Baby Rollieflex

[Martin Henson]

On the left, the Rolliefex automatic 4x4, better known as the baby grey, on the right, Rollieflex 3.5f, the baby grey it's tiny, beautiful, cute, shots on127 film, 4x4 size, the picture below of Otley weir was taken on the Baby Grey on Shanghai 127 film, a great camera to go out with, so small and light and easy to use.

 

[Toby Webster]

Sweet little camera, I didn't even know you could get 127 film. The photo is very clean, very fine grain, actually a bit sterile for me but that's just the light.

 

[John2]

There was a time when anything using 127 film wasn't wanted on board once the film was no longer made. Now these cameras have become desirable again. Lovely examples of engineering and of course, excellent lenses. I have a couple of rolls of 127 made in eastern Europe I think. They have been languishing in the fridge for some time. I really ought to use them. I like the image Martin. Good comp, nice tones and just the right shutter speed for the weir (for me).

 

[Martin Henson]

You can roll it (cut) it from 120 film, I have a kit for that job, 127 was often called super slide film, it’s available today in Shanghai, FP4, HP5, etc and over makes not sure about colour film as I don’t use it. You can develop in Patterson development tanks.

 

[John King]

Martin, something I have not thought of before. Because the 120 film for the daddy Rollie will be longer than a standard 127 film to fit the baby Rollie. What happens to the end of the spool that is from the full size film? Or does your kit take care of the excess and trim that off as well. I doubt if you will be able to continue using the remainder of the film because of the frame counter interlock probably will not allow you to.

 

[Martin Henson]

John, I am not sure, I have the kit but never used it, however I think 120 film is around 6 inches longer