Out of the past - wow

[DrEntropy]

uhhh, nooo... the sprocket holes are radiused on their "short" sides on movie film to better accommodate the mo-pic drive sprockets.

I'd had so much "practice" I could "feel" the difference between Plus-X and Tri-X in the dark, too. Weird.

 

[texas_bugeye]

By golly your rite I just looked a a preview Batman and they are radiused on the short I remember loading that stuff on the developer spools.Had freinds, classmates always ask me to do it for them as I was pretty quick and never had a turn touch each other. I really did enjoy working the dark room

 

[swift6]

When I returned to College to get my BFA, I was in a loading room with a new photography student. I went in with seven rolls of 35mm to load. She went in with one. I had all seven rolls (36exp) loaded and in the cans before she could get her one 24exp roll loaded. Actually, I sat in the dark for another 5-6 minutes waiting for her to finish. That was how she found out about my 'prior experience' in photography. Later that week she approached me with a 'practice' roll and her reel and tank (thankfully the instructor had warned most students off of the ratcheting plastic tanks and reels) and asked me to show her how I did it. Her jaw dropped when she saw how I could practically get the film to roll itself onto the reel. She practiced for an hour straight.

 

[swift6]

If it's B&W, be SURE it's wound all the way to the take-up side before you try determinedly to open it. B&W film holds a latent image a LOOONG time. Likely some priceless pix in there if it indeed has a roll in it.

Part of the problem (I think) is the winder isn't winding the film, thus the film is staying threaded in the camera, thus preventing it from being opened!

What type of Brownie? I have a few different ones. None of which would would be prevented from opening if the film was still in it mid roll or any other way.

If you'd like, send it my way and I'll see if I can get it apart and rescue the film. I could even process it and scan it for you.

That of course assumes its a 120 roll film brownie. its a 126 roll film camera (post card camera), I Don't have a reel for that.

 

[DrEntropy]

I do. That's why I asked. Either way, ya got what's on th' film, Basil. :thumbsup:

 

[DrEntropy]

Stainless Nikon reels, 30 second loads for "36 frame" length 35mm film. Church-key can openers for pre-packaged cassettes on a string pegged to th' doorframe.
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EDIT: Chris, th' camera laid down th' sound track. It wasn't part of the film.</span> :wink:

 

[NutmegCT]

sigh ....

 

[swift6]

Its not that much of a hijack. Just a slight detour. :wink:

 

[swift6]

Three different "Brownie" cameras that I have.

This one is a 126 roll film 'Postcard Camera'

An even older No.2 Buster Brown

how it looks apart...

and the ubiquitous "Brownie Hawkeye", I have a few of these. Only one flash unit though.

 

[tony barnhill]

I'm always amazed when I find there's something else people collect....I'll bee there's something for everybody to collect! And they could all be different things.....something I throw away, another guy collects!

 

[DrEntropy]

I can't imagine the number of Hawkeye cameras I've disposed of in my lifetime... managed an independent camera store for a few years. They'd come to us in boxes of "stuff". Took up too much space.

 

[bugimike]

One mans trash is another mans treasure...after all look at our cars!!