Kodak Brownie Holiday

I inherited this Kodak Brownie Holiday from my Grandmother Wright, my Mom's mother.

A picture from the first roll of film I ever ran through the Kodak Brownie Holiday 127 camera I inherited from my Grandmother Wright. This gazebo sits across from the Carmi Illinois Library in a small park. During the summer months, they hold concerts in it. It was my intention to go here and photograph a bronze statue that stands in front of the gazebo, but an automobile accident just a day or two before had destroyed the statue. So, I settled for the gazebo by itself. Clouds were starting to roll in and less than 20 minutes later, a powerful thunderstorm hit. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in January 1953) Film: Efke R 100 127 black and white film Aperture: F/11 (approximate) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximate) Date: August 10th, 2009 Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 90 secs. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

Another shot from the first roll of 127 I ever used. It was exposed in a Kodak Brownie Holiday camera that was passed down to me from my Grandmother Wright. I'm glad to have finally gotten to use it and "keep it in the family," so to speak. Looking at the images, it appears that in the center of the frame is a "sweet spot" of focus and toward the edges, the images gets blurrier. As long as your subject is relatively centered, it shouldn't be a problem. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in January 1953) Film: Efke R 100 127 black and white film Aperture: F/11 (approximate) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximate) Date: September 19th, 2009 Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 90 secs. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min.

A small patch of snow that had almost finished melting just in front of my front porch steps. That's what it looked like only a week and a half ago; but we've gotten three more snowfalls since then. Needless to say, it doesn't look like this anymore and I'm getting tired of seeing only white outside. I'm almost certain the bright patch of light at the top is from a sun flare and not a light leak when handling the film. But, this was the last image on the roll, so I can't be sure. I'm leaning more toward it being a sun flare because part of it extends all the way to the bottom of the frame. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in January 1953) Film: Efke R 100 127 black and white film Aperture: F/11 (approximate) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximate) Date: February 5th, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 90 secs. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Holiday 8df

Another of the shots taken during the first time I used the Kodak Brownie Holiday 127 camera which was passed down to me from my Grandmother. It doesn't seem to perform well when aimed at the bright sun and produced light flares on some shots. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in January 1953) Film: Efke R 100 127 black and white film Aperture: F/11 (approximate) Shutter speed: 1/25 sec. (approximate) Date: February 19th, 2010 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Kodak D-76 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 90 secs. Kodak fixer: 7 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. 127 Backhoe 1cf

In my little town, retired police cars are very popular. There's 3 or 4 of them here. This camera belonged to my late Grandmother Wright and it was passed down to me. It’s a treasured possession to me now, and I treasure each time I get to use it. Since these were released for the first time in 1953, this would be one of the first ones Kodak made. Camera: Kodak Brownie Holiday (made in YCRM = January 1953) Film: Konica 160 spool film, 127 size (long expired) Lens: Glass Kodet lens Shutter Speed: approx. 1/25th of a second Date: March 9th, 2023, 9.56 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute Brownie Holiday Konica 160 2023 02ff