Made in Leeds Sold in Soho, a classic folding 6x9 film camera

Recently I was given 5 film cameras, 3 did not work but two did. This video is about one of those cameras, how I got it working, out on location with it, developing the negatives using the semi-stand and the results I got from this 70 year old camera, enjoy.
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[@Astyanaz]

As soon as I saw the article, I knew you were going to pull out a Kershaw, I just didn't know which model.

[@markusklein6309]

You are a real master of the whole photographic process, Martin! From “building” the camera, taking the pictures, up to darkroom work and printing. I enjoy your videos a lot. Greetings from Germany!

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks you glad you enjoyed it

[@Gielon]

I have the same camera and few other folders, what I used Uni acrylic paint marker for any cracks on bellows- acrylic paint is like liquid rubber and when dry I applied some shoe polishing liquid ( the one from the bottle with sponge tip) . Great photos Martin. I use my folder with makeshift xpan mask and 35mm film - so far so good.

[@billkaroly]

Great story and a cute camera. I'll bet you can add a tripod socket.

[@catpatches]

Thankyou, so much fun, I can't Waite to get mine out and shoot.

[@jamesmoore9511]

Thanks a million (inflation you know) for the tip on Cerium Oxide power. I also collect elderly glass, including per WWI Cooke. Many of my lenses need a bit of help with contrast. I'll give it a try on some of the off brand stuff.

[@jhenline7813]

Enjoyed that Martin. Must have been very satisfying to get the Penguin working again. Those old cameras have a soul, unlike the modern plastic things. Interesting to hear the WW2 history of the Tarn etc.

[@martinhensonphotography]

It was, I love the old folders, fun using them

[@alanhuntley55]

Love these videos showcasing these old cameras! I really enjoy the interesting bit of history, too. Thanks for sharing!

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks for watching

[@vin424242]

Just recently started taking black and white film again, after watching this vid a while ago i bought one for a tenner with a stuck shutter and stiff focus, bellows and viewfinder are in great condition, just repaired the shutter and focus tonight, the weekend will see some film in it

[@mikekitson1429]

Thanks for this Martin, I've actually got two Kershaw Penguins, one of which was my mother's, which she probably had from new. I'll try and use these now.

[@pixelgenau2982]

Fantastic pictures! The one with the moving branches has an eerie atmosphere. Works perfectly!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@matthiassommer9317]

Hallo Martin, Ich habe gerade dein neues Video bei einem Tässchen Earl Gray genossen. Ich bin definitiv ein Seelenverwandter. Man spürt den Respekt und die Liebe zu alter Mechanik die Du deinen Schätzen entgegenbringst. Mir geht es da ebenso. Neben der Fotografie arbeite ich noch an einer PhotoHistorica in Wort und Bild. Das ist aufregend, lehrreich und sehr, sehr aufwändig. Aber da sind sich solche Leute wie wir irgendwie ähnlich. Vielen Dank für das unterhaltsame und anregende Video! Viele Grüße aus Berlin Matthias

[@martinhensonphotography]

Youe welcome and thanks for watching

[@user-zi3yf3xi6m]

You excellent video reminded me of this video.

[@antiquaria9207]

Thanks for going through the process of fixing and using the camera from start to finish. I really liked the softness and rich mid-tones of the images. The creamy white of the swan was very nice.

[@pwood5733]

Good morning Sir. What a pleasure it is to watch your lovely videos. First because you are teaching us. Second we can wittiness you using these lovely cameras and thirdly you dont start your videos buy saying "sup guys". Subscribed and working through your catalogues of top pleasant content. 😊

[@robertyoung1777]

Fantastic pictures of the beautiful Concord!

[@paultaylorphotography9499]

Cracking video Martin, chock full of info and history. I only ever saw concord once flying over Cas' presumable to or from Leeds, remember thinking one day I'll fly on that thing......Lovely camera mate more than acceptable photos. I love folders.

[@colinwaylett9122]

Great video!! I was given one of these Penguins yesterday and didn't pay much attention to it. I'll now look at it with different eyes!! Many thanks.

[@tompaste387]

I have a Penguin Eight-20 in mint condition in a box with instructions. Lovely

[@SMBparalegal]

Good to see your videos again Mr. Henson. I hope that you're more than recovered from your past ailments.

[@martinhensonphotography]

I am feeling much better, not there fully yet but doing videos really helps

[@franciscranfield2051]

Brilliant Martin - thank you for going out and making these excellent videos!!

