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   On 12/30/23 4:38 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 30/12/2023 04:46, 56g.1183 wrote:   
   >> There's also the 620 issue ... they don't sell that   
   >> anymore. It's still 70mm, same as 120, but the spool   
   >> is slightly different, thinner edges. And, of course,   
   >> paper backing for 6x6.   
   >   
   > ISTR that you can get 120 film and wind it onto 620 spools if you are   
   > doing it all yourself   
      
      Can be done, of course. Done it. But it's a pain.   
      
   > But its all nostalgia, even a crap mobile phone will take a better image   
   > than a brownie   
      
      But that's not THE POINT !  :-)   
      
      Cleaning out my office I also found some far   
      older cams - one looks like a 3"X9" vertical   
      format folder from the VERY old days. The   
      shutters still work. I'll look at them more   
      closely soon and give you the exact specs.   
      
      The one in the GOOD case was a 4x5 "Press Camera".   
      I'd actually used that a bit back in the day. The   
      lenses were kinda small but the pix are just great.   
      You see 'em in old movies all the time. Alas do   
      not have the flash add-on - but don't know if   
      you can get those exploding flash-bulbs anymore.   
      MIGHT be able to dup the illumination profile   
      with LEDs ... but those bulbs were VERY bright.   
      
      Hmmm ... the "$5000 Brownie" is sounding better.   
      So absurd that it's attractive  :-)   
      
      Would need at least 12-bit range in order to   
      fake Verichrome Pan however ... and then a   
      12-bit PRINTER. Do they still make those   
      dye-sublimation printers ???   
      
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