As I mentioned in a previous post, Mum works for our local hospice putting stuff on eBay for them. The other day she brought home what is seemingly someone’s camera collection. There are some gorgeous, old cameras in it, and when I say old, I mean old; we’re looking at turn of last century old.

First off there is this:

This is a No1 Kodak Junior and I reckon it was made in about 1914/1915 due to the patent dates on the inside of its case. The one we have seems to be in decent condition too, well apart from the door being a bit stiff, but that aside it’s in good nick. We also have another couple of cameras like this made by Coronet though they’re not in quite as good a shape as the Kodak and they don’t allow you to write on the film, in between frames, either.

The other one I’ve become really interested in isn’t anywhere near as old.

This is the Asahi Pentax Auto 110, which was made between 1978 and 1981. It’s an SLR and it’s absolutely tiny, possibly even tinier than most current compact digital cameras. I’ve totally fallen in love with it and I want to keep it for my own but Kirsty pointed out that it’ll be a nightmare trying to find the specialist film it takes so I dunno what to think about it. What we’ve actually got is the body, the three original lenses (18mm, 50mm and 70mm) and a flash so we’ve a complete set of components. I’m just not completely sure it’s worth it if I’m not gonna be able to take any photos with it. Oh decisions.

There were a few other cheap compact film cameras too but nothing special and there was an old 8mm video camera too, which Mum has her heart set on.