Ansco Ready Flash Pinhole Camera (620 Film)
The Ansco Readyflash was a simple viewfinder-type camera with a fixed-focus lens, fixed aperture and single-speed shutter. Made in the 1950s, it took 620 film, giving 8 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" exposures on a roll. Its big feature was that it was flash-ready (hence the name); the lens mount had two flash terminals, synched to the shutter, to attach to a flashbulb unit. |
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A while back I wanted to start trying to do some larger format pinholes, but I didn't want to shell out the big money for some of the high end medium format pinhole cameras. So I did some thinking
and came up with this nifty little camera.
I did this by first ripping off the lens. Now the next step is where it gets kinda tricky. You have to bore out an area of the plastic film mask to acclimate the new pinhole format. I'll try and document this with another photo and up this page later.
I have acquired a few metal 620 spools (which are like gold) and roll 120 film on the 620 spools inside a changing bag. At first this was an awkward task, but after rolling a few rolls, you start to get the hang of it.
Here's great resource for learning how to roll your own 620 film.
