REVIEW: DURST 'Automatica' 35mm Film Camera
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- I show a BORROWED DURST 'Automatica' 35mm Film camera made in ITALY about late 1950'2 to 1960's and some PRINTS taken with it. If you want to support my Channel Expenses please click on here ;
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Hello Peter! Hope you are well - great to see your videos again!
I look forward to all your posts, Mr Elgar, and as ever your delightful presentation made this a joy to watch. Thank you for all your time and experience and we'll see you again soon.
Kind of an unexpected surpise this camera is. Thanks for another nice and interesting video Peter!
A very interesting little camera. I have a Schneider Kreuznach lens on my Braun Nizo Super 8 camera, and it is really clear. Proper German engineering.
Peter, I am so sorry, I did not notice your question on photo clubs.
Yes, we had a lot of photo clubs in the Netherlands in the Sixties.
In my opinion the best three were situated in Rotterdam, Haarlem
and in a village near Dordrecht.
The club in Haarlem was named "De Muggen" ( The Mosquitoes )
The club near Dordrecht was named "Het Brandpunt" ( The Focus )
The Rotterdam club was "AFC IJsselmonde" ( Amateur Foto Club IJsselmonde )
In the annual Dutch photo competion they were allways the best.
Among a ton of 8x10 inch photos it was quite easy to find the three clubs.
I still remember some prints I saw in 1965:
- A winter landscape of a Dutch polder with willows.
snow on the right side of the trunks.
bob wire and a steeple on the misty horizon.
- A cat in a window sill, a steamy window, all in backlight.
- A portrait of a smiling man, white teeth, John Lennon specs, black background.
Public Transport companies in every town, National Dutch Railways, Royal Post,
Hospitals, Ship building companies, Breweries, Schools etc. had their photo clubs.
And of course there were "PRIVATE" clubs in towns and villages.
The late floor manager Rob, of FOKA Photo in Rotterdam, once told me the story
when he was a young lad joining a photoclub in the west end of Rotterdam.
He had saved all his money to buy a TLR 6x6 FODORFLEX plus a Sekonic selenium
meter. He was a fan of KODAK Tri-X and did developing and printing all by himself.
A print made by him won the annual competion. The old clan members did not
believe he made the photo himself, neither it was a print of a Tri-X negative.
A few weeks later he could prove he was not a lousy liar, by giving a demo.
Making a portrait with his FODORFLEX, developing the film and making the print.
All was done in the club house were a studio and a lab was built.
I like the smell of the dark room, the sound of clocks and the running liquids and water.
When I was young my dark room looked like a gentlemen's society. While developing
and printing with friends, the music was on; very loud rock or classic. I was eating and
drinking wine. And smoking big cigars.
JACO -- Many THANKS for your Kind Information - SO GOOD I shared it with members of my Club , Brentwood & District Photographic Club and also on to the 'Amateur Photographer Magazine' Forum -- hope you do not mind.
This is new to me, I did not know that Durst also made Cameras. I still have my Durst 605M color enlarger for 6x6, Durst made excellent enlargers. Thank you for mention DIN and telling it stands for Deutsche Industri Normal, I know DIN but have never thought about what it meant other than it was a German standard for film speed. DIN 18 = 50 ASA/ISO, DIN 21 = 100 ASA/ISO...
To use it in A mode - you set the ASA which has a corresponding F stop. Eg ASA 400 has F22 - this is then fixed - then you look at the meter window which shows you the Shutter Speed the camera is automatically selecting for you. You can’t change aperture on A mode and each F stop is fixed to a given film ASA speed.
What a cool camera, thanks for another great video! I loved the photo subjects you chose, especially the horse fountain. The horses at the ranch I volunteer at would love such a posh watering hole. 😆 Good to see you 😊
You might want to keep an eye out for a Durst 66, which is a very odd 120 camera from 1956.
Hi Peter, I love your videos. I am just wondering about the Weston exposure meter you mentioned. I think all Westons used selenium cells. Most cameras and exposure meters with selenium cells do not work well any more since the life of a selenium cell seems to be a few decades. An example being that Durst camera! I wonder how you have a reliable working Weston. Did you get it refurbished or perhaps you just sought out and found one that was still accurate?
I have nt had any 'Professionally Done' BUT I HAVE taken apart a few Weston V's and re-stuck the Glass . I have been GIVEN many WESTONS when I get given old film cameras so I have 'spares' !!
Ya, Das Good, mate!
Hi Peter - any idea where to get a yellow 32mm filter for it?
SORRY -- no idea - most of the Old Traditional Dealers have gone Broke !
Paparazzi Peter Elgar with an Italian Design camera
making photos of Sophia Loren.
Mister Peter Elgar your are going international.
Durst camere made Italy
Schneider lens made in Germany
EFKE film made in Croatia
Founder of Durst born in Austria
Adox bought by Dupunt in U.S.A
and sold to EFKE in Croatia.
In think your Durst Automatica was made by the ADOX camera works,
because of its interior and its Schneider Radionar lens; but redesigned.
The Italian are masters of design and redesign; your Durst is a beauty
and chique German-Italian product.
Arrivederci Pietro.
Vielen DANK -- a bit of GERMAN for you ! ( SOPHIA LOREN -- Drool, Drool !! )
How much does it cost now please?
My Friend is selling it at a Camera Fair soon for about £30