Haynes HTLR14 Classic Camera Construction Kit

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Got this as a Christmas gift. Has anyone every made one? If so, what film do you recommend for it?

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Several years ago there were a number of us in f&c who built a very similar plastic fantastic tlr kit ....... I forget it’s name but it was a laugh.
I honestly cannot recall what film I used..... I wouldn’t fuss over anything special unless you like ´Diana camera type results from plastic lenses.

Based on uk light, especially at this time of year I would go with a 400 speed.
I went monochrome but iirc a few other folk played with colour.

Mine fell to bits ( I lost a section of lens) part way through its second film !
 
Asha said:
Several years ago there were a number of us in f&c who built a very similar plastic fantastic tlr kit ....... I forget it’s name but it was a laugh.
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I tried to join in with this. I snapped a vital part as I was trying to assemble it.

I think it was at around the 18th. blow of the big hammer that I realised I might have been able to fix the part I broke with some araldite.
 
Asha said:
Several years ago there were a number of us in f&c who built a very similar plastic fantastic tlr kit ....... I forget it’s name but it was a laugh.
I honestly cannot recall what film I used..... I wouldn’t fuss over anything special unless you like ´Diana camera type results from plastic lenses.

Based on uk light, especially at this time of year I would go with a 400 speed.
I went monochrome but iirc a few other folk played with colour.

Mine fell to bits ( I lost a section of lens) part way through its second film !
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Thanks :)

Think I'll go with monochrome. I have to put the thing together first. I'll keep it for a rainy day.
 
It’s pretty much the same as the Recesky although I’d like to think that the Haynes instructions may be a little more helpful than the ones supplied with the Recesky.

I seem to remember I shot 400 film but if you are going to shoot it in a gloomy winters day then I’d be tempted to go up to 800 or if it’s particularly bright and sunny then 200 would probably be more suitable.

Edit: It was in fact Fujicolor 200 so not surprising it was a bit muddy.

Recesky-8 by Nick Watson, on Flickr
 
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I think I may have one of those. In the box with the other Christmas presents that have never been used or looked at again from the past few years. Autobiographies, paper aeroplane calendars, gallons of aftershave, socks with slogans on etc..
 
I had one of these but I don't think I was impressed enough to put a film through it.
 
I got one of these too. I've ordered a roll of Kentmere 400 on recommendation from a friend.

I've not built it yet, but while there's a fair few complaints about parts breaking while building it, there are also a few who have emailed Haynes and had replacement parts arrive FOC pretty quickly.
 
Found some out of date film in a cupboard. 2x 2006 1x 1997. Is there anyway around this? I can’t exactly over expose a couple of stops :LOL:
 
Shoot it and see, there's every chance it's ok if it's been stored in a cool, dark place.
 
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