This year I'm using a different film format each month, starting with the smallest and working my way up through the sizes. The format for September is 127 roll film which was introduced in 1912. Narrower than 120 film, it allowed for smaller more pocketable cameras to be made, perhaps most famously the Kodak VP (Vest Pocket) also known as the soldiers' camera because many of them were used during the First World War (1914-18). Today only a small number of films are available in 127, but it could have been worse, ten years ago it looked as if the format was finished forever.
My favourite 127 camera is the Voigtlander Perkeo which was made in Germany in the early 1930s. Back in the 1980s I picked one up for £1 and even took it on holiday in the pre-digital era when 127 was still a viable format. I'm planning to use the Perkeo again this month. In 1990 I bought two rolls of Kodacolor Gold film, but only used one of them, the other, with its Campkins of Cambridge £1.50 price sticker is still in its box. It expired in 1991, so the image quality is poor, but at least I got something out of it. Developed in the Tetenal C41 kit.
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"expired film" Tetenal C41 Kodacolor "Kodacolor Gold"
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