Ces1um
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So I just bought a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. Bought it off of kijiji from a guy who was cleaning out his grandparent's closet. It's in remarkably good shape and came in the original box with camera, flash, a few flashbulbs, original instruction booklet and the remains of a wrapper from a roll of film. I don't think it was used very much. The instruction booklet looks practically new.
The unfortunate thing is that they had left the batteries in the flash and it sat in it's box, probably for decades just slowly corroding (luckily it was detached from the camera). I imagine all the wiring is toast but I haven't pulled the flash apart to see if that's the case. Does anybody know if these things have much for electronics inside? I'd imagine that it's nothing other than a couple of wires in there and not much else.
There also isn't a flash protector and I've heard of stories, probably exaggerated but grounded in some element of truth, that these bulbs have a tendency to explode propelling hot glass into the air. I figure it wouldn't be hard to make something as a protector (like parchment paper) but can you still buy flash bulbs? Likely ebay would have some but I'm betting there's no NEW source for these things.
I had my son try to 3D print a 620 take up spool but the print failed miserably (the sides of the spool were too flimsy in plastic and tore off the bed of his printer). Anybody know a source for replacement 620 spools?
The unfortunate thing is that they had left the batteries in the flash and it sat in it's box, probably for decades just slowly corroding (luckily it was detached from the camera). I imagine all the wiring is toast but I haven't pulled the flash apart to see if that's the case. Does anybody know if these things have much for electronics inside? I'd imagine that it's nothing other than a couple of wires in there and not much else.
There also isn't a flash protector and I've heard of stories, probably exaggerated but grounded in some element of truth, that these bulbs have a tendency to explode propelling hot glass into the air. I figure it wouldn't be hard to make something as a protector (like parchment paper) but can you still buy flash bulbs? Likely ebay would have some but I'm betting there's no NEW source for these things.
I had my son try to 3D print a 620 take up spool but the print failed miserably (the sides of the spool were too flimsy in plastic and tore off the bed of his printer). Anybody know a source for replacement 620 spools?