The Starlet

This is what my Starlet looks like! So retro!!

I was reading another of my posts on here that said that getting a 127 film developed is quite cheap. But I cant for the life of me figure out where I got this information from...
Yes I have places and prices for getting a 120 developed, but not for 127.
So maybe I will have to try re-spooling a 35mm film onto a 127 spool or something.

Yay! A link has been found:

http://making-the-noise.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
and
http://www.flickr.com/groups/127/discuss/72157622370513621/

Looks like another project! But I shall have to get some 127 backing paper first I think. And another spool.

The Brownie Target Hawkeye!

I have just finally got around to modifying a 120 film to fit into my 620 Brownie Hawkeye camera.
I found a great tutorial here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/3057193327/

I had the 120 for quite a while, but decided I would use it at the Steampunk LARP day at MOTAT on Sunday.

So, first I found one of Keiths chisels/files in amongst the tools. I sanded down both ends (and kept trying it out in the camera to see if it would fit. After a while it fit but didn't move easily so I cut the edges off and filed them smooth as is shown in the tutorial. Then it was all good, so I pulled out the film, taped it to the receiving spool and wound it on. And it wound fine!

Cant wait to use it on Sunday!

I think it should be able to take about 8 pictures but i'm not sure. I'm also not sure how many times to advance the winder each time. People say you should be able to see the numbers through the hole on the back, but i'm sure i've read somewhere before that you cant (because of the different sized film/position of the numbers on a 120).
So I will experiment. And take a normal camera for important photos.