[@martinhensonphotography]

Your welcome

[@diegoscopia]

Thank you Martin, this is very helpful, as I recently got a Soho Pilot, a basic bakelite 120 english folder and shares a lot of similarities in construction with this. I need to disassemble the rear element in order to adjust focus and clean it, and hopefully put a roll through it sometime!

[@citprakashyong2427]

A man of many talent! Great education video as always. Thank you so very much. Greetings from Malaysia.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Greetings to you and thanks for watching

[@philipdahl9001]

Excellent video! Enjoyed the stories of your area. I just recently refurbished an Agfa Ansco folder that was gifted to my dad by a neighbor in the mid 60s. I used the camera a few times until the film was discontinued (616 film). I found some adapters to use 120 film and I should get six shots out of a roll. I think that I'll take it for a walk in a local cemetery tomorrow to try it out. Thanks for the inspiration 🤗

[@martinhensonphotography]

Youe welcome

[@theoldfilmbloke]

Well Done getting it all going ! Great to k now you are a Fellow Appreciator !

[@martinhensonphotography]

I am Peter, hope your doing OK

[@Klpinfl]

Amazing pictures of the Concord, truly prize photographs. Excellent content, I really enjoy your videos.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Yes they look really and are a great talking point

[@hanschristian4350]

as always a pleasure to watch your video

[@martinhensonphotography]

Your welcome

[@billbarraclough9653]

Great to see you back in action, Martin!

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thank you so much

[@captaindebug]

A wonderfully enjoyable video Martin - incredibly informative, both from the WW2 history point of view down to the little camera tips..

[@martinhensonphotography]

Gald you liked it

[@harrywlodawski2120]

Another great video Martin.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thank you for commenting

[@mickcookson8009]

What a cracking camera Martin it cleaned up good, Its got the old camera look on the images, also some of the images are a bit like a pinhole image. Great video as usual. I love getting these old cameras working again as well if I can.

[@martinhensonphotography]

I also love the blur effect at the edges, adds some character to the images

[@iaincphotography6051]

Cracking episode and amazing shots. The shots you did on another camera around the tarn at night were sublime, camera?

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks Ian, I think the night shots were taken with a Canon DSLR

[@jmtubbs1639]

Well done. I used to live in the shadow of Kershaws for a while and have a small collection of their cameras, but don't really use them a lot.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks, if you dont use them send em to me, I will lol ;-)

[@f1remandg]

Hi Martin hope your better and recovered from your issues, nice to see and learn from your wonderful vlogs again, I wouldn’t profess to teach you to suck eggs, however I have many cameras over a hundred and some I have purchased after watching your KZbin on, mostly folders but I have many other film as well as modern DSLRs and Mirrorless, also lenses again over a hundred. I have used isopropyl on many that I have had issues with, Pentax Spotmatic, Canon, Minoltas and others and on some I have literally soaked the mechanism to remove gunge and sticky residue, but also on battery compartments on flash guns and other things, remote etc that have had battery’s left in, my latest success was a mirrorless Olympus E-M5 that I picked up for £60 as was advertised as on off switch not operating , or actioning, when you switched off it didn’t and the battery had to be disconnected so the chap had given up on it, a couple of sprays and actioning the on off and turning the mode dial and fixed. Let me know if any success but even if the red Halina goes to charity, good for a kid to start. Regards DG

[@martinhensonphotography]

I will keep you updated

[@Martin_Siegel]

Hi Martin, Shanghai GP 3 is available in 620, FYI. The focus assembly reminds me on old slide projectors, some used the same principle. I'm typing this while I watch so there might be more. Thanks for another interesting video. Take care, Martin in Austria

[@martinhensonphotography]

Yes I think your right about the focus, I have used Shanghai film in 127 format, great results

[@Martin_Siegel]

@@martinhensonphotography Thanks for the reply. Shanghai do their GP3 in 120, 127, 220 and 620. They also do sheet film and 35mm (canister and bulk rolls). I need to run some 620 through my old Kodak and some 220 through whatever takes it.

[@Wildmountainsafaris]

Hi Martin - good finds! And lovely surprise! I’d be interested to see a video where you meter for slide film - much like your zone meter and spot meter videos ❤

[@martinhensonphotography]

Dont really use slide film these days ,however, you need to meter the highlights with it, not shadows

[@Wildmountainsafaris]

@@martinhensonphotographythanks Martin !

