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I have a Brownie Hawkeye Flash model. I would like to ask you if negatives from Brownies were supposed to enlarge and if they really were by for example Kodak Laboratories in Rochester enlarged. What is better from Brownie images: Cantact prints in printing frame on Azo paper OR "oversize" enlargements.

Thank you very much.

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Brownie Hawkeye Flash cameras take 620 film. This film is identical

to 120 film which is readily available. It is the spool size that

makes the difference. If you can find a lab that will develop/print

120 film and you are willing to re-spool the 120 film onto the 620

spool, then you should'nt have a problem getting your film developed.

Just tell the lab to return your 620 spool after they procees your

film. As far as what is better for brownie images? That's up to the

individual. I do contact prints simply because I can develop my own

B&W film and I have the equipment for contact printing(enlarger/glass

etc...). Basically it's up to you!

Have fun!!

Tracy

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Hi, Pavel. The negatives from a Brownie Hawkeye, being 6 x 6 cm, are

larger than those of 35mm film, so they are naturally better suited

to enlargement. If you develop and print your own, go ahead and

experiment with sizes of enlargements. If you use a commercial photo

lab, start with 5 x 7 inch (or 5 x 5, since they are square negs) and

see how that turns out. I've done pics from a Hawkeye up to 8x10

with some success, depending on the film speed and lighting

conditions, so don't be afraid to experiment.

 

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Good luck and have fun!

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  • 1 year later...
I am getting pretty good results scanning my Hawkeye negatives with an Epson 2450 flatbed scanner. I am attaching an example done recently which made a very nice 8-inch by 8-inch print on my old HP 882C printer. For some reason the Hawkeye negatives are tolerant of a high level of sharpening with PhotoShop's unsharp mask feature; think I could have probably gone to even a bigger size if the printer had that capability.<div>004FKc-10674784.jpg.e8b8eb240bc59a56f112a24c023fb4ae.jpg</div>
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