rebelgtp
rebelgtp Dork
8/2/09 12:19 p.m.

Well yesterday I got my very first medium format camera it is also I think my first Kodak ever.

I was at my Aunt and Uncles having a family yard sale getting rid of the stuff we no longer needed. My uncle had put out his moms old Kodak Duaflex III camera kit complete with flash, case, box and book. I was eyeballing it all weekend, knowing film was available though expensive.

Well I started helping my uncle replace the clutch cable in his Subaru and he needed some metric wrenches that he did not have. So we ran to my place and grabbed a small incomplete set I had from Montgomery Wards. Now I have several other sets (complete) of metric wrenches and did not need the set. So I offered him a trade, the wrenches for the camera. He accepted so I now have the camera. He is also happy that I got it because it turns out that there was an exposed roll of film left in the camera, the last roll his mom would have shot.

The film runs $10-15 a roll so I will respool 120 for it I think. Kinda cool the think is still workin perfect for its age.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/2/09 12:25 p.m.

Nice score. I have a bunch of old Kodaks but haven't ever run any film through them. One day.

pigeon
pigeon Reader
8/2/09 1:51 p.m.

Had a few cameras like that hanging around as a kid, an old 8mm movie camera too. If I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have spent so much time destroying them...

I'd take that last roll of film to the best professional processing lab I could find and explain to them what it is to give you the best shot at getting usable negatives from it.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
8/2/09 9:26 p.m.

Nice find, I like to pick up any old camera i can get my hands on

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