1925 Kodak Box Brownie 2 (f) Camera Review & Teardown video :o)

Pete Askew said:
Welcome to RPF Steve. And a nice example of an early Box Brownie you picked up there. Looking forward to seeing any pictures you take with it. Do you do any other photography?
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Thanks Pete, I have digital cameras which I use for everyday, obviously the Brownie which has not had it's first outing yet (lens needs a good clean and I need a lower spool for it). I also have a 1979 Olympus om10 which is my main photography camera :o) ( I have videos of it and it's pictures on my channel with links to pictures I've taken with it). For that one, i have a black and white film that I bought last year for Winter storms that never happened so still waiting to use that one :o)

Steve
 
Thanks Hamish,

Since recording, I have found out that the film is unprocessed :o) I am going to get a spool for the other end of the mechanism as that's missing, then give this old film a go :o)
 
Hi Stephen. I enjoyed your video. Looks like, based on the posts you have on YouTube, that you concluded that the film was undeveloped. I would do the same as you--I'd load it and shoot it. By the way, to address your rather endearing puzzlement over how to re-wind the film, in fact you don't rewind it. You load the film and wind it on to the "take-up" spool. When your finished shooting the film, it stays on the take-up spool and you then develop the film. The now empty spool that is still in the camera becomes your new take-up spool.

Welcome to RPF!
 
... Actually yeah... Sorry Brian is right

It says "unexposed" on it!

Last night I read that as "exposed"

Yeah, load and shoot!

Ignore my previous post ... Or at least the words

To clear up what is fast becoming a confusing thread ... Exposing is what you do when you take the photos
processing is the bit that comes after :)

Unexposed!
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If you have a pro dev shop near where you live ... Or even a shop that sells old cameras hopefully they will have a take up spool.

When you load it, the little window on the back of the camera is there to show you what frame you are on.
The take up spool locates by the winder to pull the film through (obviously) when you get to the first frame a little '1' will show in the window.
What you pull back in the vid is just the backing paper, the film is under that so you won't have necassarily exposed any film. Just make sure it stays wrapped tightly round the spool.

Shoot on a bright day and don't expect miricles ... The film I shot in mine was brand new and the shots are not what you would call perfect ... A lot of fun though!
 
Brian Moore said:
Hi Stephen. I enjoyed your video. Looks like, based on the posts you have on YouTube, that you concluded that the film was undeveloped. I would do the same as you--I'd load it and shoot it. By the way, to address your rather endearing puzzlement over how to re-wind the film, in fact you don't rewind it. You load the film and wind it on to the "take-up" spool. When your finished shooting the film, it stays on the take-up spool and you then develop the film. The now empty spool that is still in the camera becomes your new take-up spool.

Welcome to RPF!
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Thanks very much Brian :o)

Yes, after posting this video, I actually found one on how to use the brownie (suppose I should have done that before lol) so I am now going to get a second spool for the camera then shoot the film :o)

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yep, thanks Hamish, I realised that after I posted the video (I'd just woken up when I did it lol). I've since seen a video on how to use it and will be getting a second spool so that I can shoot the film :o)

Steve
 
Love these retro old cameras - they have style and simplicity - often missing from modern cameras!
 
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