Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter: You might ask Dick at Films for Classics. He only sells through B&H in New York and Central Camera in Chicago these days, but he may have a way of creating a special roll for you. http://www.filmforclassics.com/contact.html rolls at filmforclassics.com Or, why not try a roll of 120 in the camera, at least to try a few shots. Hopefully you have a couple of spools to re-roll the 120. Or, in a dark room or changing bag, cut a sheet of 4x5 down to a bit more than 2.5 inches, load it into the camera and make a shot for your friend. Jim Peter Cheyne wrote: > My friend's great uncle died recently. He had all sorts of photographic > treasure in his old house. Amidst glass plate negatives, and dusty view > cameras, my friend gave me an APEM folding camera that takes, according to > the inscription inside the camera, 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" photos. Now 2 1/2" is > about 1/4" taller than the only roll film size freely available today. > > I know this is a Leica group, but I am not one to join lots of internet > groups, I'm only in two, so I hope someone here might be able to help. A > couple of hours trawling Google didn't help me. Has anyone come across a > store that sells re-spooled roll film in the older sizes? Or, better yet, > does anyone know of anywhere that sells an adapter to make 120 film that > bit longer so that it can fit into a slightly longer spooled camera? The > film this one was made to take is APEM Roll Film No. 241, or Rajar Roll > Film No. 41. My friend just said, show me a photo taken with my Uncle > Ray's old camera and you can keep it. > > Peter Cheyne > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >