robertofollia
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Yes, folllowing a visit to Stuttgart in april 2024 where my contina had an accident (but survived) i manages to come back in oct 2024 with another contina, when I learned that Kodak premises were still standing! So off I went, not with my contina but with a Stuttgart produced camera (my Retina was far away at family home so I took one instamatic 500 with
hand spooled 126 film using 20 yrs expired Portra 160 exposed at 40 ASA.
Here they go.
Rear part of factory
Main entrance and front
view from main street
Almost all buildings stay.
hope you like pics
The film was 120 Kodak portra 160 sliced in univex format (30,5mm width) in complete darkness and then hand spooled in an empty Kodak VR100 126 cartridge I kept from the 80s when I retired my instamatic 25 and upgraded to 35mm format with an Agfa Optima 135 (which I still own and keep).
I just stuck the univex format film on the backing paper but leaving the perforations on backing paper free from film (this way you can have 2x 126 21 exp. film from a 120 donor roll, bearing in mind that the perforations in backing paper are free from film. you need very accurate positioning so as not to mess anything.
Best regards
hand spooled 126 film using 20 yrs expired Portra 160 exposed at 40 ASA.Here they go.
Rear part of factory
Main entrance and front
view from main street
Almost all buildings stay.
hope you like pics
The film was 120 Kodak portra 160 sliced in univex format (30,5mm width) in complete darkness and then hand spooled in an empty Kodak VR100 126 cartridge I kept from the 80s when I retired my instamatic 25 and upgraded to 35mm format with an Agfa Optima 135 (which I still own and keep).
I just stuck the univex format film on the backing paper but leaving the perforations on backing paper free from film (this way you can have 2x 126 21 exp. film from a 120 donor roll, bearing in mind that the perforations in backing paper are free from film. you need very accurate positioning so as not to mess anything.
Best regards
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