When I bought this in 2001 or 2002 at a local "antiques" store, it had no viewfinder mirrors or glass, nor did it have the standard metal inserts that Seneca traditionally used on its box cameras.

I solved this problem initially by visiting a local glass shop and having small pieces of mirror and pebbled glass cut to fit, then masking the round pieces of glass with black paper cut in a circle with a rectangular hole in the middle.

This was the way I used it for several years, without any difficulty, until I bought another model on eBay - this other one had a really worn out body but had all of the metal inserts, so I used it to fix my first one and threw the other away.

This one, like the other 116-film cameras in my collection, has been converted for 6x4.5 images on 120 film.

This camera is the oldest one I own, having been made between 1913 and 1925. As you can see, it still makes very nice pictures.

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I purchased one of these from an antique shop in a tiny little town way up north. I was lucky to find one with all of the internal parts intact (as far as I know), and the box in ok condition. I have been dying to use it, but the film is very hard to find and I'd hate to spend 30 bucks for an experiment. Can you give me more information on how to convert it to use a more readily available type of film?
Caitlin | cburns140@gmail.com | February 21, 2009