Brownie Twin Lens Reflex

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Picked this up from a flea market in Hudds Saturday, takes 127 film? is that right? its really dusty inside so i plan a basic strip and clean but it all seems there.

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anyone seen one?


 
Me and my dad recently finally unearthed my Grandma's Brownie Reflex exactly like that in the loft a couple of months ago, my dad had known it was somewhere up there but had no idea where. Considering it had not been used since at least the late 70's (she died in 1983) it was in very good condition and I keep intending to get some 120 film to cut down and run through it (127 film is sadly once again no longer available after Fotokemika in Croatia closed several months ago).
 
i looked it up and you don't even need to cut the 120 film apparently you can just spool it on to a 127 spool in a dark bag. I will be looking into that soon. in the mean time a right good strip and clean probably when I am night shifts in a few weeks :-)
 
Mr Bump said:
i looked it up and you don't even need to cut the 120 film apparently you can just spool it on to a 127 spool in a dark bag. I will be looking into that soon. in the mean time a right good strip and clean probably when I am night shifts in a few weeks :-)
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Fraid that is wrong.... !20 and 620 are the same size and can be rewound to the other. The 127 is a lot smaller.
 
Lovely, is that the outdoor market you're talking about?
 
steveo_mcg said:
What about using 35mm?
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Yes spool 35mm film onto 127 spools.....either use some old 127 backing paper, cut down 120 backing paper and number the frame spaces yourself or cover the red window and wind the film on far enough so as not to double expose.

Just be aware that what you see in the viewer will be cropped on the negative ( 35mm is narrower than 127) and of course the image will run over onto the sprocket holes of the film.

Alternatively cut down 120 film to 127 width ....this will give you the "full" 127 framee but of course you waste film.

The 35mm way is cheap and fairly easy to do even in a changing bag.

And yes, I have seen one...actually own one but witrh a very sticky shutter....had results from it though.
 
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I think what I will do is give it a right good clean up, today I started stripping it down and cleaning the inside out and the viewing chamber that was full of dirt and also checked out the shutter mech it all looks ok.

I am going to bite the bullet and buy two rolls of genuine 127 film off flea bay and try one role through and get t developed @ Peak then seeing how that goes think of the 2nd role :-) I was never planning to run this camera loads just intreagued at wether I could get some pics out of it.
 
photogav said:
With my Box Brownie (circa 1950s) I simply respool 120 film onto the special metal spools. I bought a couple of extras from a secondhand photo dealer for 75p.

If the spools are the same width as 120 then you laughing :-)
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Respooling 120 film onto 620 spools is easy enough but in this case the Brownie Reflex takes 127 format film which is much narrower.

As said above, purchase 127 film, cut 120 film to correct width and spool onto 127 spools or accept a cropped image and use 35mm film on the 127 spools.
 
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