Camera Talk

Box - Tengor
What ASA film should I use in this camera?
I assume 11-16 & 22 is f:stops, so what would be the shutter speed?

Thanks
Ron B

Here's some info, Ron. http://elekm.net/pages/cameras/boxtengor.htm It appears that the speed is just 1/25, so you're pretty limited on emulsions currently available. You could shoot some old, out of date Velvia, and it would turn out fine due to the aging.

PF

Ron, in sunny weather, ideal film would be ISO 50. You could also use any C-41 negative color ISO 100, with some overexposure. and it should also give useable images if there are some clouds around. ISO 200 will give noticeable overexposure in sunny weather and good images if a bit overcast.

Another possibility is use ISO 200 and hold a ND filter on the lens during exposure in sunny weather.

I would use negative film because it has more latitude than transparencies. Unless your light is just right.

For me, biggest challenge with box cameras is to hold them steady. The Tengor series are talked as one of the best box types.

I sometimes shoot Rollei 80s in my old box cameras and then develop in Rodinal 1-150 for 45 minutes semi-stand.

I think that I was shooting 400 speed film on cloudy days and 100 speed film on sunny days.

If you have the postwar Box Tengor with the powder chrome highlights, you can set the lens on infinity and expect infinity.

If you are shooting a prewar model, the medium-distance setting will give you the sharpest photo for infinity.

I've shot both ISO 100 (Acros) and 400 (Neopan) in my Tengor. In the latter case, I developed it in 1+100 Rodinal for 20 minutes, with one inversion every 3 minutes.