Looks like I haven't made a post here in almost five years. For various reasons I got away from doing the film photography that mostly was the subject of this blog, however recently I decided to do some film again. My first attempt was with the PHO-TAK Traveler 120. The Traveler was first made in 1948. PHO-TAK seems to have existed from the late 1940's until the mid-1950's. In Chicago IL they made mostly cheap box cameras for the mass market. The Traveler is distinguished by being the heaviest box camera that I have encountered. It is entirely made of metal and could probably be used for self-defense. The camera is simple with to shutter speeds, 1/50 and time. The aperture is f11. So this is a camera made to be used in bright light. Although it does have an option for using flash. The Traveler used 120 film and yields 8 6x9 images. I was pleased that in my tests the Traveler gave me 8 usable images with a nice vintage look.
