sorry it's been so long ago since I used this camera in 1970. I was 16, It has a brown case and long thin strap. I have to draw from imagination.
It wasn't my camera, it was my dad's. He went to England in 1956 and bought it. It was special, it looks like a modern camera but you need to press the button, and the lens comes out like a concertina. I haven't seen it any where else. Dad let us kids use it when we joined our school photography club. You have to adjust the aperture.
When I was in the club, I was the only kid with a camera, and these other kids monopolised them because they didn't have one. We took photos and developed them in the school's dark room. I didn't stay long because these kids kept monopolising the camera.
The negatives have 12 shots, and come out in 2 inch square. Photography was an expensive game. you took your finished roll of film, and then you wait 5 days and it was black and white.
Sadly, in the Tropics, there were termites. Most of the photos were gone.
Today, I use a digital.
February 1: Introduce Us to Your Camera After all, it is like a member of the family! Tell us about your first camera, how you became involved in photography, etc.
