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8-19-25: I bought these last week from Amazon for around ten bucks. Thought I would get more use out of 120 cameras if they were cheaper and easier to use. The kit includes a plastic 120 take-up reel and 4 centering spacers for 35mm cartridges. They don't seem fragile, after pressing pretty hard to fit them flush with the cartridge ends. After playing with them a while with a test roll of film I didn't find myself rushing to use them. The film cartridge won't fit in the Kodak Brownie Cadet, but will work with the Kodak Brownie no.2 from 1920. I bought a darkroom set years ago with a bag of reloadable 35mm cartridges, which might now be handy. It's much easier to use these from cartridge to cartridge. Loading in the dark bag seems impossible. Since the take-up reel pulls the film out of the supply cartridge the film must be taped to the reel which goes inside the re-loadable cartridge. Then the two cartridges are put in the camera, and the counter window is taped over (twice) to protect the film. Once the roll is shot I'll put it in the dark bag, remove the film and load it into the tank for developing. I could even cut the film from the supply cartridge leaving a short leader to re-use it later. How to you know how far to advance the film? I marked a line on the test roll and counted half-turns. About 3 half turns advanced 1 35mm frame, perfect for my digitizer. About 4 half turns was the camera's full frame. If this works out maybe I'll spring for a Fakmatic 35 to 126 adapter. It has to be loaded in the dark bag, but drops right in the instamatic camera. They're still very expensive.Click any pic to enlarge to full screen in a new tab. Close tab to return.
