Camera Talk

Julio1fer wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 25, 2026 9:44 pm

Beautiful! Glad to see your Bolsey working so well.

Thanks Julio!

What a nice outing with M, and well captured! Seems like you've about got it with that little guy. And that's a fun part of the world to thrift in, must have been fun. Thanks, Robert. It's a super fun little camera. Just requires a bit of concentration. It was a nice visit. Lots of fun places to ch...

Hi, all - Had a quick trip to see my daughter in upstate New York last weekend. It's early spring up there, but the snow is (almost) gone, and the skies were at least brighter, if still completely overcast. Seemed like a good opportunity to do some further learning with the Bolsey Model C. She's int...

Thanks, Robert. I'm sure it's a practice thing - been long enough since I had to think about that I just kinda don't think about it. Mash the release and go. I'm really happy with the thing, and glad it's producing. I need to see if I can drill out the rivets on the case and fabricate some kind of s...

Ran about half a roll of that 14 year expired Acros through to test. Spacing is perfect, actually better than pretty much any other 135 camera I have, short of my old A2. Shot 15 frames; these are the ones that came out the best: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55157430154_07e3149d21_c.jpg https...

Good! You are getting closer to an operational camera! Thanks. It’s loaded; the advance, which felt wonky running dry, seems to be working correctly. Have a Series V hood on it. Aside from crazy winds, it’s a lovely, bright day, so sunny 16 will work. Heading out shortly for some errands, hope to r...

Have decided the $15 legacy Bolsey Model C is, for now, non-fixable. I will eventually (pending gnat-like attention span) source other cheap cameras to rob parts from and cobble together a Franken-Model-C (reference: Antique Axe anecdote). For now, completely obsessed with this particular camera, I ...

We were in Delaware last week for a change of venue. Had some crazy foggy mornings and evenings, combination of strangely warm days and massive snow melt (there was a storm in our are a week or so before that dumped over 20" of snow in less than a day). Took the dogs out for a walk one morning ...

Well, the two pieces you have were definitely one piece when manufactured. That spring resides on the drive and looks like one end is hooked into a post while the other end just rides against a lever with the hooked end providing an anchor point to create the tension needed to return whatever lever...

Wow. Just wow. What a wonderful experience. Happy that you got the opportunity, and validation, that you deserved. And "ways of capturing time rather than stopping it" is about the best thing I've heard about photography, large format in particular., Imma steal that one, sorry. What a beau...