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Photina Medium Format Camera – advice sought!
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Hello,
My boyfriend just bought me a Photina medium format camera and I’m wondering if anyone has used this particular camera before (see photo of camera model) or has any advice? I have shot 120mm on a Holga but the viewfinder and set up are obviously quite different on these cameras and practical information on this particular model is difficult to come across. I have loaded it with film but am basically stabbing in the dark with regard to focusing, effect and what the camera is best used to shoot. I’m also concerned that I’m not winding the film on properly: after taking a photograph and winding the film once, there is a click. My boyfriend thinks this means it has wound on to the next frame, but that is not my experience of shooting on this film, it is also very quick to have wound on to a new frame and it is contrary to the reader in the back of the camera. So I have been winding on to the next number as per the reader but I’m not really sure . . . So I’m not really sure what I’m at and any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Ok I did a search for this but found little info.
Obviously you know its a 6×6 same as the holga 120.
The click you hear after winding is frame being set rather than
not winding enough and the frames overlapping.As regards focusing it looks like its uses zone focus and the view
lens is just for composing. Normally both lenses are connected so
you can see in the finder when a subject is in focus or not.As you have film loaded now my advice is to either remove it of
shoot away and see what happens.If you remove it then you can just load some old backing paper and
check the frame count or just look at what happens while the back is open.Best of luck
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