OT: anyone use 127 film?

[Leif Shuttyr]

I have Minolta Scan Dual too. Even if you could get a superslide into the Scan Dual's slide carrier, because of the design of the carrier, you wouldn't be able to scan the full frame.

Apparently the only 35mm slide scanners that can scan full frame 4x4 superslides are the old Polaroid 35 Sprintscan series (except the LE model).

cheers

Gavin

Is it possible to scan superslides using a 35mm slide scanner? I just got a Minolta Scan Dual off eBay and I'm thinking of looking into a 127 film TLR.

Philipp

 

[micromontenegro]

"Another question: any way of converting the Sawyers to 35mm?"

I've tried really hard (in the think tank) to modify a Rolleikin and get it inside the Baby Grey. Everything is posible, but the real hard part would be getting the 35mm cannister in the much thinner space used for the 127 roll. I, for one, didn't find a way around it.

 

[John Robertson]

Frank.
If you can't get stuff in Canada, try these people.

http://www.retrophotographic.com/

They are very good to deal with and they have a surprising amount of film in 127, b/w;color slide and colorprint. they also have 126 (original instamatic) film. I started with 127 film in a Purma Plus camera, more years ago than I care to think about. It was a nice size, but its a pig to load onto a spiral because its so tightly wound, patience and perseverance needed!!

 

[FrankS]

Thank you everyone for your helpful responses!

 

[rovnguy]

I started using 127 film in my Mom's camera in 1966. It was a very simple Kodak Brownie Starflash. I still have it and shoot it occasionally. Attached is a photo I shot with it in 1967 using Ektachrome-X. The format is 40mm x 40mm but I cropped this with PS.

 

[John Robertson]

This is my first camera bought for me in 1956, 16 on 127. 3 speed + B focal plane shutter, and Beck Anastigmat lens. Still works well, built like a tank and weighs a ton!!! Probably totally unknown the other side of the pond! 🙄

 

[derevaun]

You could just roll 35mm into a 127 spool; you'd get 24 x 40 vertical negatives.

IMHO the real joy of 127 is shooting a miniature version of a camera you love, like a Sawyer's if you love 120 TLRs. Or an Empire Baby if you love Holgas, or a Vollenda if you love old folders, or a Zeiss Baby Box if you're into box cameras, or a Komaflex if you dig cube SLRs. Chick magnets to be sure, but also they seem to enhance the gadget factor.

I made a slitter out of an old 120 box camera using a threaded rod to position the blade. It's nice to shoot Tri-X in the Yashica 44; my local lab will even put 127 reels in their C41 machine. J&C has the best price for BW and color, though sometimes Freestyle has the BW a few cents cheaper.

 

[Mauro]

Yes, I still use 127 roll films made by EFKE (an old manufacturer in Croatia); my cameras are a Ferrania Ibis 34 and a Bencini Comet (both built in the late fifties).
The EFKE films are really good, old style B&W films rich of silver, and quite cheap; of course their range includes also 120 and 135 formats (I will try these too, on my FSU cameras and a Yashica 124).
In Italy they are imported and distributed by the company Fotomatica.

Have a nice weekend!
Mauro