Frankenkodak_test_roll_July2022

Okay, here's another half-baked experiment... Rummaging in flea markets and other places of interesting rubbish, I had acquired a pair of old, semi-usable Kodak folders: A ”No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie” with a dodgy shutter and a ”No. 2 Folding Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model B” that was missing the red rear window. Both were waiting for their turn on my repair list... when I realised I could take the working front half of the Hawk-Eye and fit it into the non-leaking back of the Brownie. (Both cameras are of the curious and short-lived cartridge loading variety, where the body splits into two halves for loading film.) After patching just one set of bellows, I now have a working Frankenkodak (A Hawkie? A Brown... Well, maybe not) that's either 90 or 100 years old, depending on which side you look. Judging by this test roll, I need to be more generous with aperture... But it works! It's alive!

Photographer:
anttihoo
Uploaded:
2022-07-28
Tags:
brownie bw hawk-eye helsinki kodak medium format rescue camera summer test roll
Camera:
Kodak No.2 Folding Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model B / No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie
Film:
Rollei Retro 80S
Lens:
Anastigmat Kodeye
City:
Helsinki
Country/region:
Finland
Albums:
Frankenkodak!
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