Magazine for the Debrie Parvo "L"

[Will Edwards]

Hi all:

I have been looking for a magazine for the Debrie Parvo "L" for quite some time, with no luck. Would I have to find an original magazine, or is there something more recent that will work with this camera?

Will

[Dom Jaeger]

I very much doubt anything "recent" will work as a replacement. It's likely magazines from other models (E, G, K) would work, or from Askania replicas, etc. It's a fairly simple device, you could possibly manufacture something based on an original, but it would need to locate accurately, have a compatible core, be lightproof and feed or take up the film without scratching.

Perhaps a collector with 6 mags might sell you a few? 

[Will Edwards]

On 8/9/2019 at 12:50 AM, Dom Jaeger said:

I very much doubt anything "recent" will work as a replacement. It's likely magazines from other models (E, G, K) would work, or from Askania replicas, etc. It's a fairly simple device, you could possibly manufacture something based on an original, but it would need to locate accurately, have a compatible core, be lightproof and feed or take up the film without scratching.

Perhaps a collector with 6 mags might sell you a few? 

I've scoured eBay, forums, and 5 pages of google results. Nothing so far.

I know a guy that dabbles in old movie cameras but it's very unlikely that he'll have any magazines.

Perhaps there's some place I haven't looked?

[Dom Jaeger]

These cameras are pretty valuable collector’s pieces, you might have more luck with antique auction houses rather than eBay. 

A couple of dozen Parvos have gone for sale in the last 5 years at the auction houses listed in this resource: 

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Debrie Parvo&sort=-relevance&status=archive

Finding just magazines for sale will be tricky as they would usually go together in a complete kit.

If you can track down collectors who may have bought a kit with lots of mags they might be open to parting with one or two. There are cine camera collector groups online that may be of help.

Did you get hold of a Debrie Parvo with no magazines? 

[Will Edwards]

On 8/13/2019 at 10:20 PM, Dom Jaeger said:

These cameras are pretty valuable collector’s pieces, you might have more luck with antique auction houses rather than eBay. 

A couple of dozen Parvos have gone for sale in the last 5 years at the auction houses listed in this resource: 

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=Debrie Parvo&sort=-relevance&status=archive

Finding just magazines for sale will be tricky as they would usually go together in a complete kit.

If you can track down collectors who may have bought a kit with lots of mags they might be open to parting with one or two. There are cine camera collector groups online that may be of help.

Did you get hold of a Debrie Parvo with no magazines? 

I purchased one a couple years ago as a display piece. I wanted to try and shoot with it, but discovered that there was only one magazine.

I'll try to find some online collectors groups and see if anyone can spare a magazine.

On a side note, a modern core will not fit into the magazine. Would I have to spool the film onto the Debrie core in a darkroom, or is there an adapter available?

Edited August 23, 2019 by Will Edwards

[Dom Jaeger]

I don't know when film core size became standardised, maybe the 30s when a lot of standardisation in the film industry occurred, but it must have been after the Debrie Parvo was designed. It's possible there was an adapter for Parvo mags but if so finding one could be quite a job. It's probably more likely that you could buy film on Parvo cores back in those days.  I think you'll have to spool the film on to the Debrie core.

If you have one magazine, you might be able to 3D print another one to match?

[Mark Dunn]

How about this?

Debrie Parvo Core

by n8cam1 Sep 29, 2018

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3126974

But as Dom says, you will have to hand-spool it.

Edited August 26, 2019 by Mark Dunn