Box Brownie

DaireQuinlan

I came into possesion of a Kodak Box Brownie over the weekend. Bit of a story behind the camera but thats for another time. Its got a stunning array of features:
F/11 (I think ??)
1/100 shutter speed (could have this one wrong ...)
The best focusing method of all ... None !

AND it takes 620 film which is impossible to get nowadays. I -did- discover though that a neatly sanded down roll of 120 fits into the film slot, and there was one 620 spool to act as a takeup spool so I duly put a roll through it. I think they turned out semi-okay ... soft as anything but the negs are 6x7 so it doesn't show so badly ...

Spyral

I have an agfa 120 box type camera, 2 shutter speeds - flash and bulb XD. Its a lightproof box basically. Had to disassemble it and then fix it. Only problem is getting film developed.

DaireQuinlan

Spyral wrote:

I have an agfa 120 box type camera, 2 shutter speeds - flash and bulb XD. Its a lightproof box basically. Had to disassemble it and then fix it. Only problem is getting film developed.

B&W ! Its the easiest thing in the world to develop it yourself. The chemicals are pretty cheap and apart from that all you need is a development tank, some graduated cylinders for measuring, and somewhere dark to bung the film into the tank. I use my wardrobe at night with all the lights upstairs in my house turned off :-) Nothing quite like unspooling the film and admiring it while it hangs up to dry !

Valentia

I grew up with the box brownie. Yep, I'm that old. I must have a go at the old biscuit tin and dig out a few.

The shots came out really well Daire. If I remember correctly the old ones were square format?

DaireQuinlan

Valentia wrote:

I grew up with the box brownie. Yep, I'm that old. I must have a go at the old biscuit tin and dig out a few.

The shots came out really well Daire. If I remember correctly the old ones were square format?

I think there were millions of different types ... some of them were 120 , some 620, some were square format etc etc. Mine is 6x7. Mine is actually the super advanced model, It has a slide-in closeup lens for things closer than three feet. Its like macros for brownies :-)

Covey

Shots are bloody great. I'm envious.

T.

Spyral

B&W ! Its the easiest thing in the world to develop it yourself. The chemicals are pretty cheap and apart from that all you need is a development tank, some graduated cylinders for measuring, and somewhere dark to bung the film into the tank. I use my wardrobe at night with all the lights upstairs in my house turned off :-) Nothing quite like unspooling the film and admiring it while it hangs up to dry !

sure I know, I've doen wet work and printing myself.

It was colour film but that is an idea I guess. Tho Im hopingto make the full digital transition on my 21st birthday XD

FinoBlad

they are really great, box brownies are super cameras