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Using 120 Film in a Six-20 Brownie Junior without respooling |
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I bought 3 brownies a while back. I've made "spacers" for the Brownie 2a Model b, and another one says it takes 120 film but I haven't messed with it yet. The 3rd Brownie is a Six-20 Brownie Junior. Looking for information on the 2a Model b I kept running into these 120-620 respooling articles. Everyone suggests respooling the 120 film onto the original 620 spools. All this comes about because, apparently, Kodak tried to make it's cameras only take their film by making the 620 spools a little bit smaller. Then I got to looking at the other cameras and found the Six-20 takes, obviousally the 620 film. Well if you look at the Six-20 and where the film goes there is a bump or protrusion from the side. It looks like they stamped the side in a little bit to stop people from using 120 film in their cameras. The metal in these cameras seem pretty strong but it is also very thin so I decided to flatten that bump out on mine. I used a woodworking clamp which squeezed the metal really hard and flattened the bump. The 120 film now fits easily between the sides. I do have one concern and it is that the spool seems pretty snug. There is a little metal strip that extends and touches the sides of the spool. I assume that this is in place to keep some tension in the film and keep it tight. When I bought this camera it didn't have a 620 spool in it so I can not compare the feel of the 120 spool vs. the original 620. I can just tell you that it works. |
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This is the brownie I tested this method on. |
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This is the clamp I used to straighten the sides. The clamp adjusts, and after you bring the two sides togeter you twist the handle and it screws it towards the other side. (if you're worried about scratching your camera, put some electrical tape on the ends of the clamp where it will touch your camera.) |
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This picture shows film holder on the Brownie. If you look close you can see where the sides were stamped in a bit. These are what you need to flatten out. |
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The Brownie I tested this method on was beyond repair, actually it'd probably work but the others are in usable condition so I'll probably stick with them. If you're going to attempt this you might want to try it on an extra or beat up one first. If anyone tries this be sure to let me know how it goes. |
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This is the sticker on the inside of the Six-20 |
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