:) I won an eBay auction for a BROWNIE BULLET MINI 127 FILM BOX CAMERA by KODAK with a DAKON LENS...seller says no obvious flaws in the lens...is it possible to find 127 film?????
@hopess13 Efke from Croatia makes black and white 127 film. Bluefire Murano is 127 colour film. I use both and buy online. Best way is to google for both of these
@peterdegraaff@swilde@primitiveprobe Thanks! Will do a search. Do I have to develop it myself? I originally planned to just display the camera, but now I am thinking I want to use it
@peterdegraaff Do you know anyone locally (or so) who hand develops? I haven't had a darkroom for 30 years and don't really want to have to put in another one. If I get the 620 film it'll need hand developing.
@hopess13@swilde@primitiveprobe My Zeiss Ikon Baby Box Tengor from 1933 with original receipt arrived in mail today from Slovakia. Have loaded a roll of Efke 127 B&W film. Hope it is unny tomorrow.
@hopess13 Post a picture of your camera when it arrives.
I have a Kodak 616 folding camera from the early 1930s, and a Pontiac folding camera from circa 1941 which takes 120 film, but the former uses a film size that is no longer made, and the latter needs some cleaning and adjusting as the film advance will jam about halfway through a roll. I can't wait to get it all sorted out so I can explore vintage film photography along with my digital photography. :-)
@hopess13 From what I've read developing the film into negatives is pretty easy. Of course there is the initial cost of the chemicals and the effort of learning a new workflow, but you will save money doing that yourself and you don't need a big workspace. From there, get a scanner (duh) if you want to edit digitally or share. I guess if depends on how hands-on you want to get. I'm curious about this film now!
I think I used to have a 127 camera but I just loaded up 35mm with a few elastic bands, some marker pen and a bit of tape. might work out cheaper....it might have been 126 though. it was a kodak something....;)
@swilde 120 is the same size as 620, just the spools that are slightly different. To save me trying to explain here's a link with pictures. It says you'll need to 620 spools but you can trim the ends of a 120. http://www.brownie-camera.com/respool/respool.shtml
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I have a Kodak 616 folding camera from the early 1930s, and a Pontiac folding camera from circa 1941 which takes 120 film, but the former uses a film size that is no longer made, and the latter needs some cleaning and adjusting as the film advance will jam about halfway through a roll. I can't wait to get it all sorted out so I can explore vintage film photography along with my digital photography. :-)
http://www.brownie-camera.com/respool/respool.shtml