this is my new-old camera
The film is a bitch to load, since I had to buy the authentic 600 metal film spools and go into a dark room to re-spool modern 120 film onto the old spools. But the pictures... holy shit. They are gorgeous. As you can see, the flash bulb has never been used, and I'm just so excited to bring this to Paris with Ayla and I to document our two week vacation.
Of course, this adds yet another expense to the vacation. I need to ask Jean-Charles if there are any rented dark rooms in the 5ème. I think the rue Mouffetard might be my best shop, but this means I'll need to bring MORE clothes, unless I want to reek of developers everytime I make prints.
Come to think of it, I don't know where in the heck I'm going to rent a dark room in Buffalo, either. In Binghamton, I can generally hit up my high school without anyone noticing me (since the dark room is in the basement), but I already have a few spools here that'll need to be developed within a week. WHERE CAN I USE A DARK ROOM IN BUFFALO, ANYONE?
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Oh duh, the camera make is a Kodak Brownie Reflex 20. Hence the film troubles -- they stopped making 600-speed film in the early 1960's, so I have to respool 120-speed (which they still make) onto the metal 600 spools.