(Sorry about the headline. The fit black guy upstairs is showing his girlfriend a good time, and it's distracting.)
Alex said:
"As for wooden cameras, wasn't that just how it was 100yrs ago?
"Fit"? In Liverpool that meant "(physically) attractive", in most other places it means healthy. I'm glad she seems to enjoy carpentry ;-) "
Heck, you can still buy large-format cameras built of cherry wood.
I used the term to mean both.
She is sure enjoying something, that's all I know.
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The Little Woman and I were vacationing in northern Michigan in the week just past. We saw an approx. 1949 vintage station wagon with wood on the side.
We were thinking if one were in that region in 1950 or thereabouts, such a mode of transportation would have been de rigueur. Now it's just a curiosity.
The de rigueur camera at the time would have been a black-sided Kodak box held at waist level.
It would have needed "620" film.
There is a car in the Blackhawk Car Museum which is a wonderful wood construction. It's a 1924 Hispano-Suiza "Tulipwood Torpedo.". Google for "Blackhawk wood car" and you should find a picture.
I was surprised to see wood effect panelling on car in the US through the late 80's, including the Dodge Caravan and the Chevy Chevette, and the Ford Escort.
As for wooden cameras, wasn't that just how it was 100yrs ago?
"Fit"? In Liverpool that meant "(physically) attractive", in most other places it means healthy. I'm glad she seems to enjoy carpentry ;-)
I fear that pictures taken with such a camera would look a little stiff...
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