My lovely maternal grandparents, now in their 80s, are looking to downsize in the not too distant future. We're doing rather well off the pre-emptive mass clear-out. Alongside some awesome 1950s-60s kitchenwear, our favourite new toy is this! A cine camera that belonged to my great granddad. Check it out (and excuse my poor photography):
I was lucky enough to know my great granddad when I was very young, and I remember him fondly, though he was suffering the late stages of Alzheimer's at the time. In his younger days he owned a music shop near Liverpool Street, and was featured in the local newspaper in the 1960s, railing against these newfangled 'electric' guitars. What a legend.
As far as I know, he bought this camera in the mid-1930s. It's still in fabulous condition, complete with the original carry case, instruction manual and so forth. We haven't managed to find any film for it yet, but I'm sure there must be some somewhere in my grandparents cavernous loft. We shall see.
What I love most is the f-stop settings (at least, I think that's what they are), being basically defined by the weather... including "For Average Subjects and Scenes in Direct Sunlight", and my personal favourite, "For Use in Tropics. See Manual". Amazing.
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