A while ago a friend gave me a 1950s bakelite Kodak Brownie 127. Annoyingly 127 film is impossible difficult and expensive to get, but with a bit of jiggery pokery I managed to fit an expired 35mm colour film inside. Souped in b&w chemicals and this is what I got:
Loved how the sprocket holes appeared in the photographs, and the orange marks they left. Scanning them was really tricky, hence the rather sloping nature, again much jiggery pokery was deployed.
This could possibly work with a multitude of old, fixed lens cameras, worth experimenting with. If you want to know how I did it, here's how:
Noodle the film cassette into the right of the camera, raise the height of the cassette with a rubber washer at the bottom, about 5mm high. You may need to try one bigger or smaller, just make sure the film pulls freely and the cassette doesn't wobble around (mine obviously did) too much. Pull the film across to the metal spool on the left and secure with tape.
Replace the back, cover the red window on the back with black tape to stop light leaks. I also put a little arrow on the top by the winding-on wheel. That's because it's best to turn the wheel 2 turns between shots as 35mm film is wider than 127 film. I found that was the best way of knowing I'd done complete turns. In all I got about 12 shots from a 24 film.
