It's helpful to use masking tape over the viewfinder to represent what will be exposed on the film. My viewfinder was much larger than yours, about 2"x2". I didn't want to lose the whole view as I sighted in, so I cut very thin strips with an X-acto blade about 1/32" thick and placed them over top.
So how do you develop these filmroles?? Because of the strange dimensions of each shot... can you still bring it in a shop or do you develop them yourself?
Or just take the 35mm film remove it from the cartridge and tape it to the paper the original 620 film came with ( in total darkness of course) and shoot it like the normal 620 film did. Using the frame numbers and all
One question - Why would you want to do this? Considering that 120mm film is just as readily available as 35mm, and costs roughly the same...? This really seems to be more trouble than it would be worth, to be honest...
Very interesting , your thumbnail camera caught my eye and to think I just bought mine for show. Always good to see Vintage being used. Tape is good option, have you tried something more permanent like closed cell foam. I just bought two Brownie cameras for display, with the cost of film would cost me just about what the cameras cost to do this. Curious as I couldn't find recent refs off what is shown in your video. Are you shooting Slide or regular negative film and just showing negatives reversed in post on a computer. Great stuff went to your site. All brings back memories. Dark rooms, red lights, and the exposure CLOCK ;) Fun stuff. Great channel... Thanks.
So I have one but I can’t figure out how to get it opened it is an Alka Box and I can’t find anything on how to get it to work do u have any suggestions for my situation
Hey, I have a question about mine. It has a real gold emblem embedded into the back plate. It is not glued on...it's actually flush into the back piece. I have looked everywhere and cannot find any other one like it. Do you know anything about that? Maybe it was custom made as a dedication or something?
I tried this in my Argus 75 yesterday (with 120 film) but I didn't hear a click on the second picture, so I didn't think it worked. I haven't finished the roll of film yet, so maybe it worked, but it didn't seem right. Should it click? Thank you for your help and your videos! Love your channel.
Oh yup, the Argus 75 has double exposure prevention so there isn't any easy way to do double exposures. The shutter is cocked when you wind the film and you can see the shutter turn red in the lens. camera-wiki.org/wiki/Argus_Argoflex_Seventy-Five
I just like the look how de Perforation is visible between the sht. Never tried this before,but i will sure do. But i agree he wasted a lot of film. Rerol it on a 120 reel and load it in complete darknes. I think it is better to tape it on some backing paper while loading.
I will definitely try this and dont see it as waste at all, really :) The 120 one that usually goes in also only gives you 7/8 pictures .. soo I can get more fotos for same money, just in a slightly fragmented format haha win win