McFortner
02-28-2010, 06:04 PM
I got this camera a while back from everybody's favorite online auction site. When it arrived, I found out it didn't have the lens. I played around with the idea of making it a pinhole camera for a while, but decided not. I went through my junk camera parts and found a rectangular solid viewfinder lens that when placed behind the shutter would focus on the film. I also replaced the missing camera strap with the outer layer of a boot shoe lace (a trick picked up from people who use them to make cloth covers for homemade audio cables).
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/3/2/6/9/6/100_0199.jpg
The pictures ended up being nearly square in shape and fit just between the sprockets of 35mm film. I just wind the film on a 127 spool and load it in my changing bag. A couple of layers of black electrical tape cover both sides of the red window on the back. So now this old, broken camera is a 35mm box camera.
Michael
http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/3/2/6/9/6/100_0199.jpg
The pictures ended up being nearly square in shape and fit just between the sprockets of 35mm film. I just wind the film on a 127 spool and load it in my changing bag. A couple of layers of black electrical tape cover both sides of the red window on the back. So now this old, broken camera is a 35mm box camera.
Michael