With a name like Mar-Crest, you would think this camera was born, catching a wave, on a beautiful beach in southern Cailfornia or maybe a lovely sun-soaked island somewhere south of where we are now. Alas, she comes to us from the fair city of Chicago, Illinois. A pretty much typical half frame 127 roll film camera, she sports a mildly sturdy plastic frame. The idea is, after loading the film into the camera, you wind the film advance knob until you see the #1 in the window number 1. release the shutter and advance the film to window number 2. Repeat this procedure with exposure #2….and so on. These types of cameras inevitably create overlapping images. I try to expect this and advance the film a bit farther than the window…just a bit. A few shots taken with the Mar-Crest Camera:
Rear windows #’s one and 2.
guts.
I put a roll of Ektachrome 64 127 in the camera – expired in January 1980.
A few shots taken with the Mar-Crest Camera:
I used the “b” setting.
“Ho” was displayed in three places, but only one at a time. So I had to sit there and wait for all three “ho”s to get lit. I can’t remember the last time I had to wait for 3 hos to get lit. I moved away from Detroit in 1978.
The insanely white sofa. Someone actually discarded this beauty at the beach. I considered taking it home, but it would be totally irresponsible for me to bring a discarded white sofa into our home. I mean, we foster rescue dogs, for crying out loud. White furniture is simply asking for it.
Mental
Raymond, WA
pud
Dead seagull.
Lone tree.
Crazy raincoat.
MarCrest image
EPSON scanner image
EPSON scanner image
EPSON scanner image
EPSON scanner image
EPSON scanner image
By the sea. With the Mar-Crest.
The name Mar-Crest … it sounds like a 1960’s apartment building.
Mark O’Brien shot this image of me and my Mar-Crest using 4×5 direct positive paper.