Kodak No 2A Folding Hawk-eye

[Paul VanAudenhove]

While looking through some old boxes in the basement, I found my great-grandfather's camera - a No 2A, Model B. It looks complete, but needs work, so I'm looking for some help.

First, the bellows was taped up with some kind of black tape, many years ago. I guess that indicates that the bellows had a light leak at some time. Is there any place to get a new bellows for this camera? Or is the DIY route the way to go? (In that case, any suggestions for materials?)

The shutter still works, doesn't seem to be sticking or any outward signs of troubles, so I think I will leave that alone at least until I can run some film through it.

I have read that it takes 116 film, and it has one take-up spool in it. So, I would like suggestions for film, either already on a 116 spool or other suggestions.

Your help is appreciated! I did a search for bellows and bellows material, but it seems that all the links I found were broken!

[M.A.Longmore]

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I took some advice from RAlnPhot recently and used Liquid Electrical Tape
on the exterior of the bellows. I have been considering using a fabric paint
to touch up the interior of the bellows to double up on the protection.
Until a replacement bellows can be found.

[spoolman]

Paul:The Kodak part number for the bellows for this camera is 23370.You can probably find new old stock bellows on Ebay.You can also find expired 116 roll film there and you can find 100 foot rolls of 70 mm film that you can use to re-use the spool and backing paper.The bellows can be found under the Film Camera parts category.The 116 and 70mm film can be found under the Film section of the Vintage Photography category.The General Category heading to find all of this is Camera and Photo.

Hope this helps.

Doug (spoolman)

[Paul VanAudenhove]

Thanks for the advice! I'll have to start watching auctions sites, but now I know what to look for.