Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17

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Subject: Re: Bulk Film, was: Re: [Leica] brick, INVENTORY
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 07:53:56 -0500

According to the "Collectors Guide to Kodak Cameras"  the 2A Brownie takes
size 116 film.  This is available from "Film for Classics" at
http://www.photomall.com/ffc1.htm  It looks to be about $15 per roll.  Let
us know how it works out for those who find their LTM cameras a bit too
modern!

Mike D

- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Bulk Film, was: Re: [Leica] brick, INVENTORY


>Marc James Small wrote:
>>
>> At 05:00 PM 11/16/1999 EST, Ruralmopics@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >Kodak film made in England? What's next? Cat's lying down with dogs? Oh,
>> >little yellow box of Rochester, we hardly knew ye . . .
>>
>> Kodak has manufactured film in the UK since, I believe, 1907.  For the
last
>> twenty years of Kodak 127 and 620 film, it was made in the UK.
>>
>> Marc
>Which reminds me.
>At the swap meet we had here in Portland Oregon last weekend
(Hillsborough?) I
>got a beautiful mint No. 2a Brownie Camera with box for ten bucks. I should
have
>noticed it looks a tad big. Too big for 120. The original wood reel is
still in
>it. The shutter works.
>I wanted to take it out for a spin. Anyone know what film that would be and
if
>that guy spools it or where to find out?
>Sorry about the OT but it's a "viewfinder" camera! No mirror blackout!
>Mark Rabiner
>