Kodak Duaflex

After losing out on the Duaflex last week, I did well and won one tonight for £26 including postage!

I put my starting bid of £15 in early in the week and was the first to bid, then it was just me all week until about six hours ago. I was organized and set a timer for about four minutes before the end of the auction and then sat hitting the reload button and upping my bid to £25. I actually won it for the bizarre amount of £22.11.

I can't wait to start using it - I hope it's not too much of a fiddle. I'll be making Russ Morris' contraption for which he has kindly made a downloadable template for the great photographing public to use to their own ends. It is specifically designed for this camera which is great as my own contraption for my Rolliecord was a real pain in the arse to make. I used masses of foam from a Chanel Number 5 gift box from Xmas, it was a massive box of smellies and there was masses of lovely dense grey foam to play with, but it was far too big to be portable and so I never really used it other than at home and on one shoot in a friends garden.

Watch this space!

Through the Viewfinder - again

I really enjoyed messing around with my fake TTV images, and after yet another try with my beautiful Rolleicord, I have decided to persevere in making the images in the 'correct way'. I also decided that the Rolleicord isn't suitable for the job, firstly because it's really heavy and to juggle that with a contraption and another camera on top is a recipe for lens blur if ever there's been one and secondly, the front and side flaps are a pain and just get in the way. I know I could butcher it and remove the flaps, but that would be a great shame as the camera still works with film.

So I've gone back to the beginning and just bid on a Kodak Duaflex on good old Ebay, the Duaflex is the camera of choice for all the cool kids who seem to rattle their stunning TTV pics out at an alarming rate of knots. My bid's in at £15 which I think is reasonable and it's the highest bid by about £5 so far. I don't think I want to go much higher. If I don't get this one, there are two more with end dates of 6th April, but I'm inpatient and 'my one' ends in six hours, so I'll be standing on my head in yoga at the critical moment which is shame, but it will stop me spending too much!

Fingers crossed for me please!