I don't use mine because of the requirement of 620 film. I know some claim that 120 works fine, but every time I've tried it the camera jams up about halfway through a roll.
That's just about the most wonderful dog portrait I've ever seen.My favorite toy camera! They're fun to customize by painting and flipping the lens. They can be found for quite cheap so why not pick one up. The orange one below has the metal wind knob instead of the plastic knob, it will take a 120 film spool in the feed position. If you get one with a plastic knob all you have to do is bend a metal tab to get a 120 spool to fit. On the take-up spool side you will need a 620 spool despite which version the camera is, you can't really get around that. If you send your film to a lab for processing ask them to send the spool back.
Orange Brownie Hawkeye by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
Riley Closeup by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
They're fun cameras. My only small qualm is respooling 120 film. I reversed the lens for a blurry effect.I've been watching a few videos on this camera and I've been tempted to pick one up. I know it's a fairly primitive camera but I was hoping to get a few tips and tricks from anyone who is using one of these things regularly. Are they more frustration than they are worth?
Thanks! That was done with both the lens flipped and a a Kodak Close-up attachment No. 13. http://www.holgamods.com/hawkeye/Hawkeye/Accessories.htmlThat's just about the most wonderful dog portrait I've ever seen.
My favorite toy camera! They're fun to customize by painting and flipping the lens. They can be found for quite cheap so why not pick one up. The orange one below has the metal wind knob instead of the plastic knob, it will take a 120 film spool in the feed position. If you get one with a plastic knob all you have to do is bend a metal tab to get a 120 spool to fit. On the take-up spool side you will need a 620 spool despite which version the camera is, you can't really get around that. If you send your film to a lab for processing ask them to send the spool back.
Orange Brownie Hawkeye by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr
Chernick, on Flickr
Have you tried cutting a 120 spool down with scissors? I don't have any 620 cameras but I was looking at one and Method 2 here seems simplest.
http://www.lakiere.info/620_to_120_eng.htm
Thanks michr, I just recently found another one that I'm going to paint, I have a few ideas for the color scheme. Re-spooling in the camera will work in one direction but when you go to put it back onto a 620 spool in the proper direction the tail end of the film may not spool on correctly. Since the tail is not attached to the backing paper it will curl away from the pool and get jammed up in the camera. I have done this by hand, you have to keep everything tight and feel for the tail so you can make sure it gets onto the spool correctly. If you don't keep everything tight you will get to the end of the film that's attached to the paper and find that you have some slack.I love the paint jobs. I'll see what I can do about the metal tab in mine. I'd like to use the camera to respool 120 to 620 if I'm not using it to take pictures.
I agree- that's fantastic!That's just about the most wonderful dog portrait I've ever seen.
So I found a few hawkeyes on kijiji- the ones near my home are the non-flash models. Would you recommend getting the flash model (and then sourcing bulbs) or just stick to shooting outdoors on fairly sunny days?
I never came across a Hawkeye. Brownies in general are a rarity over here.My favorite toy camera! They're fun to customize by painting and flipping the lens. They can be found for quite cheap so why not pick one up.
Yes, but I imagine you have piles of Leica and Zeiss gear everywhere.I never came across a Hawkeye. Brownies in general are a rarity over here.
I thought the Hawkeye also had a single element meniscus lens? According to the Brownie site also, that's the case.I love my Hawkeyes. The lens is actually very good. Much better than the Brownie Target Six-20 meniscus lenses (unless, of course, you want the distinctive un-sharpness of a plastic meniscus lens).
And I thought the Brownie Target Six-20 was a glass meniscus lens -- they went out of production in 1952 which seems early to me for plastic optics. I have owned a Target Six-20 since circa 1949, but I really don't want to poke the lens with something to see if it scratches!I thought the Hawkeye also had a single element meniscus lens? According to the Brownie site also, that's the case.
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