On 2/20/2010 11:17 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2/19/2010 1:39 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
> I find the Diana craze just a bit strange, for a fraction of what
you pay
> for one of those modern /marvels/ you can buy an old Kodak Browie
or Agfa
> click. ?Which gives you lots more money to spend on film. ?Heck
you can even
> modify them to accept modern flash units, (no I haven't done that
but you
> can). ?A fifty year old camera is just as much an adventure.
I agree, but have fun finding 127 film. That's what my first camera,
a Brownie Starflash took. At least Holgas and Dianas take 120, film
that's still readily available (for now at least).
My mom still has my old Brownie packed away somewhere. Must dig it
out next time I'm in Halifax and see if I can snap a few off!
B&H has 127 film, as well as 620 & 828.
Looks like their 110 is gone, but I got enough in the freezer to last
the rest of my life.
The Frugal Photographer has 110, 120, 126 & 127 - as well as film for
your old Minox spy cameras.
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/
And they have flash bulbs, flash cubes and flip flash.
It was the Baby Brownie that took 127 film. You can find full size
Brownies that take 620, some even take 120 without modification as
well. Now I don't shoot a brownie, I a couple of Clacks, (120), that I
didn't even have to buy, they were given to me, and a Kodak Medalist II,
(which is decidedly not a toy camera), which takes 620 film. It's the
same stock as 120 on narrower spools. I re-spool my own film, and if
you've even considered a Diana then re-spooling 120 to 620 just makes it
a little geekier, how much better is that? Plus it gives the
opportunity to add all sorts of random defects to the film.
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