Cost & who converts K. Medallist II to 120?

[d_daine]

Anybody know who converts the Medallist II to 120

and an approximate cost?

 

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Cheers and best regards,

[rod_alley]

Photography on Bald Mountain (Ken Ruth) does this. The contact info from their Shutterbug ad is:

 

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113 Bald Mountain

Davenport, CA 95017

(408) 423-4465

phone hours Wed/Thurs 9-5; Fri 9-12

 

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He enjoys a great reputation and I found him very helpful to speak to about what I should look for when buying a MF Kodak. I don't entirely trust my memory, but I think the conversion of a Kodak Chevron or Medalist was going around $250-300 two years ago. I decided against it. Another consideration is that he had a six-month backlog of work back then. Things may be no different now. Good luck,

Rod Alley

[bill_barton]

Call Photography On Bald Mountain, they are the only people I have seen advertise that they do that conversion. I have not had any work done by them and I do not own a Medalist. There phone # 408 423-4465 in Calif.

[fernando_mcsoto]

www.manfredschmidt.com does something like a half convertion that it is a lot cheaper than that. Basically it leaves the 620 taking spool and converts the film chamber to 120 film. The result is that you cna use 120 film and avoid respooling but you will still need a 620 taking spool.

 

My understanding is that the Kodak Chevron is a lot more expensive to covert than the Medalist. Besides the Chevron is not a very reliable camera.