Curio and Relic Kodak Reflex II
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:21 pm
Kodak made this camera back in the early to middle 50's. It was pretty advanced for it's day and cost a couple weeks pay for the average worker. I picked one up off of Ebay for cheap recently. It seems to be in good working order...but the cover piece under the red eye in the camera back that shows the film count was missing the part that moved it into light blocking position. Another thing that makes it a curio and relic is that it uses 620 film and since they don't make such any longer I'll have to re-spool some 120 film onto a 620 spindle.
One thing this medium camera pioneered was the Frensel Lens which made the viewing screen much brighter than it would be with a normal viewing lens.
I rigged a lever for the window cover and took the hood off and cleaned the mirror and lenses. The hardest part about removing the hood was keeping track of the really small screws. One plus on the screws was that the name plate screws were Philips and the hood frame screws were slotted.
Now.... to do the dark bag film exchange between spindles.
http://mattsclassiccameras.com/kodak_reflex2.html
One thing this medium camera pioneered was the Frensel Lens which made the viewing screen much brighter than it would be with a normal viewing lens.
I rigged a lever for the window cover and took the hood off and cleaned the mirror and lenses. The hardest part about removing the hood was keeping track of the really small screws. One plus on the screws was that the name plate screws were Philips and the hood frame screws were slotted.
Now.... to do the dark bag film exchange between spindles.
http://mattsclassiccameras.com/kodak_reflex2.html