Re: Newcomer with questions

From: Richard M. Koolish <koolish_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Tue 12 Feb 2002 - 08:59:02 PST

> No need to buy a camera or spend more than $15 (including a pinhole).
>
> I recently bought a Brownie Flash six-20 camera from the 1940s for $5.
> These are plentiful in junk shops and ebay. You can remove its lens with
> a screwdriver and replace it with a pinhole (available from
> pinhole resources). Then it is capable of taking 6x9 images. You do have
> to respool 120 film onto
> 620 reels, which you can do using the camera in the dark.

    Look for a 120 camera instead of a 620 camera and you won't have to
    respool film or adapt the camera. There are lots of 120 box brownies
    out there, and they have time exposure shutters that work just fine
    for pinhole. And on some of them, you can remove the lens without
    breaking anything.
Received on Tue Feb 12 08:58:01 2002

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