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chalkythetalkie · 2 days

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Victor found this ancient (1970s) Instamatic 155x Kodak camera in his closet yesterday, and now we're concocting a way to bring it to life again! Won't be easy, since the film format used on Instamatics (126 film) is no longer being manufactured, but it's a fun project

#we actually found someone selling expired 126 film on facebook marketplace #since it's expired there's no guarantee that it'll work properly. but we want to get our hands on it and try our shot #before we convert this bad boy into a 35mm film camera by some clever diy #there's these gringos who devised a way to unspool 35mm film and spool it again on a 126 cartridge #but you gotta use a dark room for that! and we don't have it!#we found a brazilian video of a guy frankenstein'ng the thing using tape + an empty 35mm cartridge + a 50 cent coin + a pair of pliers #which is uglier but simpler. so we'll be going that route

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