Moore Musings

cruft and crunk, by tom moore.
Dec 02
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To save me from my recent Redscale film obsession, I recently bought a Kodak Brownie Cresta II. This is one of only a few Brownies that uses 120 film. Made about 50 years ago, it has a shutter speed of 1/40 second, and has slider in front of the lens that be switched between a yellow filter or a 4’-7’close up lens. 

I shot my first roll with Ilford Pan F ISO 50 velcroed to a tripod since there isn’t a dedicated tripod mount. The results were very close to what you’d see with a Holga: a soft, blurred focus and a subtle vignette.

I’ll try a roll of ISO 100 color film in the camera soon, maybe without the use of a tripod, though the shutter speed may preclude that.

To save me from my recent Redscale film obsession, I recently bought a Kodak Brownie Cresta II. This is one of only a few Brownies that uses 120 film. Made about 50 years ago, it has a shutter speed of 1/40 second, and has slider in front of the lens that be switched between a yellow filter or a 4’-7’close up lens.

I shot my first roll with Ilford Pan F ISO 50 velcroed to a tripod since there isn’t a dedicated tripod mount. The results were very close to what you’d see with a Holga: a soft, blurred focus and a subtle vignette.

I’ll try a roll of ISO 100 color film in the camera soon, maybe without the use of a tripod, though the shutter speed may preclude that.

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