Enjoyed your video and seeing your tie collection. My father was a men’s neckwear designer. I always remember him bringing home beautiful swatches of silk material. A lovely and elegant man who passed too soon back in 1964.
Some great tips thank you. Keep this in mind when you put yourself on a public platform the terminology you use is important when you talk about antique versus vintage to quote Google and many experts: "For an item to be an antique, experts agree that it must be at least or over one hundred years old. While there's no official expert consensus for an item to be considered vintage, many agree an item should be between twenty to ninety-nine years old."
Instead of “square,” you’re looking for the word “symmetrical.” I was totally confused when you showed two ties with triangular ends and said that one was square and one wasn’t. Also, “lined” or “hemmed” would be good descriptors for comparison.
Thank you!! I just started collecting antique cameras and this and the Brownie are my latest treasures! I am so happy you can explain these things, I would have never figured it out. :D Where does one even get film for these though? I haven't looked that up yet! ;) I need to go and watch your Brownie video now. :D
i recently found a tie that I'm sure is vintage (the label just looks old) but it's italian and I ca't identify it. The maker, Al Duca, is still in business but there's not a shred of info online about his vintage silk ties. Do you have a resource for identifying such ties? (it does have a pull through loop so i guess it's post-60s)
Wonderful knowledge, Just Great, Thank you for sharing, Im just getting into the tie selling business on Ebay and I am soaking up all the tie knowledge, Thank you! I will be back
I greatly appreciate you uploading this information. This is helpful for me in preparing to shoot my first little movie on this camera. But I just have to point out the irony of a guy making a movie about cameras without having a tripod to free up his second hand. 😆 But really, thanks for doing this!
Lenses like this are fixed-focus, meaning that you can't move the lens in an out for a better focus, but they have a "fixed" focal range of 8-10 feet, the distance is different for different lenses. I'm sure somewhere online you can look up focal ranges for different lens types, most of that information is readily available.
Will the film roll you have linked in the description work with my Kodak Brownie Turret f/1.9? Bought it for cheap at a garage sale and wanna give film a shot
It is 8mm film, called double 8 or regular 8. It measures 16" across, but both sides of the film are exposed; and at developing, they split it down the middle and splice it together, making one 50' strand of 8mm film.
My late maternal aunt, along with her then second, and last husband - the only uncle I ever knew - bought the entire available Kodak set of aesthetically matching optional Kodak equipment brand new for this exact model of Kodak 8 mm movie camera including an equally then brand new example of that exact model of camera you feature in this video when it and all that equipment first became available for purchase back in the late 1950’s. Decades later - a few years after an unhappy divorce my aunt gave every bit of it all to me along with every single small spool of developed 8 mm home movie film ever made with that camera, and viewed on the set’s included aesthetically matching 8 mm movie projector. The only items I could not keep some years later were the full size Kodak roll up fold up projection screen, and the Kodak highly flex positional six bulb customizable selection floodlight unit. I still have everything else including the Kodak 8 mm film splicing kit which I used extensively when I first received everything at the time to splice all the proliferation of small plastic spools of developed 8mm color home movies made back around the time the equipment had all first been purchased, putting each one of them together to fit on now only about six or more much larger metal reels. That aesthetically matching Kodak 8 mm projector of the set is just as beautifully designed, and crafted together as that model of camera in the set, being in as near new condition as how your camera appears, and so is the entire splicing kit as well - It’s all a family keepsake I’ll never sell. I was sad to have to give up the projection screen and floodlight. I used the camera once years back to make a brief film where I experimented with creating a few simple special effects in it to see how well they could be achieved - it was fun to do all that, and later be able to view the results.
Just got this beauty at an Antique festival and I couldn’t be more excited to try it out. Very helpful video, it’s like talking to a friend. Thank you!
Very cool video. I just came across a big box of vintage ties from my grandfather (I'm 46). I may keep a couple for myself just because they look awesome. Not sure what to do with the rest.
Do you happen to know the diameter of the lens barrel? I'm curious if the 1 1/8" size 29 Portrait Lens will fit on the Shur-Flash or if the Size 27 Portrait Lens is required, as described in the owner's manual.
Hi, just found one of these, it seems to operate, but how could I find film for it to test it out? Thanks in advance, hopefully. It's a seriously cool camera.
Hi! I have this camera and I want to get some film for it but in the original instructive it mentions it works with Kodachrome 8mm film, but if I use another kind of 8mm film will it be okay? Since the kodachrome developing process is discontinued and I'd like to try with a different roll of film (I'm new to analog film and camera so I'm very lost haha)
Hi, friend! Would you shoot a 20-minute short film with this camera? How often should the cartridge be changed? 3 minutes like the super 8? record a 24 frp?
I got the 240EE model that has the battery op “electric eye” feature it takes a really funky battery I’m not sure they make anymore…probably no good in today’s world or film anyway. as for loading, this camera and the Bolex H16s load a very similar way. So far I’ve only filmed footage on my Bolex but I think I’ll set it aside until I get a SWITAR lens for that, and use my Bell and Howell cameras. My 240EE and 70 series cameras since they have their proper lenses.
Nice camera, double perf also. My copy is single perf, same camera, came with the original 17mm wide lens that matches the sliding view finder lens...Mine is gray, not orange brown.
Here I sit looking at the same camera my dad owned, probably bought not long after they were first manufactured. Two things occur to me: 1) How cool, innovative and exciting he must have thought that he could make his own movies, and 2) how incredibly spoiled we are today to be able to instantly produced razor-sharp video on even an inexpensive cellphone!
Just bought the recommend 8mm film you posted for my brownie 2 and it won’t spool and function. It works perfect with the old roll. Seems like it’s not grabbing the film to spin
Sometimes the cameras have malfunctions, but more often than not the issue is some problem with the way some of the new reels are rolled. I'm guessing because film movies aren't common any more, quality control slips a little depending on who you buy from.
Helpful Video. Thanks ! Bought one this morning at an estate sale, and you're right, very little on line about them. I need to research how to clean the case and leather covers on both sides. One side is pretty dried out. Thanks again for the helpful video.
No problem, glad to help! I've found that the Armor All protectant wipes for car interiors does a good job if cleaning and preserving that old false leather.
How are you able to find ads related to a certain tie? Is there an archive? I have many ties I love and I’m certain are old but am interested where to start. Thank you for sharing and I hope you educated that waitress on proper fashion! It’s a shame she couldn’t recognize style.
