Stepping Back In Time: Using A 1950s Kodak Brownie In 2023
Vložit
- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Using Kodak 620 Brownie box camera in 2023. These days I shoot digital for work, but How hard can getting results on a 1950s Kodak Brownie Model C actually be? Actually its really not that easy. It takes patience to shoot film on a camera worth less than a single roll. But if the mountains there you just have to climb it i guess.
You can now buy prints of the images from these videos at Darkroom.com
olitography.da...
If you would like to help me out a buy me a roll of film you can here
www.amazon.co....
Just get 2 620 spools and transfer the 120 film on to the 620 spool, I do this all the time with zero problems.
I've taken a few rolls of both colour and black and white on my box Brownies with great results. ( I have 4 or 5 of them) and always re-roll the film onto a metal spool first before loading the camera. The trick is to roll it onto a metal spool and then roll it back again onto another metal spool to get it the right way round. You have to do it in a changing bag of course and it sounds fiddly but once you've done it a couple of times it's easy - takes just a minute or two and now I can do it with my eyes closed..... er, so to speak 😀.
Rolling it onto the correct spool first makes the whole picture taking process run smoothly as it would have been back in the fifties....
Yes!!! That's what i do!!! pretty easy once you do it a few times!!!
with the older cameras that still need the other markings, you can also do this with paper
I typically buy the rerolled 620 film from the FPP (Film Photography Project) -- it costs a little more, but no hassles with using these spools as the "source" spool in these old cameras -- and luckily most of the old 620 cameras that I have bought have had an empty, original 620 spool. And when I send the film out for developing (The Darkroom) I always request that they send my 620 spools back. Sometimes it is liberating to take photos where there is only one shutter speed and aperture! And this is how my grandparents took all of their family photos, and as you see, it does work....
I Shoot on a Kodak Six-20 Special that I inherited from my late grandfather for fun! I sand down my 120 plastic spools to fit and I have a handful of metal spools specifically for take up. You also want to have foil handy to wrap the roll ASAP to prevent light leaks on the shot roll.
some of the best definition landscape photos have come from this camera. And every shot I have to use the T mode and expose for 1-3 seconds to get a good shot.
Its expensive to shoot but a lot of fun. And The Darkroom is my favorite developer to use.
I found nice 620 box camera there's a thrift shop labeled as a collectible. Someone must have ran a roll of 120 mine because of the 120 spool in it. So I did buy some of film photography projects Plastic 620 spools.
I've used 620 all my life (53). Argus 75 was my first camera. Spool 120 to 620 before you shoot. Also be sure your lab returns your 620 spools. Cutting down 120 spools to fit, always causes binding. Yes, it does depend on the camera. My Kodak Duo 620 is fine with a 120 spool, but my Vigilant Jr is not. I still have the Argus. I began photography when I was 6.
Point the thing and hope for the best. My standard photographic procedure.
When I use my 620's (which admittedly isn't often) I just respool 120 onto 620 spools. It's also a good idea to keep the red window covered, since many of these cameras were made when ortho film was the only game in town, and since it wasn't sensitive to red light, light leaks from the window weren't a problem. But with any modern film, they are.
Welcome back! We missed you! I don't think there's any mystery why these cameras are so inexpensive to buy but I did enjoy your photos and, I'm sad to say, enjoyed watching you try to get a decent photo out of it even more. ;) Don't be such strangers next time, we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Being a passion project I come and go with this CZcams thing, but there are a few more videos in the edit. I’ll probably take in more of the film making direction so I can make the olitotography videos along side my day to day work. I’ll try to put more out. Thank you for keeping watching.
I find that using a nail clippers instead of a scissors gives better results when cutting down the film spool. Enjoyable video
That’s a good tip
I have a Model C 1st edition. Thanks for the help, I will try to use the ideas.
Have fun!
THE SIZE OF THAT EYE ROLL IS ABSOLUTELY BIBLICAL
Enjoyed your video. I enjoy my Brownie camera
If you want great results and sharp pictures, you have to try a Zeiss-Ikon Box Tengor 56/2.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the Brownie. I own a 1959 Hawkeye flash model and I roll the 120 film onto 620 spools. The camera really does have a specific look that is difficult to get with the “slightly better “ Hasselblad. Cheers from Canada.
using a tripod to take shake out the mix would have saved many of those pics. Those Brownie lenses are pretty damn sharp and contrasty but at 1/50 sec hand holding is generally going to be sht.
The shake was from mixing up b and 1/50 a tripod wild of course bro, but one should be able to hold a camera steady 1/50th of a second
@@olitography If you have money to splurge by all means shoot handheld at 1/50 but considering the cost of film and developing of 120 I’d use a tripod to take camera shake out of the equation and ensure I get more keepers.
Excellent video! Perserverance pays off! Great content as always and very interesting challenges with that Kodak! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you
Some 620 cameras do have enough room in them to fit a 120 spool. Some Brownie Hawkeyes can use 120 without issue, even on the take-up side.
Several websites now offer pre-rolled 620 film. Yippee! If you have too much over exposure for latitude to handle you can always rig up an ND filter with rubber bands.
I never thought of that, i think id heard of the 116 film being made but its way more expensive than a pair of scissors and a roll of 120
Beautiful
Thank you
Nothing like my nikon fm2n on a 28mm 2 for B&W
I feel much Appia now this video has been released. So when you were in the Midwest, you were "Barn-find hunting"?
Someone was going to say it, we were there at Christmas.
Someone was going to say it, we were there at Christmas.
I’ve just been given a few rolls of very, one might say biblically, expired 620 - I’m going to have to buy a camera off of eBay now to test it!
Did it work?
Why not try an Ensign Fulvue?
British made and they take 120 film.
I used one last year and got some interesting images from it.
It’s all time really
Great pictures from the Model C -- did you attempt to clean the "inside" of the lens at all? I have lots of vintage 120/620 "basic" cameras and often my main issue is haze/dust, and occasionally fungus, internal to the lens elements -- and with some cameras it is not a big deal to get to those surfaces and clean them, while it is nigh-on impossible on others. But your shots certainly did not indicate any issues with the lens elements!
It’s hard to tell with that lens, I had a few cameras to choose from and picked the best, I also took the front off and cleaned the lens to within an inch of its life, lessons learned from my very first brownie video.
Hi,I enjoy all your videos, err... criticism, If you where going to the trouble and expense to to make this video..i think you should have invested in a better quality brownie, it would give much better reults, the one you used looked knackered, I bet there are some hardly used ones out there on ebay.
They are all like that,that one’s actually an collection of a few I took the best parts from.
You just have a shitty condition camera. I've shot both rerolled and cut down spools thru some of my old cams with no damage to the film. I actually just rerolled onto a roll onto 620 spool for use. Unfortunately most of my old camera's are still in storage from moving so I only have two (both Kodak) and only 2 metal spools, so for the way I reroll that is only 1 respool.
Nearly as terrible as the holga 😂
What part of the Midwest were you visiting? (I'm in Kansas)
It's ok, mummy and Daddy will buy you a Hasselblad 🙄
Sadly Daddies dead,💀 so I have to buy my own Hasselnlads, but if it makes you feel better Fujifilm just gave me a camera (GFX) for making these videos😜