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I was doing a search on Ebay recently for 127 cameras. There are tons of neat older cameras that use 127 film and I like to look and see what is out there sometimes. Well, this thing popped up. It's from 1945 and it was sold as a kit camera from the classfied ads page in Popular Science magazine. These are very rare, only a few examples are known. Mine was beat up and neglected but even though it's rare it isn't really worth too much so I decided to go ahead and make it my own kit camera. So I fixed up the shutter, took it apart and cleaned everything, then lightly refinished the wood, stole a red window off another camera and installed it. Then I gave it a fresh coat of shellac which would have been a period correct treatment. It looks and works great now.,

Fotógrafo:: clickiemcpete
Subidas:: 2013-01-16
Cámara:: 1945 Hollycam Special (Wooden Kit Camera)
Película:: Efke 100
Ciudad:: Gill, MA
País:: United States
Álbums:: 1945 Hollycam Special

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grazie · 2013-01-16 23:03
that's a cool looking camera!
wuxiong · 2013-01-16 23:46
^..^ It looks so beautiful..
b0rn2b1ush · 2013-01-17 01:29
pretty cam!
deepfried_goodness · 2013-01-17 02:29
Nicely done my friend. It's great to give new life to old cameras.
ohlordy · 2013-01-17 03:50
very nice!
cc-in-paris · 2013-01-17 05:31
very cool cam!
i_am_four-eyes · 2013-01-17 05:44
Nicely done! It looks very cool!
marcel2cv · 2013-01-17 07:48
What a lovely camera! :-)
domemerson · 2013-01-17 08:53
Great find.
clickiemcpete · 2013-01-17 14:01
Thanks! Yeah, the wood appears to be mahogany. It has a dovetailed sliding back cover so it's really simple but nicely made.
earlybird · 2013-01-17 15:47
nice camera :)
mafiosa · 2013-01-17 15:55
Nice job refurbishing this camera.
kaffeeschwester · 2013-01-17 17:03
What a beauty !!
kibs · 2013-01-18 03:49
That is way cool!
ajagee24701 · 2013-01-18 05:46
Cool camera!!!
allanbendiksen · 2013-02-04 12:41
What a beautiful camera.

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