Ilford Sprite 35 II Black Silver

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Usually, the frame numbers on our roll film wrappers can be viewed in any camera viewing window, but in some older cameras that have dark red viewer windows, the numbers can be difficult to see. It’s no secret that the Ilford Sprite 35-II cameras do not capture sharp images. But that’s not what this camera is about. In 1959, ICI acquired a majority share holding in Ilford. In 1963 Ciba AG, Switzerland, which had bought Lumiere, France, the preceding year, and which already owned Swiss photographic coating company Tellko, began to acquire shares in Ilford as part of a commercial co-operation between Ciba and Ilford to develop Ciba's dye-bleach print material for making prints directly from colour transparencies. Originally called Cilchrome ('Cil' derived from the names Ciba, Ilford and Lumière) the eventual product name was Cibachrome. For more detailed information please see the product technical information. Can I use a safelight for handling my films?

It’s extremely lightweight and compact, weighing just 122 grams - ideal for carrying around to document your life! For that reason, this camera is way better as a film camera than it could ever be as a digital point-and-shoot. Film makes the process easy, thought-free, and fun. Throw in a roll of Kodak Ultramax or Lomo Purple and have fun. In August 2013 Ilford Lab Direct US was launched, operating from California, US and offering a similar service to the UK operation. MPP Micro Technical Camera with Schneider Symmar-S 150mm f/5.6 lens (a standard focal length for this format) in Copal No. 0 shutter. This example is a late Mark VI from around 1955. Note the rangefinder unit to the left of the body. The Purma Special was introduced around 1937 and designed by Purvis and Mayo (hence the name Purma). It was a rather stylish but unusual looking camera made from bakelite which took 127 rollfilm. The Purma had a collapsible fixed focus lens as well as a fixed aperture, so exposure was purely controlled by its shutter. And herein lies the Purma's uniqueness: although the shutter was a simple spring-wound moving slit (i.e., a focal plane shutter), the way the speeds were controlled was unique. In essence, by holding the camera vertical or horizontal you would change the shutter speed, but in addition the way you held it vertical (rotating it 180 degrees) would change the speed. This system was controlled by an asymmetrical metal wheel that served two purposes: it changed the width of the slit and when held vertical, it would either counter or enhance the spring action, thus reducing or increasing the shutter speed. This resulted in a three-speed shutter with speeds of ca. 1/25, 1/150 and 1/450. For a camera of this specification that was a very fast top speed, so it is no surprise that the camera was advertised as 'the world's fastest candid camera (at its price)'.

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The fact that gelatin dry plates could be manufactured in advance in a factory meant that photographers no longer needed to coat the plates themselves or travel with a portable darkroom. This contributed to the democratisation of photography and helped make it a popular pastime for a much wider audience. Holliman, Andrew J. Faces, People and Places: The Cameras of Ilford Ltd., 1899 to 2005. ISBN 0-9545342-1-2 The MPP was a 5x4 plate camera (ca. 13x10 cm), so a little larger than the 9x13cm more common for German plate cameras. Like all plate cameras it had a ground glass screen for focussing, but it was also equipped with a rangefinder which worked significantly faster. The camera also had interchangeable lenses by means of a removable lens board, to which any sort of large format lens could be fitted.

A Ensign Selfix 16-20 with Ross Xpres 75mm f/3.5 lens in Epsilon shutter. This is the second model, characterised by its metal top housing. The viewfinder was a frame finder with a frame projected in the viewfinder, which gave a better defined film frame. Other interesting features were the viewfinder which would pop open automatically when pushing the front door opening button, and the double-exposure prevention. Ensign Multex Ilford sold a number of cameras under its own name but made for it by other manufacturers, starting with a box camera in 1902, but most were made in the 1940s and 50s. The Ilford Witness was a rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses announced in 1947, but not released until 1953 because of manufacturing difficulties; there is an example shown in Science Museum Collections. [36] In the meantime, the simpler Advocate series 1 was released in 1949 [37] and series 2 in 1952. A pre-release Advocate series 1 camera was given to Princess Elizabeth in 1948; it was unique in having an ivory enamel finish. [38] It was stolen, but later recovered when it was sent to be repaired. Also released in 1949 was the Craftsman, a twin-lens reflex (TLR) which took 120 or 620 film. Then 1951 saw the Prentice folding camera which also took 120 film.By 1878, George Eastman had invented a machine to coat dry plates and, with local inventor Henry Strong, set up the Eastman Dry Plate Company in 1881. In 1884, Eastman changed the name to Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company when he began experimenting with paper and film bases. ‘Kodak’ was first registered as a trademark in 1888, and the Eastman Kodak Company or ‘Kodak’ was founded in 1892. The first manufacturing plant outside the US was set up in Harrow in 1891. This camera looks amazing using color films like Kodak Gold, Ultramax. Their warm, saturated feel looks stunning in this camera, capturing perfect skin tones that look gorgeous at sunsets. ISO 400 film will give you more exposure latitude in the shadows and is preferable when shooting later in the day, or with flash at night.

Ilford Super Sporti Camera | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk . Retrieved 17 November 2021.Ilford advocate camera | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk . Retrieved 17 November 2021. Learn how to get the most out of your new Ilford Sprite 35mm-II Camera and the ins and outs of the film photography game in our Beginner’s Master Guide to Film Photography -- totally actionable and totally free! After acquiring or making the base material, the first stage is usually the preparation of photographic emulsion. Since the late 19th century, this emulsion has usually been silver salts dispersed in gelatin (along with other dyes and chemicals) which gives us silver gelatin prints, dry plates and films. Other emulsions are used to make alternative processes. A Coronet Midget next to a 35 mm film canister to show its diminutive size. It was of course too small to use this film, it used 16 mm rollfilm instead. However, if your film is fixed in a non-hardening fixer (like ILFORD HYPAM or ILFORD RAPID fixer) a hypo clear is not required.