Camera Controls on Antique Cameras

Video Transcript

"So, once my lens is out, now when I first got this camera, it's like what do I do with it? How do I shoot it? And, this one is particularly a little bit more advanced model. I'm going to talk about not so advanced models in a minute. But, what this camera is, is it's a range finder, meaning that I have the center of my lens. If I look in it, there's an area that's slightly highlighted, and if I was, let's say you were looking at my finger, you would see two fingers. And, essentially to focus it, you move this dial so that you see one finger. Not a great example, but essentially, that is how you use this camera. Not an easy camera to use in low light. I would not suggest a beginner try to use this camera in a dark area, you're, it's going to be incredibly hard for you to use. But, bright sunlight is not too bad. Now this particular camera has, this part of it is the shutter and you actually manually cock it, to fire. Completely not like modern day cameras. Once you cock the shutter, you're ready to take a picture, but first you've got to pick your shutter speed and your F-stop."