Robert Stoddard wrote: > > Hi Marv, > I have a number of 50's camera catalogs from both Sears and Wards. I > haven't looked recently, but it seems to me that the Tourist with the f/4.5 > Anaston lens had a price in '53-'54 of more than $70. Using a > cost-of-living escalator, that would come to about $450 in late 2001. They > were an unusually solid camera with an excellent strut mechanism and better > than average lenses, thanks to Kodak quality control. I don't think anyone > else could have sold such a simple camera for such a high price! RKS > > >From: Marv Soloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Cameramakers] Kodak Tourist 120 Conversion - Update II > >Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 18:45:18 -0500 > > > >Well, the negatives just came out of the wash and onto the light table. > > > >Crisp, clean, sharp - I'll find out how sharp when I dry the film and go > >over the negs with a loupe. > > > >The test roll was Kodak TMX100 - I made some grab shots at a flea market > >over the weekend. Processed in D76. > > > >Not too bad for a $3.00 camera - but hey, that's what this group is all > >about. > > > >Regards, > > > >Marv > >_______________________________________________ > >Cameramakers mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
Lens and shutter performed flawlessly. I have an additional problem seen on the raw negatives - the positioning of the film is shifted down to the bottom of the camera by about 1/32" of an inch. I think the posts on the camera bottom will have to be removed and fixed shims ala Rick Oleson will have to be cemented in. Twill make it easier to load. Project has been great fun all along. Next up will be the conversion of the Busch 23 to a Graflok back. Should be even more fun. Regards, Marv _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
