Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Speaking as a pocket-protector, slide-rule holster guy back in those days I most heartily approve! Adam > On 2018 Jul 6, at 6:26 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > You have to love the pocket protector in place even in a casual family > image. Plus, who took the family photo; possibly the owner of the camera? > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 8:39 AM Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> > wrote: > >> A few days ago a friend showed me his latest acquisition: a Vest Pocket >> Kodak Autographic camera, which looked to be from the 1920s or so. There >> was a partially used roll of film inside, which he finished with some >> snapshots in the back yard. Visions of long-gone flappers filled the >> imagination, saved on the film therein. >> >> I told him I'd process the film, but as with any photographic film that >> old >> getting any discernable images was a crapshoot. I'd heard that the rule >> of >> thumb for developing old film is lose one f-stop per each decade. When >> I'd >> loaded the film onto the reel (not so easy with film that had been coiled >> for decades!) and sealed the tank, I took a look at the backing paper. It >> was decidedly more 50s-60s looking, and at the top include an exposure >> chart >> with a note that Verichrome Pan is ASA 125. That would probably peg it >> late >> 1950s and later, and the look of the backing paper reminded me of 50s/60s >> Kodak product. >> >> With that in mind I figured that the usual VP developing time in D-76 1:1 >> was about eight minutes, with each pushed stop adding about four minutes. >> Given five decades, that would be an additional 20 minutes, the total >> rounded to a half-hour. >> >> That seemed to do the trick. When I removed the film from the tank two >> exposures taken decades ago were perfectly clear, but the recently taken >> shots a vague, blurry mess. Perhaps the camera had deteriorated in the >> interim. >> >> The picture shows a family with clothes and hairstyles of about 1965. Why >> they were using a 40 year old folding camera is an answer lost to the >> ages. >> I have no idea who they were, or the occasion of the picture. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/vest+pocket+family+1+sm.jpg.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information