Kodak Brownie Cresta 3

Yesterday I got back my photos from Jessops, and they came out great!
Not bad for a 40 year old camera I go off Ebay for £4.99, and that was
99p for the camera the rest was postage! I bet it hadn't been used for
about 30 years, and I know it was part of a collection, hence they did
not know if it worked. I used Jessops R200 black & white film. I'm
trying it with Fuji Supria 200 colour film next.

Paul

 

That's good going, and going back some.

My first new camera was a Cresta II. I can still remember the smell of it
when I took it out the box.

 

Yeah! I've got a Cresta 3 that I picked up practically mint (original
case and user manual included) for a coupla quid or something. I
intended to use it as a poor girl's Holga, but it actually produces far
better images than the real Holga stuff I've seen, so maybe you really
do need to shell out £30 or whatever to get that gloopy Holga effect.

Anyway, the Cresta 3 (and all those old 120 box cameras) are great fun.
MF photography for pennies! Also, you can punch the lens out and stick a
bit of perforated beer can in there to get a great pinhole camera. I've
got an old Agfa Clack, I did that with.

AN

 

Ah, you're the one that mentioned the Cresta 3 vs Holga sometime back.

Mine is also mint, with case and instructions.

It's fantastic!

Paul