My thrift Brownie Hawkeye with reverse lens

[BAC1967]

There's two screws that hold the metal film housing in place. Once you remove the two screws you will have access to the lens. Just flip it and put it back together. There are tutorials with pictures that will help.



https://www.lomography.com/magazine...phic-techniques-with-americas-favorite-camera

http://filmphotographyproject.com/content/features/2012/06/lens-flip-fun-kodak-brownie-hawkeye

He has inspired you though!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

This is pretty cool. I have a Target 620, but I don't believe the lens could be flipped on it... I wouldn't want to as it belonged to my Grand Father and I don't feel right modifying it. I would like to get my hands on a Hawkeye, though. Respooling 120 onto 620 reel is a pita. Which Hawkeye will take 120 reel, or will all of them? Thank you!

 

[skorpiius]

I either respool the film when I remove it or develop it right away. I only have one 620 spool.

I also flipped the lens and do some street portraiture with it.
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This is really cool

 

[Marvin]

From my Mothers old Brownie Hawkeye that I still have.

 

[bvy]

This is really cool

Thanks!

 

[bvy]

From my Mothers old Brownie Hawkeye that I still have.

Those are cool.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

From my Mothers old Brownie Hawkeye that I still have. ...

Those photos are very nice.

 

[bvy]

What is to be gained from flipping the lens? I don't understand the reasoning.

Blurred edges.

 

[AgX]

A meniscus lens can have some advantages in image quality over a plain convex lens. But it got more spherical abberation.
Wrongly orientated this gets even worse.
But as the examples above show, the image is dominated now by angular abberations. The reduction of which was actually the benefit of the meniscus.

 

[BAC1967]

Love the photos Marvin, are you in any of them?

A meniscus lens can have some advantages in image quality over a plain convex lens. But it got more spherical abberation.
Wrongly orientated this gets even worse.
But as the examples above show, the image is dominated now by angular abberations. The reduction of which was actually the benefit of the meniscus.

I'm no optical wiz so this may be a stupid question but what are angular abberations?

 

[AgX]

I chose a ambiguous term. What I meant was abberations in image-forming of points situated substantially off-axis.
Manifesting in the total image off-center.