Falcon cameras

[retrogirl1941]

I am bidding on a falcon camera right now and was wondering if anybody knows anything about the company or that sort of thing?I will post pictures shortly.

Samantha

 

[retrogirl1941]

OK here are some shots the camera:

Samantha

 

[3PcSuit]

Sorry for the delay in getting a post in. I lost this post until now.

IDK if you won it or not, but it takes 127 film, which is 46mm as opposed to 35mm. IDK if you can get any B&W stocks, and color choice is quite limited.

I have a hundred feet of Portra 160NC 46mm that you can HAVE if it'd be of any help, though you'd have to find reels and backing to load it yoruself. I am pretty sure that 127 used backing paper.

I think Ferrania still makes 127 and maybe Foma. Also, you could try Film for Classics in Rochester NY.


Hope this helps. Good luck!

 

[3PcSuit]

Sorry for the delay in getting a post in. I lost this post until now.

IDK if you won it or not, but it takes 127 film, which is 46mm as opposed to 35mm. IDK if you can get any B&W stocks, and color choice is quite limited.

I have a hundred feet of Portra 160NC 46mm that you can HAVE if it'd be of any help, though you'd have to find reels and backing to load it yoruself. I am pretty sure that 127 used backing paper.

I think Ferrania still makes 127 and maybe Foma. Also, you could try Film for Classics in Rochester NY.


Hope this helps. Good luck!

Upon further review, I am not sure if 46mm would fit. Seems that it's 40mm wide, although I know for a fact that both formats have the same image area 6 x 4.5 cm or 2 1/4" x 2 3/4".

Apparantly, EFKE still makes 127 B&W film, but it'll cost you about $15 for 8 frames. Not the most economical of formats, but then again, the flashbulbs cost a pretty penny too.

You *have* to shoot flashbulbs with a camera like this, you know ;-) I did it and they are a lot of fun, though unfortunately I didn't get any that shattered sending glass shards on a precarious flight through the air.