{"id":184,"date":"2025-12-04T20:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T01:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:44:08","slug":"vintage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/?page_id=184","title":{"rendered":"Vintage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We live in a digital world, but cameras were analog for a long time before everyone used phones to capture food and fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been picking up a few old film cameras and sometimes I even use them to take photos.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My recent project involved a Spartus Full-Vue made by a Chicago based company.  The camera was produced between 1948 and 1960 and takes 120 film, making it easier to use than older Kodaks which require the now defunct 620 format film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"321\" class=\"wp-image-186\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Face-Off.jpg\" alt=\"A partially assembled Spartus FullVue camera, showing the cover panel, viewfinding mirror and shutter mechanism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Face-Off.jpg 1248w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Face-Off-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Face-Off-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Face-Off-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had to replace the mirror in the viewfinder and do some cleaning, but overall, this was an easy to use device<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"207\" class=\"wp-image-188\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Mirror.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Mirror.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Mirror-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-185\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Cleaning-Lense.jpg\" alt=\"Three pictures showing the mirror for viewfinder, Qtip being used to clean the lens and the camera mechanism being loaded with film.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Cleaning-Lense.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Cleaning-Lense-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-187\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Load-Film.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Load-Film.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Spartus-Load-Film-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite using 400 ISO film and having a 1\/40 shutter speed, indoor images were very dark, although the overcast daylight photos came out very well, as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" class=\"wp-image-191\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/View-of-hotels.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/View-of-hotels.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/View-of-hotels-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" class=\"wp-image-190\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ice-Breaker.jpg\" alt=\"Three black and white images taken in Thunder Bay with the Spartus Full-vue.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ice-Breaker.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ice-Breaker-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" class=\"wp-image-189\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gav-by-Slide.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gav-by-Slide.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cbcampbell.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gav-by-Slide-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in a digital world, but cameras were analog for a long time before everyone used phones to capture food and fashion. 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