In my experience the (about six years ago) the re-spooled 620 film
comes on flimsy plastic spools which tend to break when used as take-up
spools. I obtained about three dozen metal Kodak, Ansco, and Agfa 620
spools from various sources which I used to re-spool 120 film. This
wasn't very difficult, but was enough of a PITA to discourage use of my
Medalist. I waited until the camera needed a CLA before sending it to
Ken Ruth (the interlock that normally prevented the shutter from
releasing when the lens was retracted started kicking in all the time).
Ken also removed the flash bulb delay mechanism, making the shutter
release MUCH smoother. Of course I could never recover the money I
spent for the modifications, but I figure my Medalist II is now the
functional equivalent of the more expensive (and MUCH larger) Fuji RF
cameras (but with an even better lens).
Bob Marvin
On Friday, March 31, 2006, at 11:03 PM, Peter K wrote:
. Wouldn't you be better off simply buying 620 film from B&H? Or did the
conversion allow you to do something unique?
On 3/31/06, Robert Marvin <marvbej@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ken converted my Medalist II to 120 last year. Jerry is right on both
counts, the conversion cost about twice what the camera would go for on
eBay, but IMO was worth it from a functional viewpoint.
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