We're all Tourist's here....




The Tourist II seems to be what you
get when you modernize the old
Kodak Vigilant Jr.  What used to be
a flip up finder is now a proper view-
finder.  It also has a trigger on the
flip down front cover so you don't
have to reach into the "works" to
trip the shutter.





                                           
It has the same lens as the old
Vigilant Jr, but we now have
a flash capable shutter with
the old standard plunger (push and twist) connector.

The back has a flip up trap door that keeps excess light from trying to sneak through the ruby window.





The  lens comes out quite a ways to make the
2 1/4 X 3 1/4 negatives.  It folds down flat-ish though and will easily fit into a roomy coat pocket.  In the summer, you could hang it around your neck, as it has strap lugs.  You'd need a chiropractor by the time you got home from a day of "Touristing" though.  It's a fairly hefty camera.  Besides, you'd look like a goof with this thing dangling around in front of you.  Trust me, I know.


I had a single roll of color 120 film, (Fuji something or other),
and I'd had it in the fridge for years.  I don't shoot a lot of color
film in med. format.  Anyway, I rerolled it onto a 620 spool and
set out to shoot it up.  I used the smallest (f32) aperture
with the hopes of sharpening things up a bit.
When I got done I re-rerolled back onto a 120 spool for processing.






The local hospital had some
snowmen out front to help
keep spirits high.
You can see some clear places
in the snow in the lawn.  The
grounds keeper uses a snow
blower on the lawn to keep
up appearances.  You can't tell it from
 this shot, but this is a pretty gray
day.  The sun is just coming
through a slit in the cloud cover.
It's Christmas morning.











I really like this little church.  It's too
bad, but it's surrounded by power lines.
Its a beauty though.








I've taken a lot of shots of the old
movie house.  I think this is the only
one I have in color.  I remember this
being 2 sec at f32.