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Right after chatting with Asha and Paul recently I have decided to try to get my Brownie up and running to try a roll.
The plan is to make some backing paper up then position a role of our fave £1 shagfa-vista onto a 127 spool and go shooting?

what do you think?
 
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Ok so thinking about it I could reuse some 120 backing paper and trim it?
 
ok bit more googlin reveals the 6x4.5 number marks line up almost perfect for 127 film?
 
Have you seen this post?
http://www.mike-steel.com/2012/11/re-spooling-127-film/

I'm keen to find a means of getting film for my Yashica 44 which is a really nice little camera but I've only got one roll of real 127 left :(

Another option I've thought of is the Bluefire Murano film - which is re-spooled Portra. Problem is that it's only available in the US and the postage is a bit steep - by the time you've added it all up, it's about £8 a roll!!

Which is making me think about trying to replicate Mike Steel's method even though it does look like a bit of a faff.....
 
hmm, I've ran 35mm film in a 127 yashica but not deved it yet :-(
remove top spool and bits, couple of pound coins to hold 35mm cartridge in middle.
wind camera till its at 12 shots, then tape 35mm film to a 127 spool at bottom
the 12shot thing is fore frame spacing.
unload in a darkbag
 
Mr Bump said:
Right after chatting with Asha and Paul recently I have decided to try to get my Brownie up and running to try a roll.
The plan is to make some backing paper up then position a role of our fave £1 shagfa-vista onto a 127 spool and go shooting?

what do you think?
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PM me your postal address and I'll send some 127 backing paper to you :thumbs:
 
Eventually got to the .PO :rolleyes:

Some backing paper on its way to you Paul....:thumbs:
 
Well the team effort has paid results, thanks to @Asha for the backing paper and Poundland for the fagva vista. And the wife for taking my film in to jessops and explaining it was 200 ISO film done on a 1950's brownie and fed back into the 35 mm film canister in the dark of the celler.

Oh and paying the £5 for the bloke to dev it.

We have pictures. !!!!

Watch this space, the negs look well funny.!!
 
Ok here are my comedy scans all in all it looks like the camera works and the film came out great apart from the focus on quite a few which i suspect is either a problem with the lens itself maybe dirt in it.
It seems to be centre mainly.
Also looking at some of the crazy line in the pics the film has not laid flat in the camera :-)
 
Simonx said:
Have you seen this post?
http://www.mike-steel.com/2012/11/re-spooling-127-film/

I'm keen to find a means of getting film for my Yashica 44 which is a really nice little camera but I've only got one roll of real 127 left :(

Another option I've thought of is the Bluefire Murano film - which is re-spooled Portra. Problem is that it's only available in the US and the postage is a bit steep - by the time you've added it all up, it's about £8 a roll!!

Which is making me think about trying to replicate Mike Steel's method even though it does look like a bit of a faff.....
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fyi i got a few things wrong
its 2 10p's taped together, you need to remove the spring/clip etc in the top chamber so 35mm roll fits there, and the 2 10ps give you a center alingment. and i trimed the first couple of sprocket holes so i can line it up better into the 127 spool.
last mod i did was take a negative, and draw on viewfinder the edge of film, sprocket holes, edge of normal film. i think 24exposure film be better as it gets pretty tight winding on with last few shots of a 36roll
 
I reckon a small mistake I might have made winding the film in was it was the wrong way round and the curling of the film has made the film curl towards the lens if that makes sense also maybe a bit more tension on the spool.
 
That soft focus look reminds me of pretty much every photo I remember from my ancient box camera back in the '50s! No known negs or prints survive, though.
 
Agree Chris but its soft right in the middle and crisp at the edges on a few....hummm
 
Mr Bump said:
Agree Chris but its soft right in the middle and crisp at the edges on a few....hummm
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Still a decent achievment for a first go .................. well done for giving your brownie a new lease of life.

I'm sure you'll fathem the cause of the sof center and obtain even better results next time.

BTW, did the lab return the backing paper and spool to you so you can re-use them??
 
@Asha i SPOOLED THE FILM BACK INTO A CAN BEFORE HANDING IT IN.
DID IT IN THE PITCH DARK IN THE CELLAR, QUITE CHALLENGING.
 
Nice effort and looks like a lot of fun. I presume that the soft focus is a result of the film not laying flat in the camera at the time of exposure. The lack of flatness would also account for the bowing that is especially visible in the photos featuring buildings.
 
Mr Bump said:
@Asha i SPOOLED THE FILM BACK INTO A CAN BEFORE HANDING IT IN.
DID IT IN THE PITCH DARK IN THE CELLAR, QUITE CHALLENGING.
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Ah yes, sorry I have re- read your post:oops: and see you were loitering in a dark cellar :suspect: :D
 
skysh4rk said:
Nice effort and looks like a lot of fun. I presume that the soft focus is a result of the film not laying flat in the camera at the time of exposure. The lack of flatness would also account for the bowing that is especially visible in the photos featuring buildings.
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yep thats what I think, I am going to do some dry runs and waste a shagfa vista and watch how the film runs through the mechanism to see if I can work out how to correct this
 
Mr Bump said:
yep thats what I think, I am going to do some dry runs and waste a shagfa vista and watch how the film runs through the mechanism to see if I can work out how to correct this
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Sounds like a good idea. :)
 
Glad you got it going! Those little plastic lenses aren't that bad after all :)
 
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