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.