[@petercooper9054]

I think you would like the Pontiac block metal 45 which is a French camera built out of a block of aluminum. I bought one back in 2015 for £16 and its a beautiful design and finish. The only thing that let's it down is the lens which was not the best. I too got a lovely grave stone image but my shots in the French sunshine revealed light leaks which ruined the other shots. Where did you get the black rubber paint from as I might try that as to replace the bellows using camera bellows in Birmingham would be too expensive. Another great video martin thanks for the stories. I lived by a moor side when I was young and on the Moors was a decoy factory to divert the Germans from bombing the factory called ROF chorley which was a one mile square bomb making factory. Concorde at the French airport looks like a pinned dragonfly staked on a large poll. Such a shame for a beautiful aircraft.. We have gone backwards with technology these days.. For testing the 35mm cameras I just point the camera at my house and go through the shutter speeds but any 120 format I just go out and hope for the best..I've got some of my best images using this method and if I like the camera I'll go out again with it. Just CLAing some mamiya sekor TLR lenses for a mamiya C3 I picked up. First time out with the 105mm produced some great pics now on my Instagram monoart69. I've picked up a 65 and 180mm to extend the range. These are prone to haze which the cleaner you used would get rid of.

[@martinhensonphotography]

The fun of vintage cameras, thanks

[@c.augustin]

I came up with a different workflow: Winding on *before* the shot, because folding out the front sucks at the film so that it might not lay flat. Winding on the film straightens it out. Might not have so much of an effect with this type of lens and apertures, but it makes a difference with better lenses near their open aperture setting.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Yes a good point, thanks for pointing that out

[@stevenbudd3725]

Great stuff Martin. I'm going to try your semi-stand m/o of pre-soak, 30-45 seconds agitation, then 10 seconds each 10 minutes thereafter for 45 minutes. I currently use a one hour semi-stand of 5 minute pre-soak, 10 seconds agitation, then three inversions at 30 minutes and water stop bath on the hour. I've had a little bromide drag on 35mm (haven't developed any 120 yet) and your semi-stand m/o looks like it'll rule that out completely. Not tried Pyrocat HD - Fomadon R09 and Bellini HC-110 to date, so thanks again for the semi-stand variation. Look forward to giving it a go.

[@martinhensonphotography]

It nearlly a bullet proof method, give it a try

[@paulcrutchley4348]

Hi Martin, love the video so much so I went and bought one of those cameras. Can I ask please, when you touch up camera with black paint, do you use matt or gloss? Would it be like Airfix paint? Thank you.

[@martinhensonphotography]

I use matt black paint, this one www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261963599736?epid=1312336755&hash=item3cfe3f4f78:g:D5sAAOSwXedZyEN8&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8AHFTqOgmm6glPAJ9JfzwQOTWoQnQ9nJwOgdFx6nzOj3arIHRJJXw5pZwOEbSRdvs45tUn5aZWp4bbGuzKHrosV9lMx9SBIIGByVu25dHNeCG12JJZJfNvg8pj94KROU5X%2BiK8S7oEa81%2FXx2i74iE5Y0iSIdtWH5H4m0bW2b8wWqDc0%2B34xOd7BtLUyFPnFKyziUgZS2oxtk%2FLJM6EVW7mQavYyT30CaeokLXrmU%2BoeNifPNjHmzMCzygQXu23HkM1lEHj3OFIi8%2B7LPgqE1A2N1le%2F0aPthjIfgEzTcSEx8pAAYwfbJHS%2FVUDFrou5xw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMvP-ryfZh

[@FredericBonneauPhotography]

Would you sell me the penguin camera now that you tuned it up? Very interesting history of your city.

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Enjoyed this video, I have a kodak tourist and would like to use 120 film, any help is appreciate it

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks, I am sure there must be YT vids about the Kodak,

[@richardhutinson2979]

Do you know Anthony Henson?

[@martinhensonphotography]

Sorry I dont

[@Autorange888]

The loft is the worst place for cameras, baking hot in summer, stone cold in winter. 'Sold in Soho' you say ? Of course not. Kershaw & Sons Ltd date back to 1888, in 1921 they joined APM and in 1929 they teamed up with Soho Ltd. the latter was the dominant partner. And why is the camera called Penguin? The Kershaw directors liked watching birds...

[@martinhensonphotography]

@@Autorange888 what loft

[@Autorange888]

@@martinhensonphotography At 0:34 the guy said to you: "Martin I've got some cameras in the loft in a bag...".

[@martinhensonphotography]

@@Autorange888 Ahh yea see what your saying, agree bad place to store , thanks