What to put in a Duaflex II? 100 or 400?

[IloveTLRs]

I bought a Kodak Duaflex II off auction here a few months ago. It cost me $10 since it looks like it's been kicked down the street.

Anyway, since I'm doing my own dev now I thought I'd respool some 120 film and run a roll through to see if the camera actually still works. From a little Googling it appears this Duaflex is fixed at 1/30 (-ish) and f11 (it doesn't have the aperture marks on the front.)

My question is, should I go with ISO 100 or ISO 400? I'll be doing mostly outdoor, sunny day stuff first to see if it's any good.

 

[Nick Zentena]

Outdoors 125 C-41 pulled to 100 be overexposed 2 stop on a sunny day. A one stop over exposure on a hazy day. A touch over expose on a cloudy day. And underexposed on on an overcast day by one stop. So you can see how bad 400 would be outdoors during the day.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Back when they were usually loaded with VP. ISO 100.

 

[k_jupiter]

As an editorial comment, there are too many good cameras in the world to be messin around with... Duaflexes. It was designed to be a crappy camera, well executed as a crappy camera, and it hasn't aged well. I have been tempted though.

When I get the urge to shoot something 'old', I reach for the rb Graflex or my Zeiss Trona, both pre 1930, both capable of producing better work than I can, both giving the film that little bit of age induce character.

To answer your question, I would shoot the 400 and stand develop in Rodinal 1+200 for several hours. That would be a unique look.

tim in san jose

 

[IloveTLRs]

I went with Acros. Respooling took a few minutes was quite easy. The camera's shutter works 100% when the camera is turned upside down :confused:

Anyway - the photos came out okay, but it's far too much trouble to use it as an everyday camera. Back onto the mantel it goes

 

[polaski]

ISO 100 it is, Dan. I found my father's "good camera" (I had a Baby Brownie) a few months ago, and it is a Duaflex II.