Kodak No. 2 and No. 2A Brownie: How to use - Video manual

A video showing how to use the Kodak No. 2 and No. 2A Brownie cameras. The two models are identical but take different type of film.
The No.2 takes 120 film, while the No.2A takes 116.
-INDEX-
0:00 The camera
0:35 Cleaning the camera
1:14 Loading the camera
3:27 Taking photos
5:39 Removing the film

Music: "Morning Stroll" by Josh Kirsch/Media Right Productions

- For more details take a look at the original manuals here:
and here:

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[kennethdickinson]

You took six minutes to show what some people have taken twice as long and with far more distractions to explain. Beautifully done, thank you!

[Glasairman]

My first camera in 1958-59, donated by my grandfather. My latest and for sure my last - bought myself a Sony A7 III + Sony 25-105G 3 months ago. See you in the next life and keep on shooting

[heavytube]

Thank you so much for these guides. I was a bit mystified on how to open the back of mine, so seeing this helps a lot~

[ErinAndDanielGo]

This is the best video of its kind. Wish I had seen it before I ruined a roll. Thanks!

[jamesb.]

Nice how you showed how to use the manual aperture and exposure mechanisms clear to see! And what sweet music they made here!

[DeanMk]

Pretty cool video. Very informative. I've heard the reason for the two viewfinders was that one was intended for portraits and the other intended for landscapes.
One other thing viewers probably also need to know is that when loading the film, the word "START" will appear as the roll is being advanced. You're supposed to place that towards the top of the back of the box (if you look closely, you can see the word coming around the top roller, just before the camera is reassembled). When you see that, that is when you stop advancing the roll and place that part back inside the camera. Once the camera is sealed up, THEN you replace the winder and advance the film until the number "1" appears in the little red window.
I liked the music too. Does anyone know the name of that song and was that actually Django Reinhardt playing?

[tomkolour]

Excellent thank you, I've been given the same model in your video, there was a film in when I opened it to follow your cleaning instructions, I quickly closed the back rewound the film and sent it off fingers crossed, thanks again for taking the time to share your knowledge

[mckmitte]

simple and informative, picked up a 2A today for $10 and wanted to be sure how to load it

[sjenkin]

I've just moved house and found my Box Brownie... super helpful video as I wasn't too sure on the shutter speed or apertures. Thanks for making this!

[erenthebombjaeger]

Found an old one in my third car garage and had no idea how to use it thx!

[sophiewelt]

Thank you very much for this great video! I just bought the blue Beau Brownie No 2. Can't wait to take my first pictures with it!

[michaelmorrissey]

Thanks, this brought back a few old memories. 😎

[AnthonyFrancisJones]

Brilliant! Thanks for this excellent explanation. I wanted to mention this camera on a video I am making about pinhole cameras for my channel. I know it is not a PHC quite but it's not far off and easy to see how things developed from the PHC. Thanks again for this. I now understand my Brownie 2 much better!

[Ashfielder]

Very helpful video, thanks! I'll be sure to run through it again when my rolls of 120 arrive.

[Gustavogukpa]

The brownie is a good camera for the 1930s, but what was the most common camera in the 1940s?

[Sennmut]

Is that "The Hot Club of France" playing??? I have one of the old 78s from the 30s.

[Bun-]

The Kodiak brownie box camera was the first camera that the photographer Vivan Maier took photos with

[Niccolo]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. Just bought 2 Model F, one blue very close to yours on the video and one red still name F but with extra activable lens on the front. Labelled on this part as Portrait Brownie No 2. I also have Six20 'Brownie C', find a similar video as the film winder is stuck due to a piece of film still inside. For the film do you recommend a spacial brand or any 120 are ok? for the six-20 sticker says Kodak 620 film. Many thanks

[HamishEasener]

Hi, I got everything spooled up and working, but a couple photos in the reel wouldn't move anymore. When I opened it up in a dark room to check, the plastic spool had been worn out by the metal twister. Is there any way to get around this? Or will I have to re-spool my film onto metal ones to avoid this in the future? thanks

[dalehammond]

These are some of the easiest antique cameras to use. Oddly the cases on these hold up better than later Bakelite case cameras which chip easily inside.