Two new goodies that I got at the March? aux Puces in Paris a few days ago:
Coronet 6x9 "Depose":
I couldn't find many details on this bad boy, the only things I know about it are from this Polish website (
http://www.wzfo.warszawa.pl/?p=4319) where I learned that it's from 1946/47, made in France from an old British design, with a French 90mm f/11 M?nisque Boyer lens. It seems to be fixed focus, which is just as well because the viewfinder is just the tiny window near the lens. On the plus side, it can rotate to support either portrait or landscape, which is nice.
Oh and you get a choice between a blisteringly quick 1/50s shutter speed, or Bulb mode.
It seems to operate fine (then again it seems to have only one moving part), so I'm going to get a roll of 120 film for it this week end.
It's in overall good shape, but the leather cover is starting to peel of the metal frame. I'm torn between trying to glue it back or just let it be that way.
The bellow is in exceptional shape, given its age. I can't find any cracks or tears in it.
The second one I got is even more basic, amazingly.
It's a Kodak Six-20 'Brownie' Junior produced between 1934 and 1938!
Quite fancy, it has two viewfinders (portrait and landscape) and a choice between either a 1/25s shutter speed or Bulb mode.
Like the first one, this one seems to operate just fine with its one moving part, but I may not be able to load it easily, as it takes 620 film, instead of 120. It seems easy enough to modify a 120 roll to fit (
http://www.instructables.com/id/Using-120-Film-in-620-Era-cameras/), but I'm missing the empty spool and I'm pretty sure I'd ruin a roll trying to hack it up to fit it.