Hope this message finds you all well and that the year is treating you well so far! You're all looking great... Have you lost weight? Anyway I'll cut to the chase... I have recently purchased a very fetching 'Brownie Jr' which as the title suggests takes 620 film! I however am finding it very difficult to find anywhere in the UK (England specifically) that still manufactures or stocks 620 film! Now I have seen a lot of forums and tutorials that have suggested using 120 and transferring spools however I think that this would probably have me wasting perfectly good film if I most certainly will do trying to splice the roll!
I am therefore calling out to all of you marvellous people, to see if anyone can help me along on my quest to find or doctor the film and get me one step closer to starting my analogue adventure!
Thank you all for your time and hopefully you can assist me in any way you can.
You can transfer it, though I have found it (for me atleast) to be a bit difficult. If I'm not mistaken B&H in NY sells re-spooled 120 for the format you are looking for. And they ship globally. Though its been awhile since I've looked. You can also always find it on ebay, however, most often it is expired so you are taking your chances.
........but to be the bearer of bad news, kodak brownie are words which usually spell the death of good photos, throw in the word junior..... you're better off getting a disposable camera, I'd sell the camera before paying top dollar for film. for the price of a roll of 620 you can buy any number of great film cameras.
@stillcrappysailor@lyndag@chewyteeth thanks everyone! The intention for the brownie was to be a display piece, however I also wanted the experience of shooting with it (good photos or bad) before putting it on a shelf!
I saw a video in Youtube, where the guy had a Brownie Hawkeye and loaded it with 120 film, but the take-up spool was a 620. My Brownie C-model had a 620 take-up spool in it & I had a roll of 120, so I thought what the hell let's try... Fail. The film got stuck at frame 5. So just in case you stumble upon the same video, consider twice before trying the same :-)
@steampowered thank you so much for that! I'm of the mentality that it's not the camera that takes bad photographs, but the person in charge of it! Looking forward to giving it a try. This website (retrophotosupplies) will be a great resource for me!
after shooting with nearly 300 film cameras over the last three years, trust me the camera and especially the lens affects the picture, regardless of who is holding it. I took this photo: http://365project.org/chewyteeth/365/2013-02-23 with a camera much like a brownie, and this photo http://365project.org/chewyteeth/365/2014-01-05 with an expensive German designed and Japanese made camera, it was me both times and yet they're different cameras. I disagree with you, lots of people on here are devoid of skill but have very good gear so make half decent pictures. Go ahead but tag me into the pictures you take with it, and let me know the finished cost of buying and developing 620.
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after shooting with nearly 300 film cameras over the last three years, trust me the camera and especially the lens affects the picture, regardless of who is holding it. I took this photo: http://365project.org/chewyteeth/365/2013-02-23 with a camera much like a brownie, and this photo http://365project.org/chewyteeth/365/2014-01-05 with an expensive German designed and Japanese made camera, it was me both times and yet they're different cameras. I disagree with you, lots of people on here are devoid of skill but have very good gear so make half decent pictures. Go ahead but tag me into the pictures you take with it, and let me know the finished cost of buying and developing 620.