chuck_baker

Hiya,

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First: the rule here is to have fun and hopefully to get some info!!

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Now onto the bellows. It says in the Kodak pamphlet AA-13 to use leather dye if the bellows is leather. Allow the dye to become completely absorbed and then apply a second coat. Apply a generous coat of leather conditioner and wipe off the excess after the bellows absorb as much as possible.

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If the bellows is not leather but paper there's not much you can do except try taping but the best would be to replace.

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Here are some addresses that may help, I'm not sure these co's are all still in business:

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Universal Bellows Company

25 Hanse Ave

Freeport, NY 11520

516-378-1264

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Western Bellows Company

11647 McBean Dr

El Monte, CA 91732

818-579-2766

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Flexible Products

14504 60th Street North

Clearwater, FL 33520

805-536-3142

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Turner Bellows

526 Child St

Rochester, NY 14606

716-235-4456

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Good Luck,

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Chuck

The Brownie Camera Pge

Hi Brandy,

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Let's figure this out but you need to give abit more information.

Is it a box camera?

What exactly does it have printed around the lens? Please write it as it appears around the lens in order.

Does it have a handle and does the handle have anything printed on it?

Have you opened it and if so is there anything printed in the film holder?

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Let's start with that!

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Chuck

Hi Greg,

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Your camera does take #122 film and unfortunately the last place I know of that carried that film stopped selling it around a year ago! You might try calling them to see if they have any left but it's a long shot, sorry! Their address and phone are:

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Film for Classics

P.O. Box 486

Honeoye Falls, New York 14472

(716) 624-4945

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There's a link to their website from The Brownie Page.

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Good Luck and Happy Holidays,

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Chuck Baker

The Brownie Camera Page

Instruction booklets are hard to come by. One place you might try is thru the Brownie Group, there address is linked from the first page of The Brownie Camera Page. They ran a series of articles on Brownie Movie cameras!

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Good Luck,

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Chuck Baker

the Brownie Camera Page

http://members.aol.com/chuck02178/brownie.htm

Hi Lynne,

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There's a page for that camera bit I've copied the info and put it here:

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No.2 Brownie

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Type: Box rollfilm

Introduced: Oct 1901

Discontinued: 1933

Film size: 120

Picture size: 2 1/4 X 3 1/4"

Manufactured: US, UK from 1928-1935

Lens: Meniscus

Shutter: Rotary

Numbers made: over 2,500,000 before 1921

Original price: $2.00 Aluminum model F $2.75

Color models $2.50

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Description:

Leatherette covered card or, from 1924, metal box;

two reflecting finders

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Variations:

1901-early 1902: detachable winding keys similar

to The Brownie camera

Early 1902: fixed pull-out winding key

Feb 1904: Model B; fine grain leatherette

covering replaced by coarser grain; metal

eyelets fitted to lens and finder windows.

Apr 1907: Model C; spoolcenters fitted

Dec 1914: Model D; during the run of this

model the sliding latch for hinged back was

replaced by a spring catch; mask in back ommitted

June 1917: Film tension springs bearing on

spools ends instead of center

Dec 1917: metal name plate on back

Mar 1919: Model E; metal film carrier

instead of wood, card outer casting

Mar 1920: Trigger guard fitted

Feb 1924: Model F; aluminum case replaced card;

tripod sockets added; no trigger guard; finer

grain leatherette covering

Apr 1929-1933: US models in five color

finishes - Red, grey, green, blue, brown - as well

as black

1929-1933: UK models in six color finishes - Red, grey,

green, blue, brown, claret - as well as black

Nov 1930: UK model in special Modernist finish,

black with slight relief, wax-like feel; made

only in limited numbers for the Christmas season.

(See No.2 Portrait Brownie Camera)

From 1931: knob replaced winding key; 1931 models

had rectangular line decoration of earlier models;

thereafter plain finish

1934-1935: UK models in two color finishes - grey

or black. Silver model produced for Silver Jubilee

of King George V in 1935.

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Approximate worth: $20-25 Colored $30-50 Silver $35-50

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The film is still available, why don't you shoot with it?

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Take Care,

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Chuck Baker

The Brownie Camera Page

Hi Huw,

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It is quite easy to reroll 120 film onto 620 spools. The film fits

perfectly and the numbers even line up thru the little windows, no

matter what camera or format!In these cameras it's always better to

use the correct spools, they sometimes jam. As HAF kindly said, go to

The Brownie Camera Page and on the home page there is a link to "It's

easy to roll your own 620 film". There are instructions there. Also,

in the gallery are examples of what can be done with old cheap

cameras! If you get some images think about submitting them to the

gallery.

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Have Fun,

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Chuck Baker

The Brownie Camera Page

Hi Greg - if you haven't figured it out yet try carefully turning the film advance winder BACKWARDS while gently pulling out then pull up on the button that holds the handle on the top front on the camera. It should pull apart easily.

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Chuck

Hi Dan,

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How are you? We haven't spoken in quite a while. Since the last time I've moved to

the Netherlands! I go back to Boston every 2 months to shoot some freelance.

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The film you speak of is probably print film. If it is exposed try going to a

pro lab and have them do a "clip test". This test does cut one of the images but

it will tell you what you have.

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Talk to ya,

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Chuck Baker

The Brownie Camera Page

Sam,

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Can you describe it alittle better? If so I can check with the Brownie Boys in England.

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Chuck

Hi Julie,

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Try Cress Photo - there's a link from the beginning of The Brownie Page. I'm not sure but they might be able to help.

Hi David,

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There is a link to Film for Classics at http://www.frontiernet.net/~joankay/ and I just went there and realized that they don't have alot of film sizes listed that they did just a few month's ago. I will try to find out what is going on and see if they still offer the very hard to get film sizes that they use to.

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Take Care,

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Chuck

Hi Shirley,

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The name "Brownie" came from the little characters that where popular in the 1890's created by Palmer Cox who was a Canadian author. George Eastman used them as his camera's name and in advertising to target these cameras towards children, whom he saw as the next generation of consumers of Kodak film.

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Take Care,

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Chuck

Hi Maarten,

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You can probably get the information at http://www.thompson-grp.com/fix/images/instamatic.htm which is "Joe's Kodak Instamatic Web Site. By the way are you from the Netherlands? I just moved here 2 month's ago.

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Take Care and Good Luck