. . . display shelves! We've been in our house 35 years now, and this project has been on the books for at least twenty. We completed some updates last year, along with interior paint, so that provided the catalyst to finally install some shelves over my desk and put the significant cameras from my childhood on display:
- My grandfather’s Pathe Baby projector and camera, and my dad’s Keystone A7 16mm
- My first cameras – Kodak Starlet, Hawkeye Double 8mm, and Konica C35
- My film school cameras – Bolex H-16 and 155 Macrozoom Super 8
- My dad’s Kodak Monitor 620, my grandfather’s Instamatic 500 (his last camera), and my mom’s Voigtlander 116
I had two other cameras that didn’t easily fit the shelves: a 5x7 Century Grand that was given to me in the early 70s by a former Hollywood studio photographer in exchange for some yardwork, and my dad’s Graflex Series D. My wife graciously solved the problem by offering space on top of our entertainment center.
Pretty much everything for which I can get film is operable. I’m most eager to use the Konica, my high school camera up to the point that my sister borrowed it and dropped it, lens first, while I was away at college. It just came back from repair, plus new foam and CLA. I’ll probably load it up and shoot a roll over the holidays. So, a few “old friends” and a few links to family now passed, and some stories to tell my grandchildren when we look at old photos in my archive.