A Trail to the Moon: film

I love antiquing. Let's be real. You can find so many cool things when you take a minute to look around. Flea markets are also a good place to check, but antique stores are more practical (at least in New England they are). I seriously had no intention of starting a collection, but when I came home with three vintage cameras after a successful day spent at various antique stores, it was pretty much decided for me. So far I have 7 in my collection and I intend on getting more.

Kodak: No. 1 Autographic Kodak Jr.

produced 1914-1927

mine from 1921.

takes 120 film.

Kodak: Brownie Six-20 Camera, Model E

produced 1947-1957.

Model E's produced from '47-53 had vertical stripes on the front

'53-57 had horizontal stripes.

mine from 1953-57.

takes 620 film.

Kodak: Duaflex II

produced 1950-54

unsure of when mine is from.

takes 620 film.
this might be my favorite camera, I've always found TLRs to be so cool!

Kodak: Instamatic M5 Movie Camera

"for Super 8 movies"

produced 1960s

I saw an ad in a 1966 issue of Life magazine for this; earliest I could find for this camera.

takes Kodapak Movie Cartridges.

Kodak: Brownie Hawkeye Camera

produced 1949-51

takes 620 film.

my grandfather gave me this camera, it was his when he was younger.

Kodak: Baby Brownie Special

produced 1938-1954

takes 127 film.

again, this was from my grandfather

Kodak: Brownie 127

produced 1952-59

mine from '52-55

takes 127 film.

this was from my nana, it was hers when she was younger. she said her brother got it for her.

A lot of the information on this post is from here, and from previous research I did upon first obtaining these cameras. I'm pretty sure most of them work, the only one I'm really unsure of is the Super 8. I haven't tried that one yet. Also, I found a handy tutorial for using 120 film for 620 format cameras, in case you are ever in the same jam I was in!

A few weeks ago, before Thanksgiving, a few of my friends (Josh and Casey) were shooting a film for a class project. The film is titled "Alabama Hot Sauce", and involves a time-traveling hot sauce salesman and his quest for revenge - and love. They spent many many hours working on their film (yes, it's actually shot on film). You can watch Alabama Hot Sauce here. I was on one of the shoots for them, and took some production stills for them. It is quite something, and was also quite something to be on the shoot. I was there for the fight scene, which my friends Tim and Mike choreographed. Yes, they did use swords.