Showing posts with label community question. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community question. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Yashica 44 repair?

 Chuck Katz writes:

I just found a Yashica 44 (first version) in a friend’s closet.  It has been sitting for over 50 years.  It appears in beautiful cosmetic condition and the shutter speeds seem accurate enough.  However, the film advance crank is frozen and unable to move.  Has anyone experienced this and if repair is in order can you recommend someone to work on this camera?   Thank you very much.
 
Please respond in the comments area. Thanks in advance for helping a fellow 127 enthusiast.

Monday, April 1, 2019

Question about using Kodak Baby Brownie Special

127 Film Photography received this query from Shawna Jensen. Please feel free to respond with suggestions in the comments section of this post.

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I am a professional photographer shooting in digital, but I collect all kinds of cameras and have recently taken up film photography. I acquired my grandmother's old Kodak Baby Brownie Special camera, shot with it on Rerapan 400 film, and developed it myself. Below are 3 of the shots I got from the roll and was wanting some advice. Do I need to clean the lens better? Should I use a different film type? Or is this camera just super foggy? I know I was shaky on some shots, but I think I can do better. Basically I would like some constructive criticism or tips.




Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Community question: Cutting down 120 film to 127 size - what size, exactly?

I'm delighted to share 127 Film Photography's first community question.

As noted on the Submit to 127 Film Photography page, 127 Film Photography welcomes readers' questions. All readers are invited to offer responses to the questions that are posted - let's work together as a community!

From Alessandro Lisci:

I have a question that I have not yet resolved, about the size to which I should cut 120 film. In the videos and  articles I've seen, it seems to me that the 120 film is cut to the exact size of the 127 film spool. But the original 127 film is slightly smaller than 127 backing paper (a difference on the order of 1-2mm). Doing a test with the only developing tank in my possession that has a spiral (reel) for 127 film, I realized that the measure is almost exact, and a film even slightly larger would give me problems in loading the spiral. I wonder if it's a general problem, or it's my tank that has a minimal tolerance.
- Translated by Google Translate, with editing by J. M. Golding
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Io ho un dubbio che non ho ancora risolto, a proposito della grandezza in cui tagliare il film 120. Riguarda questo: Nei filmati e negli articoli che ho visto, mi sembra che il film 120 venga tagliato alla grandezza esatta del film-spool del 127. Però  il film 127 originale, è leggermente più piccolo della carta che lo protegge dalla luce (una differenza nell'ordine di 1-2mm). Facendo una prova con l'unica tank di sviluppo in mio possesso che abbia una spirale per il film 127, mi sono accorto che la misura è praticamente esatta, e un film anche leggermente più grande mi darebbe problemi nel caricamento della spirale. Mi chiedo se sia un problema generale, o la mia tank che ha una tolleranza minima.