Topic: New Hoard Donated !

[Miles]

You know how it is, word gets around that you're odd and sure enough you have to move house again.  No ... Not really, but people click that you like old cameras and then they go through their lofy ... Cool !

Ed - Remember Lee Andrews ?  Well he gave me this stuff today.

Polaroid Land Auto 104 (with a 210 manual ?)
Wray Stereo Graphic
2x Welta 35mm folders
Weston Master II

Anyone know owt about these beasts ?

[jojonas~]

looking forward to some stereo stuff if that one works. nice haul!
(and funny with the photo upside down! almost didn't notice that haha)

[Francois]

Well, the Polaroid is much like every other Polaroids of the era. The Landlist is the best place to start on this one.

The Weston meter is pretty cool. Very old skool Ansel Adams-ish. It uses the Weston exposure scale from memory... never having had a chance to play with one, I couldn't tell how to use it without the instructions. All I know is they seem to be pretty tough.

[Miles]

The Weston seem s to react, but I might need stronger glasses ...

The Welta's are the low end 35mm folder Weltix jobbies.  Quite solid little fellas.

The Wray Stereo is very clean, hardly used.

I'll look up the Land list at some point too.

[Ed Wenn]

Miles, if you want to know anything about the 'Roid, just give me a bell.

As for the stereo camera...ho yus! If you find you don't get on with it, I'll take it orf yer 'ands for a small donation to the IT Workers' Benevolent Fund. Formwat-wise; is it 120 or 135?

[Miles]

Thanks Chum. The Wray Stereo Graphic is minty and 135.
Made in Bromley too me old China !  

Think you can also make it only shoot from one lens too, so I can shoot (almost) square
Format 35mm.

[Francois]

Here's a mashup of the landlist description (I was already on the page so...)

    *Shutter: Electronic; 10 seconds - 1/1200
    *Aperture-priority automatic exposure only
    *Has exposure compensation dial with range of -1/+2 stops ("Lighten/Darken" control).
    * Only has settings for films speeds of 75 and 3000 ASA.
    * Lacks "scene selector"; lens aperture at 3000 ASA is fixed at f/42.
    * Has a nylon neckstrap
    * Film speed selector is on top of shutter housing
    * Has plastic body and plastic shutter/lens housing; no tripod socket.
    * Has nylon neckstrap
    * Lens: 114mm f/8.8 2-element plastic
    * Has simpler, rigid viewfinder with "image sizer" distance estimator instead of rangefinder. A manual focus scale is also visible in the finder. Finder has projected framelines and automatic parallax compensation.

[Miles]

Thanks Fella, one thing ... ?

Does it have a neck strap, and if so, what's it made from ? 

[Nigel]

That is one tastly haul! The stereo cam looks like it might be fun.

[Francois]

Thanks Fella, one thing ... ?

Does it have a neck strap, and if so, what's it made from ? 

Thick nylon webbing neckstrap included...
If you don't have one with yours, you've been ripped off 

(just kidding... some really nice stuff in there)