Shooting Film with an 1890s Camera.

This is a very old camera that shoots on the largest film ever made, 122 film, 3.25 by 5.5 size negatives!

[TheEnclavesPhotographer]

Great results for a 130 year old camera

[patho]

I'm impressed by how good the pictures look despite the age of the camera. Astonishing.😲

[mackysobrevega]

Just to show film cameras never go truly obsolete

[paultaylorphotography]

Nice work mate I love an old box camera fun to shoot cheers subbed

[ClementinesCoins]

Nice video, fantastic results and a surprisingly sharp lens considering its a brownie. I respool 122 film myself from aerial film so i can use similar postcard format cameras the way they were intended then darkroom print on the back of postcards! its a nice process that gives off great results!

[Bokkey]

Very cool, hope that you can shoot it with color one day

[SilntObsvr]

Better check your research. 122 aka postcard format wasn't at all the largest film -- not even the largest paper-backed roll film. That would have been the 1897 version of 110, five inches wide with a four inch frame length (six exposures, as far as I know). There was also 104, same width and frame size but probably a different spool and/or frame number window. The runner-up was 109, four inches wide with a five inch long frame, probably also six on a roll.

122 was the same width as 116/616, but the longer frame and same frame number window position meant they couldn't be combined as 120, 117, and 128 were by the early 1950s.

BTW, that "pretty good lens" is a simple meniscus, not even achromatic -- but those are still decent at f/11 and smaller (your camera probably has f/13 and f/18 for its two apertures). Definitely a deal for only $5.

BTW, I remember being able to buy 116, 616, and 122 film at most drug stores after I learned to use an adjustable camera and develop my own film (1969). The last of those, 116 and 616, were discontinued in the early 1980s.

[i_yahooed_into_beans]

Crazy to think a long time ago this camera was someones prized possession