Springtime Landscape with 1930 Kodak Brownie

My first time shooting with a Kodak Brownie box camera from 1930. No focusing, one shutter speed, and one aperture setting. The camera has an embossed sticker commemorating the 50th anniversary of Kodak cameras (1980-1930). Even at 84 years old it still works like new and there are no light leaks. Take that Holga!

The negatives are overexposed by about 1.5-2 stops at sunny-16 so next time I could use 50 or 25 ISO film instead of 125 ISO. The pictures from this camera are soft, have a unique lens flair, and have a vintage aura to them.

By ‘vintage aura’ I mean that they are dead similar to snapshots taken by my great aunt in the 1920’s. Her snapshots pasted into a decaying photo album illustrate characteristics of the Brownie camera she used--unsharpness, lens flair, focus error, aspect ratio, and and scratches on the film. My film shot with a similar Brownie shares the same qualites.

So if you want to be a 1920’s hipster simply purchase a Kodak Brownie box camera that shoots 6x9 cm negatives on 120 film…

-marcuslovesfilm

Photographer:
marcus_loves_film
Uploaded:
2014-04-27
Tags:
1930 box camera kodak brownie self developed
Camera:
Kodak Brownie
Film:
Ilford FP4+ ISO 125
City:
Lisle
Country/region:
United States
Year:
2014
Time:
afternoon
Albums:
1930 Kodak Brownie Landscapes
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