I have recently obtained a Weston WX-7 camera. I have had work with basic SLR cameras, and I know that that has a mirror inside so it can reflect the image through the viewfinder, but the Weston WX-7 does not. I am just curious as to how it works! Thank you!
How does a Weston WX-7 camera work?
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- 3+ months ago by Joshuwa
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- mirror, camera, photographer, weston, photography
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It's just a simple box camera. The viewfinder isn't connected to the lens at all. It's just a hole through the camera body and uses a completely separate light path. So what you see through the viewfinder isn't precisely what the lens will see. But because the lens is fixed focus, you have to stay at least 5 feet away from whatever you're photographing to get a sharp image, so the parallax difference won't be noticeable.
You can adjust the aperture and shutter speed within a small range. To open the back, open the film winder crank and pull up on it. It'll pop the back open to load film. For more details there's a manual available online at butkus.org.
Basically, you're not going to get high quality pictures out of this thing. If you'd like to try your hand at lomography it would be pretty good for that though. You can use it instead of the 35mm Holgas and Dianas they sell, and get about the same quality.
Source: I own one.