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People wonder whether it was worth putting a film in a 70 to 90 year old camera. Look below and decide. I think the answer is definitely yes!

Here are some photos taken with my Art Deco and other decorative cameras in my collection. Click on the camera name for more information or just scroll down.

Agfa Billy Clack 74 | Agfa Trolix | Agfa Karat | Agfa‑Ansco PD16 Plenax | Altissa Box D | Balda Rollbox | Coronet 3D | Ensign Midget 33 | Rolleicord I | Ilford Craftsman | Kodak Gift 1a | Kodak Beau Brownie | Kodak Petite | Kodak Jiffy six‑20 | Kodak Bantam Special | Kodak Six‑20 Mod C | Eastman Bullet | Kodak Retina 126 | Kodak Brownie B | Kodak Junior 620 | Kodak Brownie Hawkeye | Rajar No.6 | Univex Mercury II | Zeiss Ikoflex I | Zeiss Tengor 56/2

AGFA BILLY CLACK NO. 74 (1934)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Funchal, Madeira
Royal Oak, Cardiff, UK

AGFA TROLIX (BOX 14) (1936)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Melksham UK
American Museum, Bath, UK

AGFA KARAT 6.3 (1936)


Film: Fujicolor C200, 35mm
Cardiff Memorial, Wales, UK
Cardiff Castle, Wales, UK

AGFA-ANSCO PD16 PLENAX (1935)


Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400, 120 with adaptors
Castell Coch, Cardiff, UK
Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, UK

ALTISSA BOX D (1948)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Cardiff Memorial, Wales, UK
Cardiff Castle, Wales, UK

Balda Rollbox (1935)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Collapsing Clock
Clock, Llanwern, Wales
Transporter Bridge Newport Wales
Transporter Bridge, Newport, Wales

CORONET 3-D (1953)


Film: Ilford FP4+, 120 (cut down to 127)
Scott of the Antartic, Cardiff Bay, UK
Margam Park, Wales, UK

Ensign Midget 33 (1934)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120 cut down to 35mm
Clock Tower, Cardiff Wales
Clock Tower, Cardiff, Wales
Animal Wall, Cardiff, Wales
Animal Wall, Cardiff, Wales

FRANKE & HEIDECKE ROLLEICORD I (1933)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Barrage Control Unit, Cardiff Bay, UK
Pierhead Cardiff Bay, UK

ILFORD CRAFTSMAN (1949)


Film: Ilford Delta 400, 120
Barrage Lock Mechanism, Cardiff Bay, UK
Cardiff Castle Keep, Wales, UK

NO 1A GIFT KODAK (1930)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120 with adaptors
Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, UK
Insole Court, Cardiff, UK

Kodak Beau Brownie No. 2 (1930)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Seafarers' War Memorial, Cardiff Bay, Wales
Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay, UK

Kodak Petite Lightning (1930)


Film: Ilford XP2 400 120 (cut down to 127)
St Fagans, Cardiff, UK
St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales
Hoover Building, Perivale, UK
Hoover Building, Perivale, UK

Jiffy Kodak Six-20 (1933)


Film: Re-spooled Kodak Portra 160, 120

Blaise Castle, England, UK
Blaise Castle, England, UK

Blaise House, England, UK
Blaise House, England, UK

Kodak Bantam Special (1936)


Film: Fujicolor C200 35mm in 828 backing.
Nantgarw
Nantgarw Pottery, Wales, UK
Swansea Park
Clyne Gardens, Swansea, Wales, UK

SIX-20 "KODAK" MOD C (1933)


Film: Re-spooled Fuji Neopan Acros, 120
Malsters Pub, Cardiff, Wales
Bryngarw Hotel, Wales, UK

Eastman Kodak Bullet (1936)


Film: Rera Pan 400, 127
Oakdale Workmen's Institute, Cardiff, UK
Elizabethan House, St Fagans

Kodak Retina 126 (1936)


Film: Ilford FP4 plus, 35mm
The Malthouse, Thornbury, UK
St Fagans Museum, Cardiff, UK

Kodak Six-20 brownie B (1937)


Film: Re-spooled Fuji Neopan Acros, 120
Gwalia Supplies, St Fagans, Wales
Canal Bridge, Rogerstone, Wales

Kodak Junior 620 (1937)


Film: Re-spooled Ilford FP4+, 120
Developed in Ilford 'Simplicity'
Cathays Graveyard, Cardiff, Wales
Edwardian Style Doll's House

Kodak BROWNIE HAWKEYE FLASH (1950)


Film: Ilford FP4 plus, 120
Penarth Pier, Wales, UK
Sluice Gates, Cardiff Barrage, UK

Rajar No. 6 (1929)


Film: Ilford FP4 plus, 120
Millenium Theatre, Cardiff Bay, UK
Scott of the Antarctic, Cardiff Bay, UK

Univex Mercury II (1945)


Film: Kodak Gold 200, 35mm
St Fagans Museum, Wales, UK
Tea Rooms, Usk, UK

Ziess Ikon Ikoflex 1 (1934)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Copper Tower, Marbella, Spain
Marbella Park, Andalucia, Spain

Ziess Ikon Box Tengor 56/2 (1951)


Film: Kodak Portra 160, 120
Developed in Tetenal.
Forest Farm, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Forest Farm, Whitchurch, Cardiff
Sluice on River Taff, Cardiff, Wales
Sluice on River Taff, Cardiff, Wales

Sluice on River Taff, Cardiff, Wales