Bought a bunch of cameras, look what I found...

[Atterbury Dodd]

Bought them all for $145. Don't know if these would all classify as "treasures".

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[Atterbury Dodd]

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The reason I bought all this junk:

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[Atterbury Dodd]

By the way sorry for the quality of these photos, they looked better on the digital camera. I think the Bell & Howell will look very nice when cleaned up. It doesn't really look so beat up. I think it works

 

[Foofoogal]

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You never know what you might find.

 

[Land-O-LakesGal]

I love old cameras I have a few like the brownie and my pentax K1000 from my art collage days.

 

[Atterbury Dodd]

Can you still find film for the Brownies? I really wouldn't know where to look for anything except the common 35mm. I grew up on the tail end of the film age, but I find myself becoming disenchanted with digital. Of course digital has its place, but I don't like the fact that it seems to be replacing film so much as to almost put it out of existence.

 

[martinsantos]

Brownies use a still popular film called "120". It's the same used in Rolleiflex, Super-Ikontas, etc. It come in paper, and you don't have to rewind it. You just get the spool to be the taking spoll of the next roll. Makes a big negative (usually 6x6 and 6x9) so you don't need to enlarge, just copy.

Some very old cameras used some other types of film, like 820 and 620. But I think yours is with 120, easy to find.

Good luck and good shooting!

Martin

Can you still find film for the Brownies? I really wouldn't know where to look for anything except the common 35mm. I grew up on the tail end of the film age, but I find myself becoming disenchanted with digital. Of course digital has its place, but I don't like the fact that it seems to be replacing film so much as to almost put it out of existence.

 

[kpreed]

Hello,
I have a bunch of Kodak "Brownies" and other cameras just like you just bought, and use them regular, like the Kodak "Reflex" you got, my Reflex is a III, all are for 620 film really, that is not made after 1995. I use 120 (same size film) on 620 spools, as the 620 spool is smaller and as on some cameras do not have any "give" for the bigger 120 spool ( but some do, not many). Depending on how often you use them, you can, 1) re-spool 120 film onto 620 spools in under 4-5 min. (in a dark area) or 2) buy it all done ($3-5 VS. $10 -12) (most 620 film today you find is just 120 film on 620 spools). P.M. me if you need to know more.