a treasure trove of junk.
 

OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, 616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

a treasure trove of junk.
 

Tim wrote:
OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, 616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.


Well, hell, Eisboch bought a camera and found out he was the father of
Sam Adams.

a treasure trove of junk.
 

On Nov 29, 10:21*am, Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. *It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) *But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, *616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

Well, hell, Eisboch bought a camera and found out he was the father of
Sam Adams.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeeeow!

LOL!

Also theres an ancien box camera a "Kewpie # 2" also in 616 format,
which is a pin-hole camera, it has 4 different apature settings, and a
ckick shutter on a small tab. one click down... one pic. roll to the
next frame, and click the tab up for the next pic. Also there is a
small tab at the top of the camera, when you pull it up, and click the
shutter, it stays open untill you manually click the shutter shut.

I confess that I'm a simple man, but that's too primitive for me,
though.

The Rolocords? Ah, the poor mans hasseblat. Now we're talking!

a treasure trove of junk.
 

Tim wrote:
On Nov 29, 10:21 am, Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.
He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.
Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.
Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.
Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, 616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.
I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.
Don't laugh, Tom.
Well, hell, Eisboch bought a camera and found out he was the father of
Sam Adams.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeeeow!

LOL!

Also theres an ancien box camera a "Kewpie # 2" also in 616 format,
which is a pin-hole camera, it has 4 different apature settings, and a
ckick shutter on a small tab. one click down... one pic. roll to the
next frame, and click the tab up for the next pic. Also there is a
small tab at the top of the camera, when you pull it up, and click the
shutter, it stays open untill you manually click the shutter shut.

I confess that I'm a simple man, but that's too primitive for me,
though.

The Rolocords? Ah, the poor mans hasseblat. Now we're talking!



I remember making a pinhole camera in the cub scouts. That, of course,
was before Ben Franklin discovered the North Pole.

a treasure trove of junk.
 

On Nov 29, 10:45*am, Tim wrote:
OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. *It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) *But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, *616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

I love digging around in old stuff!

a treasure trove of junk.
 

On Nov 29, 11:57*am, wrote:
On Nov 29, 10:45*am, Tim wrote:





OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. *It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) *But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, *616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

I love digging around in old stuff!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Believe me, with a 100 yr. old two story farm house and 4 generations
of "old stuff" I'm getting an education.

a treasure trove of junk.
 

On Nov 29, 1:29*pm, Tim wrote:
On Nov 29, 11:57*am, wrote:





On Nov 29, 10:45*am, Tim wrote:

OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. *It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) *But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, *616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you..
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

I love digging around in old stuff!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Believe me, with a 100 yr. old *two story farm house and 4 generations
of "old stuff" I'm getting an education.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, same with my uncle's place. It was like going back in time! It
took me forever to clean the place out, because I'd find something
interesting, and mess with it, or read it, or whatever!

a treasure trove of junk.
 

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:45:47 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, 616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

I've never heard of 616. Are you sure you don't mean 620?

This was my first camera. Took 620 film.

http://www.brownie-camera.com/27.shtml
--
John H

*Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!*

a treasure trove of junk.
 

JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:45:47 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, 616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

I've never heard of 616. Are you sure you don't mean 620?

This was my first camera. Took 620 film.

http://www.brownie-camera.com/27.shtml
--
John H

*Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!*


I had one of those, and then I "graduated" to a Kodak Retina IIa I found
in a pawn shop in New Haven when I was about 12.

a treasure trove of junk.
 

On Nov 29, 1:34*pm, JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:45:47 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
OK seeing rec.boats is on a photo kick at the moment I thought I'd key
in on some of the stuff I've found here while cleaning out the piles
of stuff here at my dads place.

He had a host of cameras. an Argus a-4 which he traveled the world
with. it got dropped in Egypt back in the early 70's and popped the
lens out so being the recourseful one that he was, he "glured it back
on with chewing gum. *It worked and still would, but I'm not planning
on using it. Also a couple Rolocords . To me, those things were always
fascinating.

Anyhow, there are various models of Kodak 616 folders. One has the
bellows chewed off by mice. Probably us kids were playing with it up
in the attic and pulled it apart and left it. Oh well.

Then there's the brownie box cameras also 616. IDad gave me one when I
was in gradeschool and film was still popular, and I thought I didsome
creative stuff with it. ( OK I was 8!) *But With the old folders, dad
did soem really neat stuff, like angling the lens assembly, etc. and
took some intresting photos.

Well, while diging around I found a box with about twenty 616 take up
spools which are not easy to come by, *616 film is really expensive
and only a couple places handle it, but there is a guy on ebay that
takes bulk military film, reformats it, and will roll a spool for you.
And actually his pricing is fairly good compatably speaking. BTW, his
feedback is excellent.

I know it's a forgotten format, but there have been some really great
shots with these ancient cameras (not by me, of course) but I'm
thinking on doing a few rolls just for the heck of it. The next Ansel
Adams I'll never be, but i think it'll be fun to dink with.

Don't laugh, Tom.

I've never heard of 616. Are you sure you don't mean 620?

This was my first camera. Took 620 film.

http://www.brownie-camera.com/27.shtml
--
John H

*Have a Super Christmas and a Spectacular New Year!*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

John, the 616 "Target" used the same width film I believe, however the
length of the frame was obviously longer so you could take pics of
trees and tall buildings etc, or sidways you got a fairly wide shot.
you could probably have used the 620 film in it, but your numbers
would be off. Could it be that the 6-20 designated the number of
prints (20) and the same with the 16?

http://keaggy.com/cameras/cams-big/b...rget616-01.jpg