Jiffy Kodak Series II

I found this old camera downtown at the antique store. And it even had a roll of exposed film inside it. The roll of film go the right of the camera standing up is the roll that was inside it.

This was some found film in an old Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 camera I bought a couple years back at the local antique store. I think they were shot around 1964 and I just had the film developed by Film Rescue International. They do great work! Don't know who the girl is, or the other two kids that were on the roll. Jiffy Kodak C-22 03-2ef

This was one of eight images on a roll of film I found inside an old Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 camera downtown at one of the local antique stores. All eight images were of children, but this one was the only one of this particular dark-haired girl. The rest of the pictures were of a girl and boy, some together and some apart. I don't know who any of them were, but the film sat in the camera for probably over 50 years undeveloped. I had the film developed by Film Rescue International, and although the edges were fogged, they still did a great job and magaged to pull out some images. I had to do quite a bit of work to lessen the effects of the deterioration on the negatives. I cleaned it up first, lightened it up, straightened it slightly and then finally cropped it a little. I'd say the images were shot around 1964 and they look to have been taken around Easter because of what the kids are wearing in some of the shots. I believe the film was Kodak Kodacolor-X. Jiffy Kodak C-22 01jf

The first shot with my old 620 camera using 120 film. The lens turned out to be dirty after all and gave the picture that "old-timey" look. Which I was hoping wouldn't happen. Oh, well. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 50 ASA 120 black and white film Aperture: largest of three settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: July 7th, 2011, 12.11 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 4 minutes Distilled water rinse: 2 minutes Jiffy 01-2ff

This is what happens when you use a digital camera too much - you become a moron. This was supposed to be the second, third and fourth frames on the roll, but due to my forgetting to wind it each time, I got three exposures for the price of one. Let this be a good lesson you can learn from. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 50 ASA 120 black and white film Aperture: largest of three settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: July 7th, 2011, 1.12 p.m.& Date: July 7th, 2011, 1.22 p.m & Date: July 7th, 2011, 2.17 p.m Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 4 minutes Distilled water rinse: 2 minutes Jiffy 02cf

The hay in Southern Illinois is starting to be bailed and stored away. These particular fields were on some hills, so that's why there's a slope to the picture (not sloppy photography!) This being the first time I've used a Jiffy Kodak Series II, I'm seeing shading on both the left and right edges that extend out quite a way into the negative area. If you were to crop it out of the images, you would end up with a space the equivalent of a regular-sized 120 negative; 6cm. x 6cm. This camera is a 6cm. x 9cm., so what was the point? I think I really need to find a good, regular 120 camera of some sort. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 120 black and white film Aperture: largest of three settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: July 7th, 2011, 2:35 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 4 minutes Distilled water rinse: 2 minutes Jiffy 03ef

Some of the less-travelled country roads around my area. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 120 black and white film Aperture: largest of three settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: July 7th, 2011, 2:41 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 4 minutes Distilled water rinse: 2 minutes Jiffy 04gf

A gas tank just outside town. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 50 ASA 120 black and white film Aperture: largest of three settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: July 7th, 2011 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 4 minutes Distilled water rinse: 2 minutes Jiffy 05ef

This is an old barn near Norris City that I thought would make a suitable subject to test out another one of my old cameras. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 120 black and white film Aperture: largest of three settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: July 7th, 2011, 3:15 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Ilford ID-11 developer: 6 1/2 minutes Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 4 minutes Distilled water rinse: 2 minutes Jiffy 07hf

An old Advance Design Chevrolet pickup used for advertising purposes for this masonary business. Check out the steer horns on the hood. This is the first time I’ve ran some color film through my Jiffy Kodak II. It originally took 620 film, but I loaded some 120 to feed onto an original 620 take-up spool and it worked. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Kodak New Portra 160 (expired 07/14) Lens: Twindar lens Aperture: smallest of two settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: May 17th, 2023, 1.30 p.m. Location: Marion, 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 Jiffy New Portra 160 2023 01ff

We’ve had a new business open up recently and it’s a coffee house in the heart of the downtown area. What’s notable about it, at least for me, is that they’ve licensed some of my photography for use in their decor. That was nice of them. This is the first time I’ve ran some color film through my Jiffy Kodak II. It originally took 620 film, but I loaded some 120 to feed onto an original 620 take-up spool and it worked. Camera: Jiffy Kodak Series II 620 belows camera (circa 1937) Film: Kodak New Portra 160 (expired 07/14) Lens: Twindar lens Aperture: largest of two settings Shutter speed: 1/25th sec. (approx.) Date: May 19th, 2023, 2.06 p.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 Jiffy New Portra 160 2023 04ef