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Anyone else have a Kodak Pony 135 Model B?

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Old 09-11-08, 22:44
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Default Anyone else have a Kodak Pony 135 Model B?

Hi everyone
I just bought a Kodak Pony 135 camera model B from an antique shop.
It didn't come with instructions, unfortunatly, so i have no clue how to use some of the dials on the lense.
I have already figured out how to take pictures with it and how to set distance but there are two dials on the lense that i don't know what there for.

they are beside each other on the outer edge of the lense
it looks like this if you look down on it from the top of the camera

B 25 50 100 200
22 16 11 8 . 5.6 4.5

there are little sliders for the top row and the bottom row.
the dot between 8 and 5.6 is red and the 50 on the top row is red.

can anyone help me out?
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Old 09-11-08, 22:52
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Hello Rochelle, I have just done a search on the web and come up with this I am not sure whether its the same model. With this link hopfully someone will be able to help who is familiar with the controls.
http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/Pony135.html
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Smile thank you

the site at leats told me that the top row of my unknown feature is the shutter speed. the other row is still unknown, but thatnk you for your help
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i've fiddled with the camera and found out the bottom row is how much light is let in when the shutter opens!
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Rochelle. the bottom row of numbers are F stop numbers. What it means is how much of the subject will be in focus and how much light is let onto the film. Here is a far better explanation than what I could do.
http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm
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Rochelle,

You may find the thread on manual exposure useful.
http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...read.php?t=125

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Duncan, thanks for posting that, I couldn't find it.
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Hi Rochelle,

I just looked in my display cabinet and found a pony. I have mine, like the others inc box cameras etc, out of interest really, as they aren't worth anything.......

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the dot between 8 and 5.6 is red and the 50 on the top row is red.
The red paint indicates the positions those settings should be at for a 'snap shot'....ie ok for general point and press pictures in average outdoor light, if you don't have time or inclination for fiddling with the camera. Remember though, that the black and white film intended for use in these cameras has massive exposure latitude. In laymans terms it basically meant a photo lab might have a fighting chance of getting a reasonable print in many 'normal' outdoor lighting conditions, without it looking over or under exposed.
The Pony range was was more common in the states, but there was also some interesting variants made including ones with over-sized 'action' viewfinders, as well as waist level finders.

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