With Sawblade
This shot of my parents was made a couple of weeks ago.
It is shot outside what we still sometimes call “the stables”, though it has not held livestock for 40 years or more.
Since then it has held a workshop and a pottery studio.
Gradually the building name has shifted to “the pottery”.
I remember when that saw blade came into the family when (more…)
Testing the Ansco Color Clipper
A few days ago I wrote about repairing an Ansco Color Clipper that I found in a thrift store (see that post here). Today I show some photos from the first roll of film. As I described before the camera has one shutter speed, measured at 1/30th, and two f-stops labelled B&W and Color. I infer that B&W is f/16, or possibly f/11 and Color is f/32 or possibly f/22.
To test the camera I used a roll of Ilford Delta 100 that expired in May 2008. I chose that film because I had it, and because I figured that it might be best shot at ISO50, after the rule of thumb that old film generally needs a 1 EV adjustment per decade of expiry. Since the camera was designed to use either 32 or 125 ISO film I figured that I would land solidly within that range with this film and would be more likely to get useable images from the camera.
I mostly took pairs of shots, one on the B&W setting and one on the Color setting. I used the scale focus and for nearest focus roughly measured 4 ft (ie for the shot above). I wanted to be sure that I had assemble the lens so that the scale labels are still accurate.
So, what did I learn? (more…)
Fired Up III
Here is another photo from the Fired Up ceramics show in Metchosin.
This is Cathi Jefferson, a potter based in the Cowichan Valley.
I have previously written about Cathi’s ceramics here.
We have accumulated a lot of her pottery over the last several years and use it every day.
Victoria Alley II
Another photograph around back in an a Victoria alley with a fisheye.
Interesting approach to partially repointing the mortar on this building.
The whole building looks like it needs the same tlc.
Repairing Ansco Color Clipper
I found an Ansco Color Clipper in a thrift store last week. It seemed like an interesting camera, though very basic and quite cheaply made. But it appeared to work and was affordable so why not take it home? When I got it home and tried to clean the lens I realised that the dust was on the inside and that there was a lot more than enough dust to prevent the camera from being useful (see image below). Getting the camera apart to clean the dust meant removing some rivets, a task I was hesitant to tackle for a few days. This post is about the camera, and the process of getting it apart, and back together.
The Camera
The Color Clipper seems to have first came into production in 1950. Many on-line references point to the 1940s, often the early 1940s, but I think they are confusing this camera with its predecessor the Ansco Clipper. The styling also suggests a 50s origin. Until I find a definitive source, I am asserting the 1950s.
It has a metal box bellows that slides out of (more…)
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