blog.expiredfilm.com » B&W http://blog.expiredfilm.com The Photography of Bill Hansen Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:23:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Quiet Morning in the Adirondacks II http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/08/21/quiet-morning-in-the-adirondacks-ii/ http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/08/21/quiet-morning-in-the-adirondacks-ii/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:19:41 +0000 admin http://blog.expiredfilm.com/?p=580
  • -Quiet Morning in the Adirondacks
  • -BHF – More from the Adirondacks
  • -Holga Hike – Beaver Lake Nature Center
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  • -Quiet Morning in the Adirondacks II
  • -BHF – More from the Adirondacks
  • -Holga Hike – Beaver Lake Nature Center
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  • -Old Meets New – Digital Pinhole
  • -Sometimes the magic gives you toads
  • -Holga Hike – Another Beaver Lake Shot
    • ]]>     http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/20/reminder-world-pinhole-day-is-april-25th/feed/ 0     Holga Hike – Another Beaver Lake Shot http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/15/holga-hike-another-beaver-lake-shot/ http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/15/holga-hike-another-beaver-lake-shot/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:19:30 +0000 admin http://blog.expiredfilm.com/?p=442
  • -Holga Hike – Beaver Lake Nature Center
  • -Holga Hike Today
  • -First Annual Holga Hike
    • ]]>     http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/15/holga-hike-another-beaver-lake-shot/feed/ 0     Holga Hike – Beaver Lake Nature Center http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/06/holga-hike-beaver-lake-nature-center/ http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/06/holga-hike-beaver-lake-nature-center/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:35:46 +0000 admin http://blog.expiredfilm.com/?p=418
  • -Holga Hike – Another Beaver Lake Shot
  • -Holga Hike Today
  • -First Annual Holga Hike
    • ]]>     http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/04/06/holga-hike-beaver-lake-nature-center/feed/ 0     My Favorite Photographer http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/13/my-favorite-photographer/ http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/13/my-favorite-photographer/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:06:04 +0000 admin http://blog.expiredfilm.com/?p=285
  • -How to flip a Brownie Hawkeye Flash lens
  • -BHF – A couple more from Hawaii
  • -BHF – Aging Gracefully
    • ]]>     http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/13/my-favorite-photographer/feed/ 0     How to flip a Brownie Hawkeye Flash lens http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/10/how-to-flip-a-brownie-hawkeye-flash-lens/ http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/10/how-to-flip-a-brownie-hawkeye-flash-lens/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:06:14 +0000 admin http://blog.expiredfilm.com/?p=164 Brownie Hawkeye Flash[/caption]

    I've noticed a lot of search traffic hitting my site specifically looking for information on how to flip the lens of a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (BHF). While there are probably multitudes of other resources on the interwebs, I figure I'll just throw my two-cents out there.

    For those who don't know, the BHF is a black bakelite beauty with a top-down viewfinder, single element meniscus lens, shutter speed somewhere around 1/30 to 1/60 & a bulb setting, while it lacks a tripod mount, it has a nifty handle. In it's heyday, the BHF was a very popular camera. Your grandparents most likely had one. Nowadays, you can find them cheaply at thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales, and eBay, or for a higher premium decorating shelves in antique stores & hipster boutiques. I, personally, got mine for free on Craigslist thanks to a kind-hearted Samaritan who was donating several cameras to anyone who could justify receiving one. I simply wrote “I'll use it.” It arrived in the mail a couple days later and I've been enthralled with it ever since. Anywho, an unmodified BHF takes a relatively normal photograph, but something magical happens when you flip the lens. It's like the soft focus of a vintage Diana multiplied to the Nth degree. The lens' focal point shifts from infinity to about 3 feet in the center, while the edges just melt away into blurry goodness. The effect can be quite surreal. Flipping the lens of a BHF is actually a simple procedure with a very low-risk of permanently #@$%-ing anything up and is easily reversible. That said, I assume no responsibility with these directions if you somehow manage to accidentally bork your favorite family heirloom. Ready? Let's get flipping. Related posts:
    1. -BHF – Waikiki Sunset
    2. -BHF – Bridge to the Adirondacks
    3. -BHF – Ausable River
    ]]>     http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2010/03/10/how-to-flip-a-brownie-hawkeye-flash-lens/feed/ 5     BHF – Bridge to the Adirondacks http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2008/07/29/bhf-bridge-to-the-adirondacks/ http://blog.expiredfilm.com/2008/07/29/bhf-bridge-to-the-adirondacks/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:46:11 +0000 admin http://www.expiredfilm.com/?p=40
  • -BHF – Ausable River
  • -BHF – More from the Adirondacks
  • -BHF – Strawberry Picking
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  • -BHF – Ausable River
  • -BHF – Bridge to the Adirondacks
  • -BHF – Strawberry Picking
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  • -BHF – More from the Adirondacks
  • -BHF – Bridge to the Adirondacks
  • -BHF – Strawberry Picking
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