Using a 70 year old camera, I brought a few rolls of 120 film and ventured with the red girls around Los Angeles with Ektar 100. It was my first time actually shooting with this camera and trying to correctly load 120 film (which was surprisingly easy)!
I loved imagining how they’d turn out! The square format is really lovely, a great change from the rectangular format of 35mm, and the negatives were awesome to look at!
I don’t have a photo scanner and the labs are only for photography students but Chris did a patient, lovely job of scanning my film in with me. (A lot of my frames were actually heinous. Like, really bad. I might make a bad photo post).
Now they’re here! I’m in love! I’m so excited to keep shooting with my old ancient camera and experiment more with 120mm film!
Let’s make more! The hair flip is delightfully ghosty.
Square is so much fun. And it looks like your camera, despite being very old, has a good lens.
I gave it a really good cleaning with Kodak lens cleaner and q-tips- it was in remarkable condition but so much dust had accumulated! The lens goes to about f/4.5 which isn’t a bad f/stop, I think. The lens is faster than I thought it would be!
like these a lot! what kind of camera is it? where did you find it?
I found an Argus Argoflex E that was about 70 years old at Goodwill for $20.00. I didn’t know if it worked or not but after a good cleaning it worked like a charm! The link below has a picture of the camera. It’s sturdy and light and I’m in love! (http://mattsclassiccameras.com/argoflex_e.html)
That’s a gem for $20! Film rocks!