My granddad's camera

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Well we've just helped clear out my granddad's house as he is moving into a retirement home and I found a few things....

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I have always been proud of him. Here he was during WW2 (he is the person far left).

I also found a Kodak SIX-20 'Brownie' D camera which looks like it has just come out of it's box. Just a little bit of dust. Even has the original brown canvas case. This really does look like it should be in a museum, it is perfect :)

Anyway, I now plan to stick a film through it..... Will have to find out what and how though !
 
You must be nearly a generation on from me - my grandfather was a mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps in WW1 :)
 
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No, I was going to scan it with my decent scanner before I attacked it with photoshop. That scan was just from the all in one :) but thanks, it does look better already :D
 
There are lots of pictures from WW2, most are going with him to the retirement home but I will scan a few more when I get a chance.
 
@ Bazza

i have some photos of my father in Hurricanes at Biggin Hill

i actually feel they should be left ''as-is'' as that was how they were

i have ''cleaned'' dust spots and creases - but that is all
 
Nice pic! Always good fun to unearth a bit of history.

I've got the exact same model camera. The thing its they don't make 620 film any more. Did it come with a take up reel inside it? It should be metal, and a subtly different size from a 120 reel. If not, you'll need to find one. The spools for 120 are slightly too big to fit inside (oh Kodak you crafty bar stools) so what I do it use an empty 620 reel as take up, and then with a tiny pair of scissors whittle down and trim a 120 reel so it fits. It normally only takes a couple of minutes of faffing to load. If you develop in a lab then make sure they give you the spool back!
 
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@ Bazza

i have some photos of my father in Hurricanes at Biggin Hill

i actually feel they should be left ''as-is'' as that was how they were

i have ''cleaned'' dust spots and creases - but that is all
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Fully understand your reasoning and you can always keep the originals as is, but having them returned to how they were taken and put on to say a disc does help preserve them. Old photos will only deteriorate more with time to such a degree that they can't be saved. I have done all my old photos, not for me but for my grandchild who may one day like to see them.


Realspeed
 
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If the camera still has one of the original 620 spools in it the best thing to do is buy a roll of whatever film you want to shoot in it in 120 then trim and file the 120 spool down to 620 dimensions and use the old 620 spool as the take-up. I did this recently with a 620 camera and it worked very well, most of the old box cameras were designed for ISO25 films so get a roll of something like ACROS 100 and use a ND4 filter or an Orange black and white filter to knock it down 2 stops so it's like ISO25 film, also remember to ask the developer for the 620 spool back!
 
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I'm determined to take some pictures with this camera now. Unfortunately my granddad died yesterday aged 92.
 
Sad news

he certainly lead a long life......R.I.P.

john
 
Darren, You and all you family have my deepest sympathy and my thoughts are with you.


PS, This just came to me, how fitting to take some photographs of the funeral with the Brownie, maybe a tribute that your Grandad would have enjoyed.
 
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Sorry to hear your sad news, a Brownie tribute would be most fitting.
 
Sorry to hear about your Grandad, Darren - but running a roll through the camera and printing up the results will be the perfect way to have a permanent reminder of him with you :thumbs:
 
Thanks everyone. I have never even loaded a 620 format camera! I have 2 weeks to become an expert. I will have to work out which chemicals are which using a sacrificial film (my chemicals have got mixed up)
 
I was enjoying this thread until I came to the sad news of your grandfather's passing.

My condolences to you and your family.
 
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