Kodak Duraflex IV exposure settings

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• Jun 18, 2007

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i've just picked up some 620 film for my grandfather's old Duraflex IV.

The lens offers f/8, f/11, and f/16.

Any sense on the shutter speeds?

 

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• Jun 18, 2007

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Hey Paul - I have a Kodak Duaflex II and I love it. I keep with the sunny 16 rule, and that seems to work out with me. In fact, I don't have a light meter (I know!) so I generally do all my shutter speeds in my head according to the light.

You also don't actually need 620 film - just respool some 120 onto those lovely metal spools and it'll fit perfectly.

Hope that helps!

 

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Thanks for the thoughts! I needed to get the film in order to have some spools!

Sunny 16 sounds good, except that I don't know how fast the shutter is -- maybe I'm just missing something.

Glad to hear you love your duraflex! I'm really looking forward to playing with mine.

 

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• Jun 18, 2007

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kaygee said:

....I keep with the sunny 16 rule, and that seems to work out with me....

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How do you use the "sunny" 16 rule in British Columbia?

(Still waiting for the sun in Seattle)

Doug

 

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• Jun 18, 2007

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Many of the one-speed Kodaks had a shutter speed of about 1/30, I believe. That should be a Duaflex -- no "r" in the name as far as I know.

 

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elekm said:

That should be a Duaflex -- no "r" in the name as far as I know.

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Ah, right you are.

 

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• Jun 18, 2007

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Oh sorry Paul - I had replied before I finished my coffee that morning . Yes, the kodak cameras are generally around 1/30.

Dug - it's sunny here! Well, sunny then cloudy then sunny then cloudy... you get the picture. We get a bit more sun in the Kootenays than on the coast .