Friday, April 4, 2014

Balda Rollbox




Valmistatud u 1932–1934 Saksamaal, Dresdenis. Aparaati sobib 120mm rullfilm, formaat on 6x9.


Väga lihtne ja primitiivne kaamera, valikus on kaks säriaega ja üks ava. Ka fookus on fikseeritud, tuleb vaid leida see õige kaugus, mil kõik saab selguse. Pilti saab nii horisontaalset kui vertikaalset.


Üldiselt on väga vähe informatsioon just selle kaamera kohta leida. Pärast üht kasutusjuhendi uurimist puhastasin kaamera seest ja väljast ära ning kerisin filmi sisse. 


Rollbox näeb välja suur, raske ja robustne. Tegelikult on ta õhuke, seest tühi metallkarp. Kerge ja väike. Nii kerge koguni, et käsi hakkab värisema, kui liiga kaua sihtida.  


Kadreerimist ma pean ma küll tublisti harjutama veel. Muidugi võib väita, et ma jätsin tahtlikult Pöide kiriku Pisa torni asendisse ja lasin Orissaare kojamehel (hea)meelega ühest servast teise libiseda. Aga tegelikult oleks esialgu üsna mõnus saavutada ka sirge silmapiir.



filmiks Fomapan100

pildistatud veebruaris 2014

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Made in Germany, Dresden, about 1930s. Takes 120-film, 6x9.

Very simple and primitive camera, there is no more than 2 different shutter speed and one aperture. Focus is fixed, to get a sharp image, you just have to find the right distance between the camera and the object. 


There isn't much information about that particular camera. So, after reading and translating one manual I found, I cleaned the box inside out and put a film in it.


Balda Rollbox seems big, robust and heavy. Instead it is a thin metal box and empty.  It's light and small. So light that my hand started shaking if I focused too long. 


I do must practice my framing with it. Of course I can always claim that I left the church of Pöide in Pisa's position for purpose and I let the janitor in Orissaare to slide with pleasure. But still - it would be a nice thing to set the horizon straight for a start :) 


Film used: Fomapan100

photos taken in February, 2014




kui Pöidest sai Pisa


 kaamera ise on selline / this is the camera




3 comments:

  1. I really like the photos! I also found an old Balda Doppelobjektiv box from my Grandfather. Id really like to try it out but I have no idea where to get film rolls for it. Where did you get them from?

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  2. Thank you! These are my first with Balda Rollbox. It is so simple camera, that.. it is too simple :)
    It takes 120 rollfilm, I use mostly Ilford or Fomapan. You can order them from Internet. eBay or one place is http://macodirect.de/ .
    I buy them here, from a local shop.

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