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Thanks for the info.
It dates to a law passed by the City of London when crossing London Bridge. I do not have a quick reference on that. It was supposed to prevent sword play but when drafted it mistaken was written that when north bound on was to have be on the upstream side, when it should have said when north bound on was to have be on the downstream side. No one bothered to check the wording and the wrong side was passed. In the rest of the world the convention was to keep the swords on the outsides of the thoroughfare.
It has nothing to do with Henry Ford. Prior to the American Revolution, from the first colony, North and South Americans had it correct by staying to the right on the roads.
Sorry - not correct:
Just over 100 years ago, we joined the heathens:
https://scoutmagazine.ca/2018/01/16...t-city-on-the-continent-to-drive-on-the-left/
And Newfoundland didn't switch to 1947.
The lady, just left of centre, clearly didn’t appreciate my Minox EC!
These images are the result of my first attempt at using the Minolta 16ii. I took the camera to work yesterday, loaded with expired Plus-X (Eastman 5231 from a 100’ roll) and developed it in RO9, 1 + 50 for 13 minutes at 20C. Now I know I’m getting even frame spacing, I’ll take the camera out and photograph something more interesting.
A question and a comment.
First how could she know that you had a camera?
Sounds like you need a spy/angle finder. Did they make one for the EC? I use them all the time on my Minox IIIs and Acmel MD (and Minolta MG-s).
Looks like the camera is working fine. I'm not familiar with that film and developer, but it seems grainier than the 50% smaller Minox negative. I usually shoot Delta 400 (at ISO 200) & D-76 it.
The Minolta 16 series is phenomenal if you can cope with the fixed-focus. That is one aspect that I think limits their wider use. My Minox B has a fixed aperture (wide open!) but you'll see far fewer complaints about that limitation
Carrying some close up lenses in your pocket for handheld use provides closer focusing distances.
The old Polaroid 540 kit is my favorite as it comes with a tape for measuring distance.
(Not my listing - provided as an example only.)
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The lady, just left of centre, clearly didn’t appreciate my Minox EC!
The Minolta 16 series is phenomenal if you can cope with the fixed-focus. That is one aspect that I think limits their wider use. My Minox B has a fixed aperture (wide open!) but you'll see far fewer complaints about that limitation
Carrying some close up lenses in your pocket for handheld use provides closer focusing distances.
Sweden switch the country over in one day.
After spending a year and a few million kroner on an ad campaign to be sure pedestrians looked the correct direction before stepping off the curb...
Still a problem for almost everyone else in the world when they first step off the curb [kerb] in downtown London.
If you are downtown anywhere, and are not in the habit of looking both ways, best avoid one-way streets!
I have this camera and yes, it's one of the best 16mm ever made https://www.subcompactcam.com/16mm_mec_16_sb.htm. It uses 2 single, easily reloadable canisters which should be present. Putting film is easy, the camera needs perfs, single or double, both are possible. On mine the light meter still works perfectly which is very handy. It's a technical beauty.Does any one of you have experiences with the MEC 16SB? It has the fastest aperture lens at f/2.0 for a 16mm camera which also has 6 elements (so maybe it is of higher quality), manual focus as well as manual aperture and shutter speed. So everything one can expect from a normal camera.
As far as I can tell it also doesn't use a cartridge like the Minolta 16 but it has two separate cans and the film is transferred from the left can to the right can.
I am just a little bit worried about buying one because they were made in the 60s and are quite old and a bit pricey (> 100€)
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