FRANKLY, NOT THE SINGER, BUT FRANKA

Recognizing that almost any camera is really nothing but a black box, granted some black boxes fancier than others and some more durable than others my little Franka kind of falls somewhere in the lower portion of the black box range.

Most of the fussy bits, the lens and the shutter, was "built out" by some very prestigious manufacturers in Germany.

And, after all, the lens is the thing that mostly really gets the credit, and rightly so.

One of the things that endears me to this black is that it is a fold-able box.

I can focus the image on a piece of film up to 6 cm by 9 cm which means I can record a lot of "pixels" and fold it up into my pocket.

"PAUSING AT IT'S PIER"

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05.14.2020

-- Once in a while I limber my Franka

--The origin of my relationship with this wonderful little folding camera goes back about a year or so

-- I think I spent all of about $45 for it

-- These units originally were sold by Montgomery Ward just after the First World War.

-- And, as a result this camera was bit of a German mutt.

-- But they had a heart of gold…..

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-- Fort Trumbull, New London, CT, (USA)

---Franka II, Schneider 1:4.5, 1/100 sec @ f8+

---Kodak Tri-X EI 200 W/ HC110 (H) Epson V700

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