How to use an old camera for photography?

There are many kinds of old cameras, and the functions of some old cameras abroad are very different. The figures you mentioned are nothing more than the following possibilities:

1. The number in front of the lens may be the aperture value;

2. The number next to the shutter may be the shutter speed;

3. In addition, your camera should also have sensitivity index, focal length and other values, and even under the same light, these values will not be exactly the same, which is directly related to your film sensitivity index and other settings on the machine. This is the shortcoming of the old camera, and it is also its advantage. If you can get good results with your old camera, your understanding of photography will be completely different from now.

Photography is a comprehensive art, and it can't take a good photo by setting a few numbers. Even if you know all the data of an excellent work, even if you are given the same camera and the same place, you will not shoot the same work. At the same time, some people say that photography is an art of regret.

If you really want to use this camera, I suggest you buy an exposure meter and take a clear picture of all the numbers on the camera. The process of getting familiar with the camera is to take more pictures.