Polabrownie - Polaroid and Kodak Brownie Hybrid

I recently found the 3 twin-packs of Polaroid 669 film I bought at Glaser's a long while ago. I wanted to do something special with the last of this extinct film, so I dusted off a project I started many years ago.

It's a hybrid camera, with the front end coming from a Kodak Model 2A Brownie camera. This camera used #116 roll film with a frame size of 2-1/4 x 4-1/4 which suited it's adapation to the 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 packfilm back.

The back end is from a Polaroid Colorpack II, most of which has been removed. The Polaroid back is attached to a sleeve made of black foamcore that fits over the body of the box brownie. The back of the brownie was cut away as was the film spool holders. The sleeve allowed me to adjust the film plane to the lens. The reason why this was collecting dust in my closet, was that the first time around, I made a critical error in the back placement. After making test shots, and then gluing the back in place, I discovered that the back had moved out of position, resulting in out of focus photos. I put the camera on a shelf, intending to fix the problem later.

I've adjusted the back placement and for now, the back is only temporarily taped into place. The bits of blue tape you see are used to align the back, and will help me realign the back when it comes time to glue it into place permanently.

And a few test photos:

Successful test shot with the last of a type 667 pack that I pulled from another camera.

And a couple of test shots I shot with the 669 Polaroid film.