Good point John. I'll have to check that once it arrives. (I'm also hopeful that the exposed roll is still in the camera. I've got another exposed roll of 620 B&W, found inside a purchased camera, sitting on the shelf awaiting development.)
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:03 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/6/2015 1:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> I've got a soft spot for psuedo-TLR cameras. I think they are cool >> looking and there is something about looking down at the world through >> their distorted waist level viewfinders that feeds my soul. One of my >> favorites is the Ansco Rediflex. >> >> Last night I picked up (on that infernal auction site) one of the >> mintiest Rediflex kits you will probably ever see. It (quite likely) >> has only had one roll of film put through it, as it has a 3-pack box >> of B&W Ansco 620 film with two of the rolls still inside it >> (expiration date Feb. 1965). They started making the Rediflex in 1948 >> and I'm not sure when they stopped. The expiration date on the film >> might give a clue to its age, but I'm not sure how long after >> manufacture Ansco placed their expiration dates. I'd guess that this >> kit is from the mid-50s: >> >> http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/rediflexKit.jpg >> > > Does the manual have a copyright date? That might give you some clue. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
