Interesting! I was just looking up the Kodak Motormatic 35 when your video showed up in the results. They look nearly identical, except the bottom wind lever is a wind knob with a spring to give you auto winding/advancing of the film to the next frame. I saw the Mototmatic 35 in some old Kodak film reel footage in a video by “History in the Dark” called “The (Misunderstood) Fall of Kodak | It Wasn’t Because of Digital Cameras | History in the Dark”. Thanks for your video. I will be looking out for this camera!
Excellent little Kodak! I just picked up a Kodak Retina S1, looks like no one used it, the shutter and wind work well, waiting for the weather to get better here in the States. I just saw the camera in your video at a thrift shop, I think they wanted $10.00- $12.00 for it, did not pick it up. Thanks for sharing! Great channel!
It does seem that this camera has a proper manual exposure mode. The manual say this: 'When the green pointer is not at automatic, the camera is set for manual exposure control and the signal MAN will be visible when looking through the viewfinder. To change from automatic to manual exposure control, move the LOCK BUTTON (Located to the right of the viewfinder window) in the direction of the arrow and, at the same time, move the KNURLED WHEEL (Located below the viewfinder window) to the left until the green pointer is set at the proper exposure value number. Disregard the exposure index settings and the low light level indicator (red indicator) in the viewfinder when using the camera set for manual exposure control. '
Thrilled to find this video. Thank you. I just found the automatic 35 while cleaning out my grandfathers camera gear. Gonna give it a go!
Interesting! I was just looking up the Kodak Motormatic 35 when your video showed up in the results. They look nearly identical, except the bottom wind lever is a wind knob with a spring to give you auto winding/advancing of the film to the next frame. I saw the Mototmatic 35 in some old Kodak film reel footage in a video by “History in the Dark” called “The (Misunderstood) Fall of Kodak | It Wasn’t Because of Digital Cameras | History in the Dark”. Thanks for your video. I will be looking out for this camera!
Excellent little Kodak! I just picked up a Kodak Retina S1, looks like no one used it, the shutter and wind work well, waiting for the weather to get better here in the States. I just saw the camera in your video at a thrift shop, I think they wanted $10.00- $12.00 for it, did not pick it up. Thanks for sharing! Great channel!
That's an interesting camera and the results look very satisfying. Nice find. Keith
Surprising results.
It does seem that this camera has a proper manual exposure mode. The manual say this:
'When the green pointer is not at automatic, the camera is set for manual exposure control and the signal MAN will be visible when looking through the viewfinder. To change from automatic to manual exposure control, move the LOCK BUTTON (Located to the right of the viewfinder window) in the direction of the arrow and, at the same time, move the KNURLED WHEEL (Located below the viewfinder window) to the left until the green pointer is set at the proper exposure value number. Disregard the exposure index settings and the low light level indicator (red indicator) in the viewfinder when using the camera set for manual exposure control. '
Thank you, very useful.
Andy
@@beforedigitalIt looks like an interesting design too.