what camera is this?

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just bought it off the street. it seems it doesn't take 6x6/6x4.5, the spools are too little :(

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It's a vest pocket kodak. It takes 127.

It can make reasonably sharp pictures:
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It would be one of my favorites, except that 127 is so darned expensive.
Also the bellows are a constant problem.
 
If you want to have real fun with it without film: the circular part on the camera back is removeable - twist is counter clockwise. It was made removeable so the lens could be cleaned. - But it allows you to use the entire camera as a lens on a DSLR.

Unscrew the lens shade from the front of the camera, and open the aperture as wide as it will go... and then...

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Brilliant soft focus effects!
 
wow, i never heard of this exotic film. but how can you develop this? do you need a special device or something to pull out the film for the "cartridge" or you simply take it off in the darkroom?
 
127 is a roll film like 120 but different size otherwise it handles and processes like 120.
I think you'll need different developing reels also.
Rob
 
Unless you have those plastic extendable reels that go from 135 to 120 for your tank. Some of those also have the option to accept 127 format film.

Oh, 5.30 Euro for a roll of Efke 127 film around here. Not TOO bad I think.

The vest pocket is one cute camera. I've only ever ran a single roll of film through mine.

By the by, I'm looking for a VPK base-plate for a camera of a friend of mine. On his the key is broken and doesn't grip the 127 film spool. Anyone got a spare or a VPK for parts lying around? I've seen one for sale on Ebay, but that's broken as well.
 
Mr_Flibble said:
Unless you have those plastic extendable reels that go from 135 to 120 for your tank. Some of those also have the option to accept 127 format film.

Oh, 5.30 Euro for a roll of Efke 127 film around here. Not TOO bad I think.

The vest pocket is one cute camera. I've only ever ran a single roll of film through mine.

By the by, I'm looking for a VPK base-plate for a camera of a friend of mine. On his the key is broken and doesn't grip the 127 film spool. Anyone got a spare or a VPK for parts lying around? I've seen one for sale on Ebay, but that's broken as well.
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Somebody had a lot of three junk ones listed on ebay, but it's probably over by now. I would just watch ebay for people listing cruddy ones that nobody else will bid on.

They made stainless developing reels for 127 too. I have one stashed away somewhere. I sometimes see them listed on ebay as 35mm reels - the dead giveaway in photos is that the spiral is made of very thick wire and thus effectively much shorter than it needs to be for 35mm film.
 
Yes it did need special autographic film. I very much doubt whether you would find any nowadays, although I stand to be corrected if anybody knows otherwise.
I once had my Dad's old Vest Pocket 127. Back in the '70s you could get Agfa 127 slide film quite easily, and I got some nice transparencies from it :) .
 
tunalegs said:
If you want to have real fun with it without film: the circular part on the camera back is removeable - twist is counter clockwise. It was made removeable so the lens could be cleaned. - But it allows you to use the entire camera as a lens on a DSLR.

Unscrew the lens shade from the front of the camera, and open the aperture as wide as it will go... and then...

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Brilliant soft focus effects!
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that is SO cool. i wish my Super Baldax could do that.... :(
 
tunalegs said:
It's a vest pocket kodak. It takes 127.

It would be one of my favorites, except that 127 is so darned expensive.
Also the bellows are a constant problem.
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Haven't been following the price of 120 film lately, but there's a guy on eBay (no relationship) who sells a film slitter that can be configured for various cutdowns -- including 120 down to 127.

Search for "film slitter" if interested.

Giorgio
 
IIRC, 127 film is like 120 film or 620 film except that is 4.5 cm in width instead of the now customary 6cm. It uses shorter spools, of course.
 
^ Almost correct. The width is 46mm.

There is a reasonable selection of films left (check B&H, Frugal Photographer, Macodirect) but the problem is that the cost per exposure is much higher than with 120. A couple of my favorite cameras are 127 but I've more or less stopped using them because of this.

You can still find bulk rolls of unperforated 46mm stock on ebay. It was popular with portrait photographers to shoot dozens of HS kids without reloading, so 9 times out of 10 what you find will be Portra 160. If you have a darkroom, 127 spools and backing paper, and patience, you can roll your own.
 
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