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #61 on:** July 04, 2012, 06:16:23 PM »

Hoo-bl**dy-rah!! Great news, Chris. Does it come in a box? The boxes are almost as cool as the camera itself. Here's a snap of my other family, The Wenn Coronets:

Commanders by Coronet by Ed Wenn, on Flickr

....I don't have them all now (in case you're wondering!); some of them have grown up and left home, but you can see the boxes in the top row.

Anyway, happy snapping, Chris. The Coronet Commander is a useful addition to any collection.

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #62 on:** July 04, 2012, 06:20:22 PM »

Whoa Ed, no wonder there is a shortage world wide.

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #63 on:** July 04, 2012, 06:20:54 PM »

Ha, sorry no box.

Miles · « **Reply #64 on:** July 05, 2012, 11:42:56 AM »

If we're flashing them then ...

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #65 on:** July 05, 2012, 12:13:03 PM »

Just so I know in case I feel the need to purchase another. Is the Rapier the same as the Commander?

Miles · « **Reply #66 on:** July 05, 2012, 12:27:41 PM »

The Rapier II is, but it's 5x5 ish, 16 squares on a roll of 120 like a Diana. So not funny half frame. Apart from that it's the same. As such I've not hacked it.

With the Commader's you've got to hack 'em really, to get the cool feel

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=42222152@N06&q=coronet%20rapier

Here are a few shots from a Rapier II.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #67 on:** July 05, 2012, 02:34:00 PM »

Hah. It looks like my (admittedly self-imposed) reign as "World's Expert: Coronet Commanders" has come to a sticky end. From hero to zero and all that. The Rapier!?

Miles: I didn't even know the Rapier existed. Gutted that you beat me to it, but happy to pass the crown onto to a fellow Red. It looks like it might have been launched at the same time as the Commander 1 though because it has the same design; actually very similar styling to the 127 format Mark II 4x4. The Commander 2 has a more 'brutalist' finish to it. Agricutlural....utilitarian. Hmmm. Let's opt for "less namby-pamby". Either way, it's good to see we have a whole family now:

Coronet Commander 1 - Dad, natch
Coronet Commander 2 - Dad, second marriage
Coronet Rapier - Mum
Coronet Mark II - Offspring

Of course, for purely 'fnar fnar' reasons, my favourite Coronet will always be The Captain (as in "let's whip out The Captain"), but sadly the camera itself doesn't live up to the monumental name. It's decent enough, but it's a box camera and not remotely similar to the others mentioned here. I bought one just to keep on the shelf in the sitting room though. Well, I couldn't resist having The Captain on display when visitors popped round.

Matron!!!

Coronet Captain Box Camera by Inspiredphotos, on Flickr

sapata · « **Reply #68 on:** July 05, 2012, 02:41:41 PM »

Nice one Captain... !

I saw four or five of those still in box at the photographica last year but as I've already got few brownies box decided not to get it. Looking at this picture makes me regret a little bit now...

Miles · « **Reply #69 on:** July 05, 2012, 05:52:49 PM »

W00t !

The Captain's a right saucy number, and no mistake.

The Rapier II really is the Brum Diana, the Rapier I being like the earlier 6x6 and you're right Ed, very similar to the MkII 4x4. My Rapier II came with the Brown case that fits all the Commander's too, though the red window cut out is in the wrong place.

Seeing as I totally carved out the back completely on my first Commander II I thing I'll just take out less on my other Commander II leaving the Commander I and Rapier II in tact.

I still love the no nonsense graphics of the Commander II, Tony Benn might have had a hand in it's look as Industry sScretary as we took over the world in the white heat of technology ... On the other hand ...

Francois · « **Reply #70 on:** July 06, 2012, 06:08:44 PM »

I got to tell you this story. I just got in the house about 3 minutes ago with a bit or a rarity I found at an antiques shop.
I usually don't put money on 127 format cameras but I just couldn't pass this one up!

A Coronet 3-D...

sapata · « **Reply #71 on:** July 06, 2012, 09:49:39 PM »

Well done !

I don't know how much you paid for that Francois but I remember seeing them before for a reasonable amount of money!

Francois · « **Reply #72 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:10:25 PM »

I shelled out 23$ for it, which I feel is an insane amount of money for a 127 film box. But when I saw it, I just couldn't leave it there!
First, it's Made in the UK. Second, it's stereo! How could I resist that?

sapata · « **Reply #73 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:35:07 PM »

Wonderful...

I have a Kodak Stereo and it's a great fun to use! Not to mention people's face on the street when they see you using one...

I found a software on the web (I'm not in my computer and I can't remember the name...) that convert the 2 stereo pictures in anaglyph format so you can use the red and cyan glasses!

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #74 on:** July 07, 2012, 01:34:36 AM »

A Coronet is cool whichever way you look at it...it's made in Damion's home town too, so there you go

Francois: $23 well spent in my view. Pat yourself on the back

Also, is there any chance you could convert it to take 35mm film like with Al Cooper's mod for the Coronet Mark II 4x4?

Francois · « **Reply #75 on:** July 07, 2012, 03:45:16 PM »

I don't know about the clicker mod on this one, the film compartment is pretty cramped. But I'll have to figure something out.
I just checked and a 35mm canister won't fit in...
I might end up having to rig some sort of clicker, count the number of sprockets on the very wide film chamber, re-spool 35mm on a 127 spool hoping the metal thongs on the full spool side won't scratch and give it a go...

Or just end up getting a few rolls of 127 so I can use the backing paper and reload these instead...

One of the funny things about the camera is how the back closes: it's held in place by two push buttons like you find on some shirts

Francois · « **Reply #76 on:** July 07, 2012, 07:14:50 PM »

I just did one of those tape jobs just to see how it goes, so film flatness is nowhere close to being there... nor was alignment.
So, here's an ugly quick and dirty test and the resulting anaglyph. I just hope I didn't mix-up my left and right

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #77 on:** July 07, 2012, 07:32:56 PM »

Francois...wow, that was a quick turnaround. Good stuff.

However, I'm not sure I can make out what the image is. I tried it w/ my red/blue 3D glasses, but it wasn't super clear what was going on. Some bushes in a garden maybe?

Francois · « **Reply #78 on:** July 07, 2012, 08:53:19 PM »

Yeah, that's pretty much what it is/was/intended. The camera is definitely made for 127. I couldn't tighten the film, it was all running crooked in the camera. The small garden shed was seriously distorted.

If I'm going to do this seriously, I definitely need to get my act together!

But if you look at the white daisy on the left, it is in 3D

I just re-did one flipping left and right... it might be better

(bummer, the attachment feature has gone bunkers)

Chris A Fraser · « **Reply #79 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:46:30 PM »

Look what the postman dropped off.... The pad didn't mention the car, so I was happy to see that with it. There is a half a roll of film in the camera and after that is done I think it will be hack time. Yay!

sapata · « **Reply #80 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:13:50 AM »

Cool!
A Comander with case and half film exposed! So this is how heaven might look like...