Box Brownie

ianofitz

this might have come up in conversation before but does anyone know where i could buy film for a box brownie? found my grandmothers one in the shed last weekend and was hoping to see if i could use it.

i also have a Minolta SRT 100 that i found. i learned photography on a Nikon D3100 and have just been taught how to use film cameras now. i was wondering where i could get a battery for the Minolta. also is there an other good film cameras similar to the Minolta for cheap money?

thanks

DaireQuinlan

The box brownie might take a wide variety of film types depending on what model it is and when it was made. If you're lucky it'll take 120, which is still available in most photo shops. After about 1930 or thereabouts Kodak switched all their 120 brownie models to use 620 instead which isn't really available easily anymore, but often 120 fits in a pinch, you have to sand down your 120 spools and maybe use a 620 takeup spool. I have a brownie six-20 that I can jimmy 120 into:



pics: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=31589949@N00&q=brownie

The minolta takes mercury batteries which aren't available anymore either, chances are you can bung a silver cell in there though and It'll work much the same. Get an 'sr44' (standard little silver cell button battery) and make sure it's making contact where it should do, you might have to pad it out with silver foil or a washer or something.

ianofitz

Thank you very Much Daire. very much appreciated.